11-12 Ten tips from last week

1. Always get your child a cake on his birthday.

2. When you hear one child say to the other "Put your finger in my mouth", run in and see what's going on.

3. Setting up a teacher conference is a pain in the butt when the days they do the conferences are not the days you have your children.

4. "Stinky-butt" can be used as a description for a lot of people, even in public.

5. Rice Krispies still go "Snap, Crackle, Pop" when they're dumped on the floor.

6. Not all Friendly's Restaurants are the same - it really depends on how good your waiter/waitress is. For example, when the waiter forgets your 3-year-old's lunch and everyone else is served, this is not a good Friendly's. Especially when he was the one saying "I'm hungry" the loudest. (And they didn't even comp his meal . . .)

7. Stock cars are a great way to teach your toddler numbers.

8. NASCAR looks completely different when seen through the eyes of a 4-year-old.

9. When your kids try on their snow boots to see if they still fit, plan on letting them wear the boots for a while, because they will want to keep the boots on, even if its not snowing.

10. With one less person in the house I can now go 2 weeks without going to the dump. This especially helps when the dump is closed for Veteran's Day.