O dear, I believe I’ve taught my grandson the primary rule of gov’t budgeting… Instead of using less, find reasons to get more. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n
We’ve taught him to wipe off the crayon marks he puts on the fridge. He uses a spray bottle of water. These are special easy clean crayons.<\/p>\n
He likes cleaning so much that now he’s marking everything so he can use the bottle.<\/p>\n
We’ve had a talk about that and now he knows it’s ok to clean just for the fun of it, without having to use the crayons as part of the process \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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