An Iowa Mom

Our Tooth Fairy Is Fired!

The tooth fairy assigned to our house STINKS.  She's awful.  Very unreliable.  Subpar, to say the least. 

It's a shame, really.  A true and utter disgrace.

Drew has left his tooth under his pillow TWO nights in a row, and she never came by to pay us a visit.  What a rip off.  Poor kid.

This will not be tolerated any longer.  I demand our tooth fairy be fired.  And new fairy be appointed to my kids. 

Effective immediately.

Why Don't We Just Make This A Regular Occurrence

I had so much fun shopping for the prize I had promised on the Double Digits post.  A.LOT.OF.FUN.  So much fun that I think we should make it a regular occurrence here at An Iowa Mom. 

What do you think?  Every month.  Yes?

Before I left to purchase the loot, I asked Jake what his favorite color was.  He answered, "Either Black or White".

So ... everything I picked up for the prize was black and white.  This made it so much fun.  Each month, I'll use a different color or theme. 

Here is what was sent to Kellyn as the winner of the inaugural contest:

• A Black Tote Bag
• Two Tumblers
• A Headband
• A "Dream" Shelf Decoration
• Recipe Cards
• Thank You Cards
• Dish Towel Set
• Picture Frame
• Notepad

There was also a black and white purse that I picked up to include ... but I kept it for myself, because, you know ... I'm selfish like that.

What?  I had to be rewarded for all my hard shopping, right?  I mean, come on, I was doing all this with a 2 year old running beside me ... that's got to be worth something!

Next month, I'll have the items purchased in advance to offer up for the winning.  Hhhmmmm, what color theme should I go with?

How One Would Find Me

Like many bloggers, I occasionally glance into my site meter and look up the search words people so freely type into Google or Yahoo and miraculously find my blog because of it.

After surveying some of the results, I'm questioning the impression one might get while visiting An Iowa Mom.

Boot Camp Iowa Children

Paranoid Parenting

Illegal Boys in Girl Underwear

How to Build My Own Spy Camera

Kid Up at 3 am Screaming for Mommy

Expect Nothing Less

And my favorite, because after reading the above searches to find An Iowa Mom ... it's a modern day miracle that anyone visits this blog at all.

A Small Oversight

This morning Jake and I had the following conversation:

Me:  After school we are going to go down to the mall for dinner and go to The Children's Museum.

Jake:  Oh no.  The Children's Museum?  Do we have to?

Me:  What's wrong with going to The Children's Museum?

Jake:  "CHILDREN'S" is in the title.  Hello?  I'm going to be in the double digits soon ... I'm a MAN now!

Oh, excuse me.  I totally overlooked that fact.  My fault.

When Life Throws You Lemons ...

you make lemonade, right?

That's what I did.  A whole gallon.

And then Drew asked me for some.  My response was to wait just a minute, while I was in the middle of something (According To Jim, but that's beside the point).

Having inherited his patience from me, he whined a little and said he could pour his own.

I obliged with the all too common, "DO NOT spill it.  Do you understand me?"

You all know where this is going, right?

Drew carefully poured his glass of lemonade.  When the sugary substance made it to the top of the over priced Rain Forest Cafe ... he kept pouring.

And pouring.

And pouring.

HELLO? 

Then startled that he was doing such a thing, he shuttered in disbelief and the pitcher left his hands and the entire gallon spread over my freshly scrubbed kitchen floor.

Yes.  Big Daddy came home from work today and cleaned all the floors, before he sped off with Jake to ball practice.

My reaction to this "little accident"?

I haven't had one yet.

I cleaned it all up with a smile plastered on my face and my eyes wide open.  Drew is still in the corner muttering, "You're scaring me, Mom?  Mom?  Are you okay?  You are really really scaring me!"

Not a word has been said. 

I don't know if I should blow. 

Say I told you NOT to spill.

Tell the kids they are slowly killing me.

Or just go lock myself in the bedroom and not come out until morning.

What would you do?

Not Possible

How in the world can it be possible for McDonald's to be out of COKE?

I'm not kidding.

OUT OF COKE.

At McDonald's. 

Pissed me off.

I'd rather drink stale water than Diet Coke.  And Diet Coke is what I've got here in my cup.

Ugh!

It would be like Hooters flat out of beer.  Just shouldn't happen.

Finally Selected

My youngest daughter has finally gotten off of me and I was able to select a winner for the prize on my Double Digits post.  I used a generator at Random.org

And the generator says ...

Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 3 Timestamp: 2008-03-26 14:55:04 UTC

That means ... Kellyn ... YOU ARE THE WINNER!

Now, of course, because Molly has been ill, I haven't been able to do the shopping required to collect the items I wanted to share, but we have our trip planned tomorrow and the prize will be mailed on Friday. 

Come on, it took me two days to choose the winner, did you really expect that I'd have the prize???  You all really need to get to know me better.

I'll give everyone a peek at what is being sent tomorrow.

Kellyn, send me an email and let me know where to send your goodies.

Thanks again to all who participated.