"The Toy Snuck In My Pocket."

Emily pulled out a little Halloween stamper from her pocket about an hour after arriving home from the Party store. At first she said it "Snuck into her pocket" and with further probing she said she got it at school...Which I almost believed because they do come home with little toys like that.... But my interrogating skills clicked in and I probed further.

I asked, "Are you sure it didn't come from somewhere else." She then changed her story to "Ummm I got it from my class at Church." Which immediately made my heart sink and I knew my little girl had stolen it from the store. I told her it was better to tell the truth and go and pay for it, than to lie and get into big trouble. Which is when Ben decided to sing..."She stole it from the store, she stole it from the store...she's going to jail." Despite Ben's threats...Emily confessed that she had picked it up off the floor of the store and put it in her pocket. So then of course, we had to drive all the way back down to the Party store where Emily and I explained to the cashier what happened and that she was ready to pay for it. Emily paid the 39 cents out of her own money and the cashier thanked her for being honest.
Hopefully this little life lesson sticks with her the next time she's tempted to sneak something into her pocket.