"My gum went bye-bye!"

Taylor's new thing is chewing gum. She loves it and often asks if she can have a piece of pink chew gum after an event, such as gymnastics or school. One day on our way home from gymnastics she asked for a drink of water. I gave her some and then after a moment she started crying very loudly and saying something about her chew gum. I asked her to calm down and then she got these big huge tears in her eyes and cried, "My chew gum went bye-bye." I asked her if she spit it out. She said, "No, I took a drink of water and it went bye-bye." Bless her heart. I had to explain that she swallowed it and that she could have another piece. Now if she asks for a drink when she is chewing gum, she makes sure to keep the gum between her teeth. :)