My older daughter had a hilarious if not somewhat embarrassing situation at school today.

Every Wednesday they attend Chapel first thing, and today it seems that the five year old sister had slipped her big sister’s BRA into her back pack, and was showing it around during the services (ok, and I have to be even worse and blog about it on the internet!) Danika was horrified, and managed to get her teacher’s attention so she could slip over and get the offending undergarment away from the little bandit.

All I can say is thank goodness it is a teeny tiny little thing and was not seen by the Pastor up front. This poor fellow apparently also had to deal with a kindergartner’s rendering of an anatomically correct Zebra today (not my kid this time.) I saw the picture, it was very, very accurate, but in all fairness the kid lives on a horse farm, so she knows her stuff.

Siblings can kind of do that too you, embarrass you like no others. I had to laugh at this story today, but it also made me think about the less than humourous ways that Cierra often clouds the relationship with her siblings too. I wish all the times were as funny as the bra fiasco, but they aren’t.

Because of her behavior both of her siblings often pay a huge price. There are many things that we just are not able to do, like we would be if Cierra were able to process things as she should be. Things like eating out, hanging out at the mall, or even enjoying a movie at the theater together come to mind, all normal stuff. All of these things are made more difficult if not down right impossible by Cierra’s RAD behavior, and I hate it that the other kids often pay the price.

I wish things could be more like the normal and expected sibling rivalry and issues. Then again perhaps today WAS just the norm, and I am just comparing it too hard to the real difficult RAD behavior we experience. At least both girls seemed to bounce back quickly from the incident. No matter what the cause I am sure that my oldest daughter is keeping her delicates and unmentionables well hidden from here on out!

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