Today is a great day!
I get to give away one of the funniest books ever written about surviving (because let’s be honest…it is like Survivor) parenting ever written – “Parenting: Illustrated With Crappy Pictures” by Amber Dusick.
I’ll explain why this gets me excited.
First, I’ve been following Crappy Pictures (which is Amber’s blog) for about a year now.
It started because someone shared her post about Target on Facebook. And it made me giggle.
And then a month later her blog post about wine and coffee was shared (on Facebook) and I went from just giggling to realizing that we would be BFF in real life.
It is rare for me to laugh out loud at online things. I think it is because I’m online all day and I’m jaded. But nine times out of ten, I’m snickering, laughing, or spitting out my coffee/wine (depends on the time of day) after reading one of her entries.
So when, Harlequin contacted me about reviewing her book and giving one away – I jumped at the chance.
Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures
She tells it like it is. She swears. Her life is far from perfect and she doesn’t claim to have all the answers – but she loves her kids, her man, their cats and their new dog. And that is someone I can completely relate to.
Seriously, this is an awesome book for any new mom as a baby shower gift or experienced mom who needs a good laugh.
PS: On a side note, Hubs saw the “Big Red Book” laying around and decided to read it. I haven’t heard him laugh this much since he read “Sh*t My Dad Says
And if that isn’t enough…this picture should. #justsayin
And one lucky KCM reader is going to win a copy of Parenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures
Here’s How To Enter The Giveaway
(Remember, each comment is considered a entry – so leave a separate comment each time.)
Leave me a comment and tell me the funniest thing your kids has said in public. (Ex. Mom! Why does you arm giggle so much when you wave to your friends?)
Additional entry: Become a email subscriber to Kansas City Mamas. (I promise, I won’t spam you.) And then leave a comment and let me know.
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Contest will be open till end of day on April 10, 2013. Winner will be notified by email and has 48-hours to respond before another winner is chosen. Winner must reside in the lower 48-states of the continental USA. Good Luck.
Disclosure: Harlequin provided the giveaway prize and a review copy, but I was not compensated in any other way. The written remarks are entirely my own. Want more information – check out my full disclosure statement.
My 2 year old is expanding her vocabulary everyday..some things she says are awesome..others not so much. One day we were at Target and all of a sudden she puts her hand up to her ear and says “Listen, c*ck!” Of course my husband is dying of laughter. While I was trying not to laugh I said “Yes baby, I do hear the cLock!”
A few years ago my then 6 year old was in line with me at Lowe’s. This was about 5 people deep. A 40-ish man checking out was decked out in stone-washed jeans, tank top, and a long bleached blond mullet that went to the middle of his back! My son promptly said, and loudly, “Hey, that’s girl hair! Mom, why does he have girl hair.” Hopefully, the man was too busy talking to the cashier to hear! He was so concerned, I had to stop him from walking up and asking him that question personally. 🙂
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I was renewing my drivers license at the license bureau and when it was finally ready my son (who was 4 at the time and is now 8) said very loudly, “mommy, you can drive now!” Everyone was laughing, but I said ” son, mommy has always been able to drive. This just means I can keep driving. 🙂
One day after preschool while in Target, my 2 sons then ages 3 and 4, were talking about what they wanted to be when they grew up. They mentioned being a carpenter, doctor, fireman, etc. I chimed in, “Why not be a teacher?” The oldest son said, “No, we can’t be teachers! We don’t have boobs!” I responded, “What?” My son continued in a very loud voice, “I have never seen a boy teacher and I am not growing boobs just to make you happy.” I almost died. I am a teacher. Wonder what the other shoppers thought of that conversation…..
My 3 yr old (at the time) thought anybody that had a ‘tummy’ was pregnant. We ended up asking a lady probably in her 60’s if she had a baby in her tummy. I think all in all before I could get her to stop – she probably asked about 10 different older ladies if they had a baby in their tummies. Ackward!!
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My 15-month-old is becoming very noisy but most of his chatter isn’t understandable by people other than me or his dad. My nephew, back when he was about three, was shopping with me and my mom one day. We were sharing a dressing room and trying on clothes, and all of a sudden he yells out “them are boobies!” and starts laughing and pointing.
We heard a lot of snickering coming from the other dressing rooms.
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When I went to pick up my 2 1/2 year old son from daycare, the teacher looked at me and shook her head. She said “guess you guys aren’t KU (University of Kansas) fans are you?” I asked why she’d say that, and she responded that there was another boy at school with a KU sweatshirt on and my son went over and acted like he was tooting on the boy’s shirt and exclaimed loudly “Poop on Jayhawks!” So, Daddy was the one who got in trouble for that one!
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My son who is now 10, thankfully, used to love to show off his and everyone elses belly buttons and would do so every chance he got~
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My 2 1/2 year old yelled that she was going to bite my thumb !
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My husband is a police officer, and one night we were talking about his supervisor, chief Bonk. My two-year old son started bonking his head on the table. It took us a minute to figure out he was doing this in response to our conversation that had the work ‘bonk’ in it. It’s a good laugh to this day!
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My daughter told me we needed to take Dads truck because it”goes faster”. Hmmm, guess who’s busted….
Unfortunately, my kids haven’t said anything FUNNY in public, just absolutely humiliating, despite my best efforts to teach tact and consideration of others. My husband and I will never forget a camping trip in which our 3-year-old kept asking questions about another camper in a wheelchair who was an amputee. Thankfully, despite the fact that she had no volume other than a yell, she was still hard enough to understand by strangers that ‘No legs’ could be played off as a question about eggs for breakfast. 🙂
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No words yet from the kiddo, but I can only imagine what she has in store for us once she starts talking. I would love to win Amber’s book. Her blog cracks me up!
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A few minutes after being introduced to a woman I used to teach with back when I was pregnant with my daughter, she asked, “so, Daddy came to visit you at work at her school and put the seed in your belly there?”
My son once asked a girl at McDonald’s playland if she wanted to go up to the top of the playland to party with him. Apparently that’s where it’s at….the top.
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Nothing too hilarious but my kids do randomly blurt out while shopping, to eachother mostly, we can’t get that today, it is not on sale 🙂 they get it from their dad!
My son asked me (loudly) in the public bathroom if I had just “put that in my butt!?!?” (Tampon)
my 17 month old doesnt speak yet but she sure does like to pull down my shirt for milk, and both hands must be under my shirt to nurse, obviously.
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My 2 year old enthusiastically reached for my breasts and yelled “I want your booboo’s Mama!!” while we were in Target. It’s always Target….
We were in church with my extended family, and my daughter knocks over my nephews cheerios. She then hollers, “Shit” and points at the cheerios on the floor, I try to shush her and she just repeats it even louder. The Priest wasn’t even able to contain his smile. I am blushing as I am reliving the moment.
My daughter is only 8 months old so not speaking English yet, just baby 🙂 but my nephew, 3, loves to be laughed at so at dinner one night he yelled very loudly “Gamma fart!” Of course, Grandma had not farted and was very embarrassed.
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One of my boys said “boobies” instead of “blueberries,” in the store he would say “I want more boobies!”
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I am the mom of two young boys, who unfortunately must always go to the ladies room with their mom when out in public. After a rather bad incident once, they had to always enter the stall with me as well. Not being one to let an opportunity go by, my oldest son barraged me with a series of questions… “Why don’t you sit down when you go?”, What is that?”, “Why do you bleed?”, …. the facts of life from a visit to the restroom.