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seep from UNDER said clothes dryer. Now, I must say that my reaction to this little escapade was handled much more calmly than the chocolate powder incident mentioned above. Perhaps I had aged, mellowed, or was just too tired to get overly excited anymore. As my son stood, awaiting certain death, I began to laugh. The look on his face told me he thought I had gone over the edge. I reached out (to which he flinched) gave him a hug and said, "Well, I guess I never told you not to put milk in the dryer. How can I punish you for that? It was an accident, right?" Needless to say he was definitely relieved.

My children are now in the teens and early 20s. I still think of them as my babies (sometimes much to their dismay), and still catch them in some of the most amusing acts. I have said all of this to say: Love your children! Tell them often, hug them every day, appreciate their uniqueness, and never compare siblings. And for your own sanity, as soon as they are old enough to comprehend, or better yet while they are still in the room, repeat this mantra to the unborn child every day: Kittens do not go in pillow cases, do not stand on anyone's head, do not put ANYTHING in the clothes dryer other than wet, CLEAN clothing, use soap in the shower, don't go outside in just your socks, nothing but food goes into the microwave and this excludes marshmallows, just because oranges are round, does not mean they are baseballs or golf balls, and pumpkin smashing is not a sport. You get the idea.

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