Should have hidden them better...
By Christina
@chrisandmark (606)
United Kingdom
July 10, 2016 3:17pm CST
I bought my first batch of Christmas presents last week, only a couple of bits for my youngest two, including a Lego Minecraft set for my son - when they were delivered I popped them straight into the downstairs cubby hole so the kids wouldn't see them when they got back from school that day.
This weekend I've been laid low with a vile summer cold so the kids went to stay with their Nan, when they got back today I was dozing on the sofa and vaguely heard them playing hide and seek. Next thing I know my five year old was shaking me awake with the comment 'Mummy, you've been hiding something from me'. It took me a minute to understand, but yes - he's found his Christmas present!
I thought the cubby hole was the perfect place to stash them as the kids NEVER go in there - like a softy I let him have it today, he had a fantastic school report on Friday so it can be a treat for that instead. I'll just need to be more careful where I hide the Christmas pressies from now on!
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11 responses
@chrisandmark (606)
• United Kingdom
11 Jul 16
heehee @ the olden days! Kind of feeling like that now the rest of our sites are dying!
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
11 Jul 16
@chrisandmark
Now all you have to do is to start looking for something different for Christmas and find a better hiding place. lol
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@chrisandmark (606)
• United Kingdom
11 Jul 16
Yes @Marcyaz - kids have a sixth sense for finding hidden presents, I don't mind as his school report was so good!
@chrisandmark (606)
• United Kingdom
11 Jul 16
That's pretty much what my partner has just said @Jdaw1985
@Jdaw1985 (3967)
• Harrells, North Carolina
11 Jul 16
@chrisandmark LOL trust me I know my children find every thing.
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@chrisandmark (606)
• United Kingdom
11 Jul 16
I know @sallypup - my partner goes mad when I start buying so early (he doesn't complain when I'm saving him money in December though!)
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@chrisandmark (606)
• United Kingdom
11 Jul 16
If I'm honest @JudyEv there are probably 101 better hiding places around the house, but it's definitely Sod's law that the first time he goes into the cubby hole in a year and it's when there's something hidden in there!
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
10 Jul 16
Christmas is in December, right? 
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@chrisandmark (606)
• United Kingdom
11 Jul 16
haha @ModernDayWriter - it is but with four kids I have to start early!
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
10 Jul 16
Oh geez, I hope you can find a better spot for next time! Kids are good at hide and seek. Lol
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
10 Jul 16
Oh well, atleast he is enjoying it!
I think my parents and grandparents always put the toys under their bed or on top of their closet when we were children.
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@chrisandmark (606)
• United Kingdom
11 Jul 16
That's true @ScribbledAdNauseum - I suppose it's always better for a toy to be played with rather than being shoved in a cupboard!
@JESSY3236 (18953)
• United States
12 Jul 16
My mother one time hid a Christmas present of mine and she forgot where she put it. lol
@Hannihar (129553)
• Israel
25 Dec 17
kids are clever. You cannot hide things from them. Cool what they made with it.
