Dear Ivy,

[bodacioussylph]

Stop putting things up your nose! If this is some creative experiment to find out what happens, I can tell you with confidence that the same thing will happen every time: you will feel a sensation of discomfort or pain; your mother will get stressed out but work hard to remain calm; and there will be lots of "BLOW! or we will have to go to the

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[ghost_light]

My hubby is exactly a year-and-a-half older than his sisters and brother. When they were little, mom discovered there was no better way to keep them occupied then to shake a box of raisins on to the carpet and let them pick all the raisins up...

Until somebody decided to see if a raisin would go up his nose and had to be taken to the ER to get it removed.

[bodacioussylph]

Yeah, the good news is that she managed to snort it out and we dodged the ER trip. I'd rather dodge the whole rigmarole though.

[ghost_light]

Phew!

[stoneself]

"children are cute so their parents won't kill them."

"insanity is hereditary, parents get it from their kids."

[bodacioussylph]

She is indeed very cute. And I am beginning to get a tiny bit insane, if by insane you mean grey-haired.