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Rules for My School

This morning, the 4 y.o. announced that when she was ‘growed up’, she was going to own her own school to teach kids how to be just like her. She demanded asked us to write down the rules for her, you know, since she can’t write yet…

1. You are not allowed to make a big mess with yoga.

2. You are allowed to do yoga.

3. You are allowed to dance and do ballet with people.

4. You are not allowed to dunk your head in the wood chips.

5. You are allowed to play with Little People and princesses.

6. You are not allowed to have coconut trees.

7. You are allowed to go to the school’s beach.

8. You can really go to the school’s concert.

9. You can only play Crazy 8s and Go Fish. With Valentine cards.

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