purepurple wish I'd had a pie so they couldn't have had any!

Just for you

Three little kittens,
They lost their mittens,
And they began to cry,
Oh, mother dear,
We sadly fear
Our mittens we have lost.
What! Lost your mittens,
You naughty kittens!
Then you shall have no pie.
Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.
You shall have no pie.

The three little kittens,
They found their mittens,
And they began to cry,
Oh, mother dear,
See here, see here,
Our mittens we have found.
What! Found your mittens,
You darling kittens!
Then you shall have some pie.
Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.
You shall have some pie.

The three little kittens,
Put on their mittens,
And soon ate up the pie;
Oh, mother dear,
We greatly fear
Our mittens we have soiled.
What! Soiled your mittens,
You naughty kittens!
Then they began to sigh,
Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.
They began to sigh.

The three little kittens,
They washed their mittens,
And hung them out to dry;
Oh mother dear,
Look here, look here,
Our mittens we have washed.
What! Washed your mittens,
You're such good kittens.
I smell a rat close by!
Hush! Hush! Hush! Hush!
Hush! Hush! Hush!
I smell a rat close by.

Yes, seems like elastic is the way forward. Have done that for DD (17mths) but did think that boys were old enough to left unattached!

MmeProf yes we're in the UK but in the balmy SE (and kids are of Scottish descent so very hardy!)

cornsilk I did that too, do you mean magic gloves?

elliepac thanks for sharing my pain, it does help to know I'm not alone!

perardua will let you know if I get an assembly mention too

quirky thanks for listing the offers, I do appreciate it, but the way mine are they'd probably lose the clips too...

Off for a much needed cup of tea and a (God I LOVE that emoticon)

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I lose count of how many hat and gloves set I buy each winter. I feel your pain

5 year old able to look after gloves? My 8 year old can't manage it!

YABU to be really cross.

Mildly irritated maybe, but they are too young to be filly responsible for small items like gloves, imo.
Put them on a piece of string through their coats next time.

at 5 and 7 they should be able to look after their gloves

probaly in lost property

normally i would say elastic/tie to coat for younger children

though my dc nearly 7 would be very insulted to have gloves tied on like a baby

but in your childrens case maybe it might teach them to bring home

I just buy loads of cheap pairs in the same style.

I put elastic on DS's last year for school. I was told I got a special mention in assembly. V odd being a good example.