Missing glasses

Hannah went into the pool this week with her glasses on her face. She came out without them and couldn't find them. There are not many places they could be. She checked her swim bag and she and my husband went back inside and couldn't find them. I am trying really hard to believe that she truly lost them. My husband and I have been very calm and understanding about the loss.

Well, we went today to pick up the replacement pair of glasses. Since the eye doctor's office is about 25 minutes from our house, I made everyone that wears glasses go and get their glasses adjusted. With four in glasses, someone is always saying something needs tightening or adjusting on their glasses.

While she was sitting in my lap waiting for her turn, I told her that her glasses will look exactly like the ones that disappeared. If these disappear, we will not be as friendly about the loss and your glasses will still look the same. We will not purchase different glasses. (We have only had these since January. Ugh.) She said she didn't do anything with them. I reminded her that in the past at the foster home her glasses would disappear and she didn't know what happened to them. She said that then she knew what happened, but she doesn't now. So I paraphrased what she said to me by saying that she got rid of her glasses at the foster home so she could get new glasses. However, she always told the foster mother that she didn't know what happened to them. She made the choice to lie. She said yes, but she isn't lying this time. I looked at her and said, "How do I know?" It would have been so easy to throw them in the trash can at the pool. I don't know where else they could be. I hope I am wrong and they turn up somewhere. I really want to believe her, but this happened at least five times in about a year while she was in the foster home.

Did she think she would get special attention? Was she testing to see what would happen? Did she honestly lose the glasses?