It’s finally arrived…the day we’ve all been waiting for; but, before I get started with all the festivities, I’d like to first give thanks to the three amazing companies that have donated these awesome prize packs I’ll be giving to five winners throughout the week. These companies are: General Mills, Target and Chorion. Thank you so much!!!!
Today I am going to be talking about those little “messes” our dear sweet-never do anything wrong-children we were so heavenly gifted with.
As all my friends, family and followers know; I have three of these kiddos and boy have I seen some messes in my time. I have a son who is now sixteen. He doesn’t really make “messes” anymore, but there was a time when he made some pretty nice ones.
When my son was just three, we decided to buy him a bunny (those cute bunnies with super, super long ears). We figured it was quieter than a puppy, nicer than a kitty and more active than a turtle. So Anyways, if there’s one thing we all know about bunnies and rabbits; it’s that they leave droppings everywhere.
For the sake of this post...here's a bunny (LOL)
One day, after a busy day, we came home to vegetate. CJ went into his room to play. He was generally pretty quiet and happy when playing by himself, but for some reason, on this particular day he seemed unusually quiet.
We didn’t think much about it, but after about five minutes we decided to go check on him, just to make sure…LOW-AND-BEHOLD- the mess we found in there was horrendous!!!! Holy CRAP what a mess- Literally!
Now, I’m not talking about toys, shoes and movies; I’m talking- kid DROPPINGS- everywhere! Each and every inch of this room had a piece of little boy & bunny poop. We didn’t know what to do. We didn’t know whether to scream and whoop his bare butt or laugh (and cry) at the site we were graced with.
Hubby took the logical approach (aint he sweet?); he simply told CJ to run to the bathroom and grab a roll of toilet tissue (and the dust pan). He calmly asked CJ to tear off a few pieces of tissue and had him hold the dust pan close to each spot. We then explained how it needed to be cleaned up. He was doing G-R-E-A-T – picking up all the “crap” as we quietly observed.
My Baby Boy...Back Then
Near the end of this episode; Hubby stopped CJ and asked him to smell just one of his masterpiece “poop-drops” that lay lying on the carpet…let’s just say there is a happy ending to this story. In the midst of this chaotic moment; hubby found a window of opportunity to teach my son about where “poop” should go. After telling him to sniff his creations we walked him to the toilet (as he gagged) and told him to “drop” it. When he did, hub told him to look closely at where it was and then told him to flush the toilet. He gave CJ a little pep-talk about where all his YUCK needs to go for now on and…that was it!! We never had to buy another diaper again. After we bathed CJ and put the bunny back in its cage, we took a trip to Target and let him choose “big-boy-pants”; the rest, my dear friends, is history.
Do you have a child that has made some “little messes” in your home?
Hold on- Hold on…How about this:
For a chance to win today’s MR Messy- COCO Puffs Prize Pack; answer this (MANDITORY):
What are your tricks to getting your child to take a bath or clean his or her room?
That’s it…
Do you really want to win? You can gain an additional entry by doing any, or all, of the tasks below (OPTIONAL):
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- * Leave a comment thanking the wonderful people at Target, General Mills and Chorion for the fun gifts they have provided. *
Those are just a few “extra entries” you can gain each day. Just make sure you leave a separate comment for each task so that it counts. To make it easy for you, simply click on the little “share this” tab at the bottom of this post. You can choose from there where you’d like to add your shout out.
*** Sorry folks- this Giveaway is open to U.S. Residents only ***
This giveaway starts now (12 MIDNIGHT CST on OCT. 5th) and ENDS AT 11:59PM CST, OCTOBER 5TH at which time, the next one will begin. I will randomly draw a winner from the day’s entries and post the winner in the following day’s post. As well, I will also be emailing the winner and that winner will have just 12 hours to reply (or another winner will be drawn).
So what will each prize pack include? Simple! Each day, I will feature a new character and the limited box of cereal it will be featured on.
One winner each day will receive:
- One (1) box of cereal featuring the Mr. Men, Little Miss iron-on character of the day
- One (1) Mr. Men Character T-Shirt (shirt may vary)
- One (1) White T-Shirt to apply the iron-on Character
- One (1) Mr. Men, Little Miss collectible book (available wherever books are sold)
- One (1) Mr. Bump Medical Kit from Fisher-Price (available at Target)
- One (1) $10.00 Target Gift Card for another item to use with the iron-on Transfers
We hope you enjoy this week’s festivities and will participate in the fun! There will be a lot of comments to read as I’m sure we all have a story to tell. Thanks too – to all readers and followers of BlogFully because without you, I wouldn’t have been offered this wonderful opportunity!
UPDATE: DAY ONE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED, WINNER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. If you’d like to enter THE GIVEAWAY, please go to DAY 2 which is currently underway until 11:59PM CST tonight.
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3:30 AM on October 5th, 2009
I care for twins and they are fixated on being big girls. If a mess is made I say “Aren’t messes for babies?” and they say “Yeah!” and I say what are you?” and then they both say “BIG GIRLS!” Then they clean up their messes. Works like a charm every time..and probably will for a few more years at least lol.
3:33 AM on October 5th, 2009
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3:38 AM on October 5th, 2009
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6:49 AM on October 5th, 2009
I tell mine….” You better get your room cleaned OR ELSE”………baum baum baum……they look back at me with the “yeah right mom” look….but they still clean it….if they don’t whatever is left on the floor goes in the trash….that one always gets them moving….
6:49 AM on October 5th, 2009
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7:18 PM on October 5th, 2009
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10:23 PM on October 5th, 2009
Taking a bath is easy she loves them, but cleaning room we sing the clean up song and she gets a sticker when she finishes.
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11:20 PM on October 5th, 2009
Someday, you can show this blog post to the girlfriend your son brings home–that’s worse than naked baby pictures! lol
Anyhow, my daughter loves to take a bath because we have bath crayons! No arguments, just let her color on the walls of the tub for five minutes and she is good to go. She LOOOOOOOVES the Mr.Men books!
11:21 PM on October 5th, 2009
Thank you Target, General Mills and Chorion for these wonderful gifts that will bring a smile to the face of whoever wins them!
11:31 PM on October 5th, 2009
My daughter loves to take a bath, only if she can drag about 100 Barbies in with her. I let her go to town, as long as she will help clean them up afterwards!
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12:04 AM on October 6th, 2009
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1:04 AM on October 6th, 2009
I try everything to get my son jack to take a bath its a fight i bribe with toys foam soap, bubble bath u name it. thanks for the chance to win eaglesforjack@gmail.com
1:07 AM on October 6th, 2009
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i faved on facebook thanks for the chance to win eaglesforjack@gmail.com my id islepaige
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12:39 PM on October 6th, 2009
http://twitter.com/eaglesforjack/status/4660332703 i tweeted too thanks for the chance
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1:21 PM on October 6th, 2009
I make bathtime and cleanup time some sort of game or race. Works everytime!
1:21 PM on October 6th, 2009
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