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Water balloon the bus.

Rally the mom troops at your child’s bus stop and bombard the kids with water balloons as soon as they’re safely off the bus (and across any streets). You’ll get tons of cool mom points every year, and your kids will look forward to the brawl at the end of every first day.

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