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18 Jul, 2008

Root beer bottlecaps might not be my favourite anymore

Posted by andrea in: Easy ways to make kids happy| sanity saving parent tips

Our house is hosting a few too many sets of candy buttons, bottlecaps, Razzles (”First it’s candy, then it’s GUM!”), and giant gobstoppers. We were at a local candy store the other day, researching a future article (tough gig huh?) and the gobstoppers were recommended by the owner, a very kind and friendly lady who was astonishingly slim for owning a candy store.

She told me she buys them for long car trips. Her family has a contest to see who can suck theirs down the fastest.

I love that idea. I might just use that.

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1 Response to "Root beer bottlecaps might not be my favourite anymore"

1 | Scattered Mom

July 19th, 2008 at 9:55 am

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Hey! I wish I would’ve thought of that when we were way out in the middle of Nevada. No, I had to allow Jake to buy salted licorice that made him sick.

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