Confession is good for the mom's soul -- and for her sense of humor.
So, take a break and have a laugh.
June 30th, 2008 is MommaSaid.net's sixth annual Please Take My Children to Work Day,
the holiday for full-and part-time at-home moms. We're celebrating with a fun contest with great prizes.
But anyone with a funny parenting story can enter!
ABOUT THE CONTEST
In honor of this year's holiday, MommaSaid.net and
TrueMomConfessions.com are teaming up to offer:
MommaSaid "You deserve a day off" True Mom Confessays™ Contest.
Confess your craziest mom moment -- and take a day off.
Write or videotape your entry.
Make us laugh -- or just join us for the fun as moms across America confess.
Share your story about what it really takes to be a good mom. We want to hear all about the craziest
thing you've done in the name of motherhood.
All moms are welcome! All moms are welcome to enter our contest. We tied it to Please Take My Children to Work Day
to honor the six million full-time at-home moms and the millions more who are juggling their work schedules around their kids' lives because
they so often need an excuse for a little "me time" when so many people still think staying home with the kids is all about eating bon-bons
and watching soaps.
SAMPLE CONFESSAYS FROM THE CONTEST'S SPONSORS
Sample Written Confessay by Romi Lassally of TrueMomConfessions.com:
My 7 yr. old son Owen needed something for show and tell last week and he needed it fast. We'd exhausted everything interesting in our house - NBA star Wally Szerbiak's shoe ( purchased at another school auction), a collector's edition of baseball cards (a baby gift from my husband's partner) and our own canine oddity - a slightly psychotic, rodent -like chiahuahua Tiki.
I saw this as the PERFECT opportunity to indulge my latest obsession -- Siamese twin animals (or as they are properly called, conjoined twin animals.) Don't ask -- I have a morbid curiosity about siamese twins - human or otherwise -- so wouldn't my boy, lover of things gooey and gross, and his little 1st grade classmates, be equally intrigued?
A quick google search revealed much more than I expected - from the grotesque (twin fetuses in formaldihyde - ewww) to a more tame two headed turtle.
Sucked into this circus side show world, I clicked and clicked until I hit the motherlode Freaking News.com which revealed 5 full pages of two headed animals - dogs, flamingos, rhinos and even monkeys. I was giddy and quickly printed my freakish findings and zipped them up in Owen's backpack.
Show and Tell was a huge success -- his teacher even emailed me later in the day, thanking me for bringing such a fascinating oddity to her attention. She was even considering working this topic into the class curriculum.
Days later, when I found myself on the website displaying the weird and wonderful animals - I read the fine print below the site's name: Photoshop contests. OMG...in my rush to satisfy my purient curiosities, I had sent my son to school with a collection of cleverly edited images for a photoshop contest, rather than genuine evidence of "polycephalic" animals.
I am currently debating whether or not to break the news of my findings to my son. There are so few fanciful things left in his life - he already forced me to debunk Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny. He also knows that pigs can't fly...but for a few more days I'm going to let him believe that some of them have two heads.
Sample Video Confessay by Jen Singer, creator of MommaSaid.net
HOW TO ENTER
NOW CLOSED TO NEW ENTRIES.
PRIZES
You could win a $250 gift basket or spa gift certificate courtesy of
SpaAddicts.com.
Winner announced on the eve of PleaseTake My Children to Work Day, June 30th.
HOW TO VOTE
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED
CONTEST RULES Click here to read the official rules before entering.
ABOUT THE HOLIDAY
Celebrate the holiday for moms.
MommaSaid.net's Sixth Annual Please Take My Children to Work Day
This is the holiday for full-and-part-time at-home moms that has been officially declared by
governors in 12 states to date. Visit MommaSaid's Please Take My Children to Work Day holiday page for more details.
A video message from Jen Singer, creator of
Please Take My Children to Work Day.
ABOUT THE SPONSORS MommaSaid.net is the back fence of the Internet. Drop by for laughs and validation.
TrueMomConfessions.com
is the web site where women can confess their fears, frailties and fantasies (or their own throw up stories) without any risk of judgment or consequence.
My 7 yr. old son Owen needed something for show and tell last week and he needed it fast. We'd exhausted everything interesting in our house - NBA star Wally Szerbiak's shoe ( purchased at another school auction), a collector's edition of baseball cards (a baby gift from my husband's partner) and our own canine oddity - a slightly psychotic, rodent -like chiahuahua Tiki.
