Oops, we almost ended the week without announcing who is receiving the coveted Imperfect Parent Blogger of the Week award, and I’m sure you all were hitting refresh every ten seconds in anxious anticipation, no? Well the wait is over, and this week’s winner is BlabberMouse! We really enjoy her sense of humor, and the post that drove her past the finish line was this one, featuring an eerily familiar multiple choice question:

The facts:

(A) Larry is home on summer vacation.

(B) Gus is home with strep throat.

If (B) is true, then that makes

(A) False
(B) Larry a bitter man
(C) The house a disaster area
(D) All of the above

Read the rest to find out the answer.

Stay tuned, because at the end of next week BabbleMouse will go up against the other July winners in a voting smackdown to see who will take home the enigmatic Blogger of the Month Major Award™.

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This week’s Imperfect Parent Blogger of the Week award goes to Jen on the Edge — congrats! Jennifer received this prestigious award for this post, about the secret life of American Girl dolls. Having two boys, I can’t even relate to the doll scene she stumbled onto (although my youngest has started carrying around a Hannah Montana “action figure” everywhere), and I was still laughing my ass off. Be sure to keep an eye out for a special appearance by Duct Tape Doll.

Jen also gets extra points for helping to save the planet. And of course, she’ll face the other July winners at the end of this month to see who will take home the mysterious Major Award™. If you have someone you would like to see considered for Blogger of the Week, nominate them here.

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This week’s Imperfect Blogger award goes to… (why do I continue every week with the damn ellipses trying to build up some faux suspense, you already saw it in the title) … The New Girl! We discovered her blog awhile ago via her friend Kristen — which means for those of you paying attention, that might warrant some sort of charge of nepotism. Well, I *am* from Chicago, after all, where “we don’t want nobody nobody sent.” But in this case, unlike the Daley clan, she got here solely based on talent.

The post that launched her into the winner’s circle was a recent one on proper form when receiving good news and giving bad news:

What is not okay, as far as I’m concerned, is PARADE RAINING. It is not acceptable to receive someone’s good news with a quick, ‘Yeah, but have you thought of this?’ or, ‘I’m not so sure that’s what I would do.’ or, ‘Is that all they offered you?’ You know what I’m trying to say. There’s a MILLION ways to Rain on Someone’s Parade. None of them are friendly. Or good.

If you’re still not convinced, think of it this way: Parade Raining is for grouchy old people. Who have no teeth. And no sex.

Just saying.

If you haven’t been following, The New Girl will go head-to-head with the other winners in July for one of our afore-not-revealed “Major Awards”, rumored to be worth hundreds of rupees. Speaking of which, there’s still time to vote for June’s winner — you can vote every day until Friday.

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This week’s Imperfect Blogger of the Week award goes to… SuburbanCorrespondent at The More, The Messier! Congratulations! SC was nominated for this post, which demonstrates what can happen when you start having more kids than you can keep track of. We also liked her house tour, which looked oddly similar to the current state of Imperfect Parent Headquarters.

Stay tuned as later this week she will go up against past June winners* for a voting showdown to see who will get the “Major Award” worth thousands of pesos. And don’t forget to nominate your favorite blog for a future IBOTW award.

*Yes, I realize it’s now July. I’m a day late, so sue me.

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This week’s Imperfect Blogger of the Week award goes to… Diary of a Mad, Mad Housewife! Congratulations! Mad Housewife was nominated for this post, which demonstrates how she is permanently disqualified from ever having a knitting blog:

While at first glance, the following sweater appears to sort of/kinda fit, full disclosure requires me to reveal that I actually made it for Girl FOUR years ago, back when she was SIX. To wear then. And I think she still needs a year or two to grow some gorilla arms to make it work.

Hey, I’m not going to be critical, I don’t know my purl from my asshole.

Stay tuned later this month when she will go up against past winners and next week’s final June honoree for a showdown to see who will get the “Major Award” worth thousands of pesos. And don’t forget to nominate your favorite blog for a future IBOTW award.

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This week’s Imperfect Blogger of the Week award goes to… wait for it… Sassy Molassy! Sassy was nominated for this post about a hilarious and quintessentially teen practice at the high school where she teaches that proves the old adage “where there’s a will there’s someone selling Hot Cheetos”.

Stay tuned later this month when Sassy will go up against past winners and the rest of the June honorees for a showdown to see who will get the “Major Award” worth thousands of pesos. And don’t forget to nominate your favorite blog for a future IBOTW award.

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As promised, we’re starting to highlight bloggers we like from around the web that really have the “Imperfect Parent spirit” about them. And the inaugural Imperfect Blogger of the Week award goes to… drum roll please… Sue at Navel Gazing at its Finest! The post that put her over the top was about her six-year-old’s PRESENCE. We smell a horror movie screenplay in the making. Here’s an excerpt:

I must preface this post by saying - I love my daughter and I am NOT AFRAID OF HER.

Still.

The other night I was sitting at my computer in the middle of the night, typing clickety-clack, clickety-clack and chortling to myself, when I felt this PRESENCE.

I looked to my left and the girl from The Ring was standing RIGHT THERE, two inches from my face and I screamed in terror. Except, OOPSIE, it was actually my six year old.

Stay tuned later this month when Sue will go up against the other winners in June for a showdown to see who will get the “Major Award” worth tens of hundreds of cents. And don’t forget to nominate your favorite blog for a future IBOTW award.

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