As for drying daycare stuff, we always go out in the morning so when we come in I put everything I can on hangers and hang it in the basement and boots and hats and nuts go on dryer vents. Id need to buy half a dozen of those drying contraptions to make it useful. Kids rarely travel home in their snow pants from here anyway and if their boots were still wet they could wear their slippers/indoor shoes and be carried to the car. I think I'll probably get two this year with can tire money I have saved over the years but for my family and myself not the daycare. Boy do I know how to treat myself lolol