1. Bribing your son to eat 2 slices of an apple in return for more IPad time is the right way to teach him the importance of healthy eating

2. Pretending the monitor is turned off (or I suddenly experienced some hearing loss ) when  your 5 year old is asking to get up and play is the best way to catch up on your beauty sleep ( much needed, by the way)

3. Blaming the dog for eating those teeny tiny very essential pieces to that toy which is so very hard to put together is the best way to save everyone from aggravation when YOU can’t put it together right

4. On a trip to Toys R’ Us with his own Christmas money, you tell your son everything that he wants costs too much money, and point to everything YOU want him to buy & say he can afford that definitely teaches him the value of a dollar

5. You secretly persuade him to play with certain kids based on how much you like their parents, especially the “Mother” , however this shows him that you care about his social life

And if those weren’t reason enough as to why I deserve Mother of The Year….

I love my son unconditionally, for he is warm, loving, caring, generous and has values that I wish more adults had. He is an old soul, he is an individual, unique to his very core. He is my Landon- never trying to be someone else at only 5 years old. He accepts everyone and is always very curious. He is my little love and I do everything for him. He will be a great man someday and I know the world will be better off for he is in it!

So Ladies and Gentlesirs, I bow down- you may crown this “Queen”, for I know that I am the best Mother I can be!

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for those with no sense of humor- this was a joke….a funny funny, a hahaha! It was merely to prove a point, that as long as you are doing your very best for your child that you possibly can- you are Mother of the Year! We judge and critique ourselves so much that we never sit back and realize what a damn good job we ARE Doing. Well, I am- I am a good mother….I dont tell myself enough so I am starting today!