Read it Forward Winner

Dear SenoraG:

Congratulations!  You won this month's Read It Forward giveaway with this comment:

 As determined my my ever-helpful sidekick, Random.org:

Shoot me an email with your address, and I will get your book right out to you! 

Congratulations,

TheBookNerdWhoHopesThisMemeTakesOffLikeARocket

I'm a Winner!

I never win giveaways.  Jerome ALWAYS wins stuff.  Realtors give away prizes during open house tours, and he is always winning something - bottles of wine, cash, and most recently a free 4-hour cleaning service.  Yes, he got kisses for winning that one.

But, seriously, I don't ever win.

Until this last month.

I have entered, and won, three separate bloggy contests. 

I have no idea how. 

Ok, well, maybe I understand the first one.

You see, I have a slightly unhealthy love of The Princess Bride.  Slightly in the fact that I probably have the entire movie memorized.  When we watch it with the girls, they are constantly reminding me to stop saying the lines with the movie.  So when my sweet friend Rachel, who is also a TPB lover, asked everyone to list as many quotes as they could think of, I had fun.  Ok, ok, I went psycho!  But, I love that movie!  And I know a lot of lines!  Normally, Jerome is the one who knows all the lines, but this time I remembered more than he did!  We stayed up far too late that night giggling and typing lines, having a blast but never expecting to win.

So, imagine my surprise when I found that I had won!  Just look at this beautiful tastiness she sent me:

A super sweet card with Itty Bit's face, my very-own-not-your mug, a COOKIE, and a gift card!  Because TPB is a family affair, I decided to graciously share my gift card with the family.  Katrina guzzled hers before I could even get the camera out of the purse.  Violet looked like a a lion devouring her prey.

Don't even think about touching her tastiness.

And Madi?

Well, Madi was just a little excited about having a special treat.

I found out, about the same time, that I had won a really cool new book.  It's called the Alternative ABCs, and KMama from The Daily Dribbles gave it away on her blog.  Madi has decided this book is hers, because the rest of us just aren't cool enough for it yet.

The artwork is incredible.

Although we cracked up at the "I is for ink" page.  Ink, as in tatoos. 

The last contest I won (well, actually, the first contest, if you are thinking chronologically) was for a Munchie mug.  What is a Munchie Mug, you ask?  Why, it's only the greatest invention in childhood snack time history, that's what!

I am so not kidding here.  Our Munchie Mug is my new favorite accessory.  Shana from Unexpected Bliss gave this gem away on her blog.  You can check out all the Munchie Mug official specs on the rotor here (quick, name that movie!), but just know that it is awesome.  And no, sadly, no one has been willing to pay me for my glowing testimony.  Oh well.

Violet immediately claimed the MM as her own.  In fact, the only time this thing is not in her hands is when she is sleeping, I think.  We have had a few sibling battles when (gasp!  God forbid) one of the other sisters would like a snack, but otherwise it has been smooth sailing.  I can wash it in the dishwasher (a requirement in my house) and my car seats and floors are cleaner. 

And there is the tiny princess, practicing her very messy Vanna White skills.  Yes, my children get messy.  Yes, we often go out in public with something on their faces.  My children will never win the prim and proper contest.  They will probably be too busy entering the wresting and piling-dirt-on-siblings-heads contests.  You're only a child once, after all.