Plus: a parent on sharp knives; a nonprofit leader on charity ratings; the Trader Joe’s parking lot will destroy you; immigrant found family; OOO messages during miscarriage; a cute kid.
This reminds me of my favourite story from when my sister was an educational assistant. A parent pulled her aside one morning and was like “I found a ziplock bag filled with shaving cream in my daughters bag yesterday? She won’t let me throw it out? She says it’s a craft??” 😂 And my sister had to explain how the day before they had made “snowmen” by gluing eyes and mouths and little carrot noses to the bags of shaving cream and all the face pieces must have come off on the way home. I just love the image of the parent getting this exceptionally weird item out of a backpack with absolutely no context.
Caroline, I saw this comment when you posted it and laughed out loud, but seem to have forgotten to actually reply. A plastic bag full of shaving cream is a hilarious example of an incomprehensible gift from a child!
I know your stance on gifts, but a laminator is a great kid gift for the kid who is old enough (8-10, depending on kid)
Totally agree! If you’re giving a kid a gift, make it a laminator!
This reminds me of my favourite story from when my sister was an educational assistant. A parent pulled her aside one morning and was like “I found a ziplock bag filled with shaving cream in my daughters bag yesterday? She won’t let me throw it out? She says it’s a craft??” 😂 And my sister had to explain how the day before they had made “snowmen” by gluing eyes and mouths and little carrot noses to the bags of shaving cream and all the face pieces must have come off on the way home. I just love the image of the parent getting this exceptionally weird item out of a backpack with absolutely no context.
Caroline, I saw this comment when you posted it and laughed out loud, but seem to have forgotten to actually reply. A plastic bag full of shaving cream is a hilarious example of an incomprehensible gift from a child!