Don't Lick the Minivan: And Other Things I Never Thought I'd Say to My Kids

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As a woman used to traveling and living the high life in Bangkok, Leanne Shirtliffe recognized the constant fodder for humor while pregnant with twins in Asias sin city. But in spite of deep-fried bug cuisine and nurses who cover newborn bassinets with plastic wrap, Shirtliffe manages to keep her babies alive for a year with help from a Coca-Cola deliveryman, several waitresses, and a bra factory. Then she and her husband return home to the isolation of North American suburbia.
In Dont Lick the Minivan, Shirtliffe captures the bizarre aspects of parenting in her edgy, honest voice. She explores the hazards of everyday life with children such as:
The birthday party where neighborhood kids took home skin rashes from the second-hand face paint she applied.
The time she discovered her twins carving their names into her minivans paint with rocks.
The funeral she officiated for Stripper Barbie.
The horror of glitter.
And much more!
Shirtliffe eventually realizes that even if she cant teach her kids how to tie their shoelaces, shes a good enough mom. At least good enough to start saving for her twins therapy fund. And possibly her own. Shirtliffes memoir might not replace a therapist, but it is a lot cheaper.

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Leanne Shirtliffe is an award-winning humor blogger. She writes funny stuff for the Huffington Post, Nickelodeons NickMom.com, and the Calgary Herald. When shes not stopping her twins from licking frozen flagpoles, she teaches English to teenagers who are slightly less hormonal than she is. She lives with her husband, their kids, and dust bunnies in Calgary, Alberta.