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Hazel was feeding the penguin statues and loving it.

She got her hand stamped as we left the aquarium, with a turtle. After dinner, she went to sleep in the car, so she had no bath that night. The next day, I was giving her a bath, and I washed off Hazel’s turtle handstamp. She’d been proudly showing it to everyone today. I did not anticipate the solid 5 minutes of anguished wailing that would result from this. “Turdle! Turdle! Turdle!” while pointing at her hand….

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