Now You Pick

You blew me away with your haikus--some of them made me laugh 'til I cried, and others...well, they just made me cry.  But we had to have finalists, so I reluctantly narrowed them down.  Here are the top five:

World's Greatest Mommy knows the power of a good breakfast:

Smell of new crayons
Mixes with muffins and fears
Another first day.

Traci at Whosoever Believeth has her own set of challenges:

School at home is hard
Explaining Math makes Mommy's brain
need more coffee.

Carol at A Second Cup got me all choked up with this one:

Tall as an adult
A little boy yesterday
He walks to high school

This one by Crying Moms just made me LAUGH:

Spazzy 1st grader
Is it wrong to drop kick her
into her classroom?

Angie at Spring Of Joy gives us another tear-jerker:

Up the stairs he runs
Then turns to sign "I love you"
When did he grow up?

Please vote below in the poll--the winner will take home a fantastic prize package detailed here.  Special thanks to the participating merchants:  The Fine Art of Family, Kimberlee Faith, BizziMom, Peace Love Mom, Lands' End, Klean Bath and Body, and The Girly Girl Bowtique.

I'll close the poll and announce a winner first thing this Thursday morning.  Thanks for playing!

Comments

[kerry-colored with memories]

this was such a fun idea...thanks for giving us all a laugh...or a tear...both for me!

[Tara R]

drop-kick... bwahahahahahaha... hysterical. And I can SOOOO relate!

[Tree Climbing Adventures]

That was a hard choice. I'm so thankful for funny moms!

[Nikki]

Congrats finalists, nicely done! All so true. I prefer my coffee right before the drop kick. Then maybe another cup as I wonder how it's all going by so fast...

[Lisa C.]

So timely... I wanted to drop kick all three of mine out the door this morning! Crying Moms definitely gets my vote.

[Elizabeth]

So hard to choose!

[Kathy C.]

What a fun idea.

[Amanda aka Triathamom]

I didn't know about the contest until today. Don't expect a prize or even an honorable mention, but wanted to share.

Oldest starts high school
Youngest to kindergarten
Mommy cries alone

Thanks for being a continued source of inspiration & entertainment!!! I love lurking on your blog!!

[Daiquiri]

I just realized you're back! Hooray! I missed you :)

[World's Greatest Mommy]

I'm so excited to be a finalist!

Thanks, Shannon!

[carol]

I am excited to be a finalist also!! Thank you!!

[Michelle]

I had to vote for Crying Moms...we all want to do it sometimes, we seldom put it in writing. ;-)

[Beth H.]

Love "Up the stairs he runs"! So true. From
a mom of a 33, 31 & 28yr old.

[washwords]

these are all lovely. truly. i boo-hooed a bit and am not even a mom.

[Domestic Spaz]

That was the hardest decision I made all day! I totally cried.

[Amy]

These are all great! How fun!

I'm having a giveaway at my blog this week, come check it out!

[Sister Mary Martha]

Can I vote for everyone? I'm having a little non contest of my own, if anyone would care to visit.

Please get a nun
with a ruler
to take over so I can go sit down