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For example: The other day, my son told me that he was doing his big social studies project with a partner, instead of choosing to work alone. I was immediately angry and screamed, "If you work with a partner, how can I do your project for you?!"
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My 2nd grader was assigned to do a "book report" which included drawing the cover of the book on a brown paper bag. Instead of allowing his drawing of stick figures to be turned in, I drew the cover on the bag myself (to my credit, I did have him color it!) The bag had to be filled with objects that pertained to the story in the book, so I helped him bring it to school when it was due. When he handed it to his teacher, she looked at ME and said, "Oh, that's very good. Are you an artist?"
Posted by: Annie | January 17, 2010 at 01:23 PM
My third grader was assigned Arizona as his class project and was charged with creating an Arizona-themed float for the upcoming school parade. Enter me, his mom, an Art Major, who's only regular creative outlets are birthday pinatas (name a Pokemon and I can fashion its likeness into something cute and beatable) and Halloween costumes (you try making a tornado wearable). So my son and I got busy making a paper mache Grand Canyon. Minus the crying over how to approach rendering the Colorado River, it was fun. Messy, but fun. And we, I mean he, got an A.
Posted by: diana | January 17, 2010 at 01:41 PM
My son read "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" for his last book report. I got gold scrapbook paper to make the Golden Ticket. I found a real Wonka bar to glue to the cover. My son drew an arrow & told his teacher to eat the candy. When the book report came home with an A and the chocolate, I ripped it off and ate it. Afterall, I, we worked so hard on this one.
Posted by: Debbi Spiegel | January 17, 2010 at 02:27 PM
Wink if you do your kids homework
Blink if you’ve bought them a friend.
Nod if you’ve spent money on clothes
They didn’t even where in the end.
Laugh if you’d do it all over
Even though you tell them you’re done.
Your pleasure would soon be ending
If your kids knew you were having fun.
Posted by: Candid Carrie | January 17, 2010 at 03:21 PM
Wink if you do your kids homework... Smirk if he still gets "C"s.
Posted by: Cindy | January 17, 2010 at 06:45 PM
When my 11 year old son brought home his graded book report (the teachers were very creative and the students had to make it into a Windsock!), about a book he read on WWII, I was devasted when I saw I only got a "C". Didn't the teacher realize that a 37 year old Art Major took the time to "help" her son!
Posted by: Leanne Snyder | January 18, 2010 at 06:32 AM
My daughter had to take a cut out doll of about 20 inches, color it, and dress it like her ancestors. I drew the family tree diagram and explained to her that my family originated from Normandy, France, Ireland, and Scotland and that her father is a first generation immigrant from Nepal-and her family members on that side of the family are all of Indian and Nepalese descent.
Well--she colored a peachy-pink girl with bright blonde hair to turn in-the clothing was highly fashionable and of her unique sense of style.
When the teacher held it up-she compared the doll to my daughter. My daughter has jet black hair, huge round brown eyes with thick Cleopatra eyelashes and dark skin. About the only things she inherited from me were my nose and lips; I have predominantly red hair-somewhat brown now that I am older.
Puzzled--the teacher looked at my daughter and asked how the doll represented her family tree; the teacher hadn't looked at the family tree diagram yet.
She told the teacher: "Mama said we are French and French girls are fashionable."
I thought that was cute--
(The teacher hadn't met me at this point-so she had no idea my daughter is bi-racial.)
Posted by: Carolina | January 23, 2010 at 03:17 PM
Lol, Leanne! In college I made As on English papers so a friend begged me to write her an essay for a take-home midterm.
She made an F!!!
I know that feeling well--I was just trying to help--and I was an English minor!!!!
Posted by: Carolina | January 23, 2010 at 03:19 PM