and i sound just like my mother

Ana loves gum.

I started keeping gum around when I outlawed fruit snacks due to the rotting teeth thing. So in the afternoon when her bored self wanders into the kitchen even though she's not really hungry, I started giving her fruity flavored trident. And boy is it a hit!

It keeps her happy in the car, in the store, and at home.

Lately she's been telling me (and her brother Jack) "If we swallow it, then we become magic."

I have no response to that.

And I'll admit, I have been known to say "keep that gum in your mouth or I'll throw it away."