Before we get to the winners, here are a few thoughts on the week.  You Lazy Moms don’t have nearly as many parenting tips as you do housekeeping tips.  Could it be that raising kids is just plain hard? 

Secondly, we can tell how people find our site through a reporting tool.  Someone googled “naked moms” and it took them to our site.  We thought this was really funny, because we will NOT be getting naked for you EVER! 

Thirdly, the topic for next week is organization.  You can start submitting your Lazy Mom tips now.  Leave a comment and let us know what you would like to see for future Lazy Loot!  Also, these Lazy Moms can be bribed.  If you would like to donate a prize for Lazy Loot, we will be happy to give your site a shout out.  We’re easy (but not naked)!!  Bribe away!!

In no particular order here are the tops 5 tips/stories, followed by the winner of the Lazy Loot:

1.  Denae A.-  After Christmas and birthdays, I make my kids give up a toy/item they have for each gift received. When they’re ready to open a new present, they have to give up an old one. This keeps the # of toys and clutter down.

2.  Jilene- My kids are grown, but you will have teenagers! You have to have your own time. I would tell my girls to go to the movies I would pay and have time in my home alone. This really helped my recharge. 

3.  Dana- Thinking on our recent family trip (8YO Son, 5YO Daughter and Husband) to the sports store to buy son some hiking boots. Definitely a Mother-of-the-Year Moment. It went something like this (and, by the way, Husband is responding to the nickname SD these days).

Me: Son, you have to find hiking boots.
Son: I don’t want new shoes. I hate buying new shoes.
Me: Son, you only have two pair of shoes and they are both worn out and you need hiking boots for this weekend’s campout.
Son: I only like shoes that don’t have laces.
Daughter: Oh, look Mommy, here are some shoes that would look just lovely on me.
Me: Daughter, you have 15 pairs of shoes at home. We are shopping for Sons’s shoes. You can try on shoes if you want but you are ABSOLUTELY NOT buying another pair of shoes today.
Daughter: But Daddy said I could get hiking boots too.
Me: (sigh) Okay, then, hiking boots but NOTHING ELSE. Where did your father go, anyway?

Me: Son, go find a pair of hiking boots. Stop ignoring me.
Daughter: Mommy, do they have pink high heel hiking boots?
Me: No.
Daughter: Are these hiking shoes?
Me: No. Those are pink high heels. Son, get up off the floor and get some shoes. My gosh! Where IS your father?
Son: (Still curled up on the floor) They don’t have my size.
Me: THEY DON’T HAVE YOUR SIZE? Is THAT what you just said to me? Are you insane? How would you know, you haven’t even looked! Here, try these on (I throw the box at him).
Daughter: I want Hannah Montana hiking boots. Do they have those?
Me: Where the h*** is your father?
Poor Husband: I’m here. I was over there looking at…..
Me: Son!!!! What are you doing? IS THAT YOUR GAME BOY?! IS THAT WHAT YOU’VE BEEN DOING?! OH MY GOD-GOSH, WHY WOULD YOU BRING THAT? PUT IT AWAY AND TRY ON THESE BOOTS!!!!!
Daughter: Can I have two pairs of shoes because these ones over here are sooooooo cute.
Son: I hate these shoes. I hate all shoes that have laces. You know that.
Me: All hiking boots have laces.
Son: Then I don’t want them.
Me: Dammit Husband!!!! I AM OFFICIALLY CHANGING YOUR STATUS FROM “FATHER” TO “SPERM DONOR” IF YOU DON’T HELP ME WITH THESE SPAWN OF YOURS!!!!! SON, SHUT UP AND PUT ON THE STINKIN’ BOOTS AND GIMME THAT STUPID GAMEBOY OR I AM THROWING IT IN THE TRASH. I MEAN IT. ONE….TWO….THR… THANK YOU. DAUGHTER, YOU CAN HAVE BOTH PAIR OF THE D*** SHOES IF YOU WILL JUST SHUT UP FOR A MINUTE. What is wrong with you people?
Daughter: Mommy, I love you.

4.  Evelyn-  I was saying the Lord’s Prayer with my 4-year-old the other night. We’re Lutheran so we end with “For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.” My son is saying it with me and he says: “… glory forever and ever.org”. I guess he’s been watching too much PBSkids.org!

5.  Chantal-  Just in case you can’t remember/ or forgot to write them all down … we often take a picture with each guest and my child holding their gift. We will then send that picture along with our thank you note!

And the winner of this week’s Lazy Loot goes to…Buffy F.- Teach you kids to play cards, they like to talk when they play, and you can learn alot about what is going on in their lives.

Buffy, you have won a set of personalized note cards from PaperDoll Designs.  Please send us an e-mail to claim your prize.  You can choose from several different designs of cards.  Here is a cute sample below:

Be sure and tell the PaperDoll that the Lazy Moms sent you!!!