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We’ve got one week left before I pick the finalists for the #bigmesslittlekid contest. The winner will get an $1000 Target gift card plus a bunch of Seventh Generation products to clean up future messes.

Will the kid covered in lipstick make it? The kid who decorated his room with diaper cream? One thing’s for sure, the finalists will not include the baby who wiped his poop all over his crib. Or the kids where the sh*t literally hit the fan. (And yes, I am using “literally” correctly in that last sentence.)

I thought about it, but I just could not make the leap to put an actual picture of poop on my blog. Sorry, kids.

Plus, we have even worse messes that don’t make me want to vomit.

39 Times You Would Have Lost it on your kids if you didn’t grab the camera:

1) the time your son fought paint and lost

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2) the time your kid covered his face in lipstick

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3) the time your kid showed no remorse about stealing your yogurt

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4) the time your toddler tore apart a stack of magazines with his teeth

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5) the time your daughter auditioned for extreme home makeover

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6) the time your kid lived up to the writing on his shirt

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7) the time your son made a mess with soap

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8) the time your girls spilled out all the spices

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9) the time your son had a run-in with a stick of butter

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10) The time you put your baby’s high chair too close to a potted plant

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11) The time your twins painted the toilet red

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12) the time your son made sure the mirror didn’t get a sunburn

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13) the time your son poured his own glass of Milk

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14) The time your kids made snow angels in pancake mix

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15) THe time your daughter used nutella as lotion

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16) the time your son executed the 5 second rule

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17) the time your toddler just wanted to make some oatmeal

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18) the time your toddler emptied all the drawers

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19) the time your toddler poured powdered sugar on his head

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20) the time your baby confused mac-and-cheese with shampoo

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21) the time your son forgot about the “sidewalk” part of sidewalk chalk

Savanah Puckett‎

 

22) the time your son was left alone with the diaper cream

Angie Stockton Schaffer‎

 

23) the time your kids became one with nature

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24) the time your son lost the tub for his popcorn

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25) the time your kid opened a bag of chips

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26) the time your baby decided she disapproved of your wallpaper

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27) the time your son found the bulk box of 1500 straws

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28) the time your daughter thought she could hide by covering herself in powder

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29) the time your daughter passed out in a bowl of oatmeal

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30) the time your kid got naked in some Bisquick

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31) the time your kids took a bath in shaving cream

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32) the time your kids played in the pantry

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33) the time your daughter took finger painting to another level

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34) the time your son’s diaper change went awry

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35) the time your kid tried to make chocolate milk

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36) the time you realized you had way too many toys

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37) the time your son thought his crib was a dumpster

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38) The time your kids needed to take a bath with their clothes on

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39) THE TIME YOUR KID GOT A HOLD OF YOUR LIPSTICK AND YOU DIDN’T NOTICE BECAUSE YOU WERE DRIVING

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The contest is not over yet so you can still enter your kids’ biggest messes to win! Post your photos on the Mommy Shorts Facebook page or on Instagram with the hashtag #bigmesslittlekid. (If you enter on Instagram, make sure you tag and follow both @mommyshorts and @seventhgeneration to win.)

I’ll also posted an album on Facebook with all my favorite photos so far (this week and last week), so you can like your favorites to help me decide who should be in the finals.

Five winners will receive $50 worth of Seventh Generation products and one grand prize winner will receive a $1000 Target gift card.

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Finalists will be put to a vote on August 7th with the winners determined on August 14th.

You can see the full rules here.

All Seventh Generation products are plant-based formulas that are safe and effective, not only for your home and family, but designed with the planet and future generations in mind.

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I’ve been giving Mazzy and Harlow the Seventh Generation Baby Wipes to help me wipe up messes, which is great because they are made from plant-derived ingredients, hypoallergenic and free of fragrances, dyes, parabens and phthalates. I’m not sure what all that means exactly except it’s totally fine for my kids to touch them.

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Mazzy and Harlow actually love to help clean with the wipes and I learned that something thick and soft enough to wipe a baby’s bottom also works excellent on windows!

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This post is sponsored by Seventh Generation, but all messes are your own.