Back to School Contest

cathymccaughan

|2008-07-27 12:30:49

Very nice prizes. I registered and am working up the courage to post some of my over-tired drivel.

mamikaze

|2008-07-27 13:10:16

Anything that makes the back to school process simpler for me I am all in!

I registered, posted the badge on my sidebar and I will submit and article soon.

MommasTantrum - Pick Me

|2008-07-27 13:11:39

I am entering my story and putting the badge on my site.

Every year in elementary school my grandma would take me shopping for a back to school outfit. This particular year (I think about 4th grade) I picked out a horrible one piece yellow and black pantsuit jumper thing. (Think Top Gun flight suit) I loved that thing more than anything, I wore it all the time. Looking back at the pictures, I realize I looked like some kind of horrible banana throw up. I wondered why my grandma never told me it was awful, but then I realized this is the woman that thinks polyester pants are perfect for every kind of weather!

artificiallyawake

|2008-07-27 16:28:28

I can remember going shopping with my mom and buying a new package of leotards to wear on the first day of school under my new dress or skirt. The first day of third grade, I was so proud to wear my new black leotards, red plaid skirt and cream colored sweater with red plaid trim and the letter A embroidered on the chest. Dorky? Yes, but in 1983, I was all the rage. I couldn't wait for recess. I wanted to strut around in my new leotards, which for a third grader, back in the day, black was risque. So there I was, running to see my friends, when I tripped on a rock, or pebble, my own foot, who knows. I went down like a ton of bricks and created a crater in my leotards that made it look in style for the Madonna generation. I never cried so much, but in that short, potentially traumatizing moment, I learned that its not what you wear, but how you rock the tear you will inevitably get in your leotards/pantyhose. Getting up with a smile on my face and tossing the tears aside, I told everybody "I meant to do that."

I put the badge on my myspace account and on my website advertising my articles for type a mom.

windycindy - "Back to School Memory!"

|2008-07-27 16:36:24

Hello, My most vivid memory is the summer before starting kindergarten. My cousin Larry only lived one block from me. One day, we were sitting on my basement steps and Larry showed me that he could tie his shoes! That was a big deal to him. It was also a crushing blow to me. I couldn't tie my shoes and I was afraid they wouldn't let me in kindergarten. So there the two of us sat, while I tried and tried to learn to tie my shoes!!!!! I remember that I got to exhausted from trying, that I began to cry. About that time, my mom came and asked what was wrong. She set me straight and eventually I did learn to tie my own shoes. They did let me come to school. Later, they were probably sorry they did let me attend. I didn't want to share the toys. My brother and sister were so much older than me, that I was basically like an only child. I spent more time in the 'sorry' chair in school for not sharing and talking way too much. Thanks, Cindi

Abbreviated - Buried in Legos

|2008-07-27 21:33:56

Mr. Random Generator does not like me.

I remember buying school supplies in OK at the same place car tags were sold.

SuperWoman - Average Everyday Super Woman

|2008-07-30 12:24:05

Hey, Kelby - I think my most memorable school supply shopping experience was from the first year my family was living in Madison, WI (having moved there from a VERY small town in far northern WI), and I was still about a decade behind in styles and trends, so I ended up with all these cutesy more little girl type trends (in 5th grade) when all the other girls had more "grown up" styles. It was really embarrassing.

Nonetheless, I recovered and here I am! Oh, and btw, I am posting on my blog about your back-to-school giveaway and will include the survival guide badge, so please note my SIX entries total in the giveaway. Thanks, lady!!

Hip_M0M - Happy Healthy Hip Parenting

|2008-08-03 23:43:56

I just printed out the school supply list for my son. He's entering Pre-K and I'm astounded at the difference between the supplies they require and those that I remember from my early days of school.

I'm inviting my readers to the upcoming event so we'll see you all there!

candycook - Raising Explorers

|2008-08-04 20:00:22

I stuck it on my blog.

I don't really have many back to school memories. Although, we were talking about re-training the boys into a sleep/wakeup school schedule. I do remember when I was a kid, the first day we "trained" to get up at 6 am was the first day of school.