Tag Archives: parenting
Rule #235
Rule #235: Announcing that you are starving while eyeing the Trick-or-Treat loot is much less effective when you are sitting in front of your dinner.
Thanks, Eileen J.!
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Rule #233
Rule #233: When we go out to dinner with your father’s relatives, it is not a good time to experiment with new ways to eat spaghetti: namely, sucking it through a straw. As fast as possible. While laughing and saying, “You try it, too!”
Thanks, Wendy W.!
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Rule #232
Rule #232: Your shirt is not a tissue, napkin, paintbrush blotter, or weapon.
Thanks, Betsy R.!
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Rule #231
Rule #231: When we spend 20 minutes searching everywhere for your brother’s mittens, it would be helpful for you to reveal that they are on your hands.
Rule #230
Rule #230: Thank you for wiping the pee from the toilet seat, and thank you for trying to save trees. But you may not wipe the seat first and then yourself with the same piece of toilet paper. Especially at Wal-Mart.
Thanks, Stacie K.!
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Rule #229
Rule #229: Please do not lock your keys in the car. While it’s running. And in reverse. And we don’t have a spare key.
Thanks to Cindy J.! Cindy – If you have a chance, comment here. Where did this happen? Were you able to get into it somehow?
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Rule #228
Rule #228: Once you’ve begged me to play in the snow, you MUST stay outside longer than what it takes to get you ready to go out there.
Thanks, Kelly S.!
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Rule #227
Rule #227: It is extremely important that you stop peeing before you shake.
Thanks, Kim J. who had to make this rule for her son who is currently potty training. Meanest Mommy can relate.
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