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Fun & Easy Contest: Write 5 "Momfinitions" and Get Cash!

Announcing the Winners!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Momfinitions contest sponsored by ParentsConnect.com. Everyone's Momfinitions were hilarious! I felt sorry for the experts at ParentsConnect who could only select one to be the funniest - boy, did they have a tough job! But here is goes...the winners are...

The mom who won the "funniest" Momfinitions is A Parent in Silver Spring: Jessica McFadden! Way to go Jessica! Read her post here: http://www.aparentinsilverspring.com/2009/07/parents-connect-is-int...

The mom who got the most comments to her blog post was Night Owl Mama with 91 comments! Holy Cow!

And, the first 20 winners are...
Summer
BusyJulie
DPopTart
Mom's Most Wanted
Loretta Lynn
Tara @ Feels like home
Jennifer
Ivy
Tuesday
Jessica - aparentinsilverspring
Tanya
Mommies with Cents
Melinda Roberts
Jessica
Elizabeth Kompagne
ptownmoofus
Laura Bethurem
Bekah
hamsterkitten
Dexter's Super Savvy Mommy

CONTEST DETAILS:
Ever notice how motherhood inspires a whole new language? Perhaps you recognize a few of these new parenting terms that haven't quite made it into Webster's:

Sleevekerchief [sleev-KUR-cheef] noun: What you use to catch your kid's snot when you're out of tissues.

Diapergami [dahy-per-GAWM-ee] noun: That secret parenting fold that turns a nasty diaper into a tidy package ready for the trash.

Keything Ring [kee-THEENG-reeng] noun: What your keychain becomes in a teething pain emergency at the grocery store.

Sound familiar? Every mom has their own set of momfinitions and ParentsConnect and Twittermoms want to know yours in our Momfinitions contest!

How It Works:

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To participate, write a post on your own blog with your Funniest Five Momfinitions! Describe the meaning of the words, use them in a sentence (just like a spelling bee!), and how they apply in your everyday life. Your blog post should include at least one link to the Momfinitions article on ParentsConnect.com. (You can link directly to the Momfinitions article found here: http://www.parentsconnect.com/articles/mom-definitions.jhtml). Feel free to upload photos or videos to better describe your Momfinitions.
Then return to this discussion page, post a comment below summarizing your blog post, and include an active link to your qualifying blog entry. The deadline to enter is July 22, 2009. Winners will be contacted the week of July 27.

And now for the prizing...WOO HOO!
- The first 20 bloggers to enter the contest receive $50 cash. Nice!
- The blogger who gets the most comments on their blog post will receive $100 cash. Even better!
- The funniest blog post judged by the experts at Parentconnect.com will win $200 cash. Go for it!!!

So go ahead: dream up and write definitions for your Five Funniest Momfinitions. Pretty soon we'll have a whole Momfinition Dictionary!

*Click here to read all the official contest rules and regulations.

Tags: blogging, contest, momfinitions, parentsconnect

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The Mommy Blog's Five Momfinitions:

Mommy Scrum: The morning dogpile in Mommy's bed, up to and including the coordinated effort to prevent a goal (Mom getting up and out).

Opposable Thumbs-Up: When one parent laughs and another scowls at funny/inappropriate behavior. Can also be applied to the divide-and-conquer method of gaining parental permission.

Slomework: Homework that goes on for ages by a child moving like cold molasses.

Land Grab: Simultaneous efforts by all children to secure equal or superior parcels of Mommy Real Estate.

Momasaur: When an attempt to be cool/helpful/current fails miserably, with or without a request from an embarrassed child to never try it again.

: )

Mindy Roberts

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Here are my Working Momfinitions:
http://mommyworksblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-top-five-working-momf...

Hope you enjoy and thanks for another great contest!

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Are you used to carrying around the motherload? Talented at twursing & twumping? Able to hold a toddler in a Death SPiral? All without any sleep cuz you're up all night watching infomercials?? Then you may be a mother! Enjoy my momfinitions!

http://kompagne.blogspot.com/2009/07/momfinitions.html

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http://motherhood-moment.blogspot.com/2009/07/motherhood-moment-momfinitions.html

Toddlo-yo - that time during the transition to a toddler bed when your child yo-yos in and out dozens of times each naptime.

Craysins - the inexplicable phenomenon that occurs when a child who won't eat food suddenly puts crayons in her mouth constantly.

Quickie - the diaper that only lasts 15 minutes because your child poops in it right after changing.

Nononono - the answer to every question, even if it really means yes ("do you want a cookie?" nononono *as she eats it*)

Pan-demonium - the noise made by kids as they discover the cooking cupboard

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Here's the link to mine!

http://www.momontherandom.com/2009/07/momfinitions.html

I gave definitions of 5 words that we use around our own home, for example "goopies" refer to the green yucky stuff that ends up in the corner of your kid's eye. Yuck!

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This was fun and creative. Just the outlet I was looking for. Just o you know, they were inspired by Dexter <3 Thanks for the contest. Here is my entry!
http://www.supersavvymommy.com/2009/07/5-momifications-we-all-know-...

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Argh! Looks like I'm number 21. Dang. I should have not worried about making it look nice first and just got the link out here.

Live and learn. This was still fun!! :)

Emilie @ Baby Loving Mama said:

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Not sure if they are all that funny to anyone else but here's mine:

http://www.mamabee.net/2009/07/mama-bs-momfinitions.html

Thanks for the fun contest.

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Here's mine this was a lot of fun. Homemom3's Momfinitions Thanks for the contest.

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