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I knew the girls were suggestible the first time we watched 'regular' TV.

We had been sticking with PBS, TVO and Treehouse, and then when they were almost 2, we watched the Toronto Santa Claus parade on Global. No word of a lie, when the first ad for a toy came on, E turned to me and breathlessly said, "We should get that!"

And then there was the time I was in the store with K, and I reached for some detergent. She gasped and said, "You mean you don't get TIDE WITH STAIN RELEASE?!?"

But this morning's was good, because K just tried to work it into casual conversation:

"Hey mommy, did you know that this summer Best Western is really shaking things up? If you go to their website, bestwestern.com -- or something (she pulled back here, perhaps feeling that she was overplaying her hand) -- you can enter to win a trip to Hollywood to meet the cast of Shake It Up!"

And then she just strolled away, leaving that little seed to germinate in my brain.