04/12/2009 · 4:20 am
Rule #42: It is not necessary to text your parents when they are out to dinner with friends to ask what to do with the leftover Easter grass.
Thanks, Tracie A.!
04/11/2009 · 7:21 pm
Rule #41: Why didn’t one of you tell me ages ago that throwing up my hands and making it a “Whining, Screaming, and Fighting Day” would result in the best behavior I’ve seen in months?
Filed under GC, OA, SR
Tagged as 3rd grader, fighting, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, preschooler, rules, sarcasm, screaming, toddler, whining
04/10/2009 · 9:51 pm
Rule #39: Please do not eat guinea pig food.
Thanks to Lili R. for the inspiration for this rule. 🙂
04/09/2009 · 8:43 pm
Rule #37: Cornstarch is not a toy!

Thanks, Tanya S. for another entertaining guest rule!
04/09/2009 · 5:04 pm
Rule #36: No matter how many times you say it, I will not be convinced that the lyrics are actually “Eenie Miny Mo! Catch a tiny ho!”
04/09/2009 · 12:30 pm
Rule #35: We do not put foam letters in our brother’s bottom.
Thanks, Laura H.! Laura also mentions that although her children are now 16 & 13 and bathe alone these days, they still remember this rule from a decade ago.
04/09/2009 · 1:59 am
Rule #34: Mommy does not like it when you get loose from her and run as fast as you can toward the men’s restroom at McDonald’s. (Thank goodness, you’re not strong enough to open that door!)
04/08/2009 · 8:40 pm
Rule #33: Please do not decorate Mommy & Daddy’s wedding picture with markers. Or at least don’t write the word “Fart” on it.
Thanks, Kelly S! Guest rules are even funnier with pictures.
04/08/2009 · 6:46 pm
Rule #32: Trying to make you put your shoes & coat on when we leave the playdate does not need to resemble a WWF Smackdown. (And what’s the point anyway? You know Mommy always wins.)
04/08/2009 · 12:51 pm
Rule #31: I don’t care how pretty the glittery easter egg is. Next time, please peel it before you attempt to eat it.
Thanks to Renee C. for the guest rule. What in the world are you feeding your kid for breakfast? 😉