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She missed her first day of first grade due to illness, but she invented a gun that "just gives the animal a little shock to tell them 'hey you, you get out of here'". So we spent her sick day hunting the skunk living under our deck:
"You don't want to come? What do you mean you're scared? You're a MOM, you CAN'T be scared...you come with me and I'll get my Hey-you-you-get-outta-here-gun and if he jumps out to spray you, I'll jump in front of you and save you ok? You can DO this, Mom."
A few short minutes later...
"Charlie, why are you running?! You said you'd jump in front of me!"
"I didn't know it was going to smell that bad!"
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She missed her first day of first grade due to illness, but she invented a gun that "just gives the animal a little shock to tell them 'hey you, you get out of here'". So we spent her sick day hunting the skunk living under our deck:
"You don't want to come? What do you mean you're scared? You're a MOM, you CAN'T be scared...you come with me and I'll get my Hey-you-you-get-outta-here-gun and if he jumps out to spray you, I'll jump in front of you and save you ok? You can DO this, Mom."
A few short minutes later...
"Charlie, why are you running?! You said you'd jump in front of me!"
"I didn't know it was going to smell that bad!"