bubble gum anyone?

Bubble gum has become quite an exciting item with M & J lately. Today they spotted a piece on the ground. After explaining why we shouldn't step on it, I was scooting Jason into the truck when he genuinely, sincerely asked if he could chew it. That's right, chew it. He asked to pick it up and chew it. He promised he would keep it in his mouth. While I was emphatically explaining why this would be a really really bad idea, I turn around to load Mads in just in time to swat the gum out of HER HAND RIGHT BEFORE SHE PUT IT IN HER MOUTH! I was just short of coming out of my skin screaming at her to PUT IT DOWN BEFORE SHE CONTRACTED HEPATITIS, TONISILITIS, OR DERMITIS! the other, more put together mothers just looked on unamused.

whew.