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Wednesday, November 29, 2006 

My Definition of Precocious

When Alex was almost 3 years old we went on vacation to Italy with my in-laws. Near the end of the trip my wife and I left Alex with her Grandparents, so we could go on a short cruise by ourselves. While we were gone Alex and her Grandma went swimming in the hotel pool and Alex decided to use the pool as her personal toliet, which wouldn't have been so bad if it was #1, but it was #2! (Remember the floating Snickers bar scene in Caddyshack? It was just like that!) My Mother-in-law picked her up and took her back to the room and started scolding her for "pooping" in the pool. Alex looked her straight in the eyes and said "Grandma, you're not allowed to be mad at me! You're my Grandma!".

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  • I'm Todd Martini
  • From Gig Harbor, Washington, United States
  • I own Alex's Coupons, which offers the latest deals and coupons to consumers, while educating them about Childhood Cancer. I started Alex's Coupons back in 2001 to help raise money for my daughter Alex's treatment for Leukemia. Alex was diagnosed at the age of 10 months and underwent 2 Cord Blood Transplants, multiple rounds of chemo, total body irradiation, experimental treatments, etc. Alex is now 3 1/2 years post 2nd Transplant and is doing quite well. Now that Alex is off treatment I've started donating part of the profits from Alex's Coupons to Cancer related charities. Click here to read more about Alex and the rest of our family or view our Evening Magazine story. that aired earlier this year. There was one major error in the story. We do not make $900k each month, as stated at the end of the story. We've generated up to $900k in sales in a single month (12/05), but we're only paid only a small percentage of that amount as commission.
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