1st Annual Mischiefmakers Award

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the first annual Mischiefmakers Awards! Thanks for coming. No time to waste, let's get straight to the categories, shall we?

The nominees for the most spoiled child are:

• GG, the 15-month old breast feeder

• JBoy, the whiner

• GG, the toddler who can't sleep in her bed for more than 3 hours alone at a time

• GG,who insists on being carried around all the time...while you're cooking, cleaning the house, washing clothes even though she's been walking since she was 10 months old

and the winner is...GG, who insists on being carried

The nominees for most neglected piece of housework are:

• the pile of laundry in the corner of the boys bedroom waiting to be laundered

• the pile of sheets and comforters that has been sitting in the dining room since November 2008 waiting to be taken to the laundromat

• the pile of dishes that keep resurfacing even after being washed the day before

• the pile of clean clothes in the master bedroom waiting to be folded and hung up

and the winner is....the pile of sheets in the dining room!

The nominees for most eaten food by the kids are

• macaroni and cheese, microwave Kraft or Boston market
• chicken nuggets, Tyson frozen foods or McDonald's
• pizza, Three Brothers or Papa John's
• peanut butter and honey

and the winner is...macaroni and cheese by a landslide

The nominees for most turbulent time in the house is

• in the morning when trying to get the cranky late risers to brush their teeth
• in the morning when trying to hustle the kids in the car so they are not late for their 5 minute ride to school as they are 4 out of 5 times in the week
• any time when Cboy and Jboy are going through sibling rivalry mode and fighting to be the first to push the elevator button, or open the SUV door, or sit next to GG in the car or hold the umbrella etc
• on the weekends when trying to tear Cboy away from the TV or video games

and the winner is...in the morning when trying to get the cranky late risers to brush their teeth

The nominees for most likely reason JJ(mom) is ignoring the children are

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Blog Posting
• Work for ungrateful, late paying, slave driving clients

and the winner is....WORK for ungrateful deadbeat clients

The nominees for most likely reason Trinihubby/daddy is ignoring the children are

• Watching TV in the basement
• Posting on his cricket site
• Watching TV in the bedroom
• Playing football (soccer) on Saturday mornings religiously even if Cboy has a standing soccer game the same time and mom JJ isn't good at soccer and will have to handle 2 kids while Cboy plays (yes there is a rant in this one)

and the winner is...Watching TV in the basement

JJ's Work procrastination project of the year goes to

• Sorting the files in the office
• Purging the emails from her 1/2 dozen email accounts
• Getting the laptop repaired
• Reinstalling the operating system to her PC

and the winner is...Sorting the files in the office

AND FINALLY...

The nominees for Mischiefmaker of the Year are:

GG
JBoy
Cboy
JJ
Trinihubby

and the winner is...A tie! GG and Jboy!!

Congratulations to our Winners!

Good night and see you next year!