If you are joining the Glare-Off for the first time, I'd suggest you start with ROUND #1. For everyone else, welcome to THE FINALS.
Yesterday, Liam and Sidney gave it their all, but in the end, they just couldn't beat the terrifying glares of Kadence and Lil D. But, since they made it so far into the tournament, they will not go home empty-handed…
As a consolation prize, Liam and Sidney will both get a Mommy Shorts Mug of their choosing. Wasn't the campaigning and the heartache all worth it??
If anybody else would like to join my mother in purchasing Mommy Shorts paraphernalia, you can do so here.
Now on to the main event. (If you scare easily, DO NOT READ ON. These two little ladies will haunt you in your sleep.)
Which baby is more likely to fashion a shiv out of Lego?
Which baby has her own evil theme music?
Which baby sets a place at the dinner table for her imaginary friend, "Lucifer"?
Which baby inspired a Law and Order episode?
Which baby makes Dick Cheney pee his pants?
Which baby enjoys a nice side of fava beans with her meal?
Which baby took out Caillou in his sleep?
Which baby is hoarding eggs for Halloween?
Which baby hides forks in the sandbox?
Which baby sent Chucky a housewarming hatchet?
Which baby's favorite word is 'revenge'?
Which baby is most likely to get the Church Lady to say, "Hmmm…Could it be…SATAN?"
Which baby is scarier than a Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion?
Which baby scares the monsters under her bed?
Which baby wants a pickaxe for Christmas?
Which baby gives Freddy nightmares?
Which baby started a Diaper Genie fire with her eyes?
Which baby was blacklisted by the babysitting service?
Which baby is most likely to tell you "get your money and get out" after she's done breastfeeding?
Voting will continue all weekend with polls closing at 6pm EST Sunday night. Winner will be announced Monday. (UPDATE: Voting has closed and results have been hidden. Winner will be revealed tomorrow, October 22nd.)
May the evilest baby win!
GIVEAWAY
Today's giveaway is a $250 gift card* to North American Bear Company, which literally sells hundreds of bears, dolls and plushies on their site, including some of my favorites pictured below:
$250 should cover multiple children through Christmas. Unless you've got an evil baby who threatens to change your gmail password, if you don't spend it all on him at once. If your kid would prefer a plushie version of Ted Bundy over a yellow chick or a pink mouse, perhaps you can interest him in this Monster named Yucky…
Also, it's time to get your child professional help.
GIVEAWAY RULES
1) You must be a Mommy Shorts Facebook Fan to enter. If you are not one already, you can become one by clicking here.
2) Answer the following question in the comment section below: What should I do for my next photo contest?
All giveaway winners will be announced on Monday October 22nd, along with the winner of the glare-off. You can still enter each giveaway up through Sunday by clicking the links below and commenting under the respective post. They are:
"I Pretzel NY" onesie, mini Wayfarers and toddler fedora from Piccolini ($78)
3 Princess Sets or Halloween Costumes from Just Pretend Kids (prices vary)
GOOD LUCK!!!
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* $250 includes all available items except Make Your Own Monster
Next photo contest: Best Baby Bedhead shot. I’ve got some doozies I could enter. 🙂
Good luck Lil D! I never thought Miss Kadence would make it this far. She’s my sweetie, but isn’t afraid to show her dislike. I have to turn my head so she doesn’t see me laugh. Love that girl!
Thanks for everyone’s votes getting us this far!
It’s been a pleasure.
I have a feeling I might see Lil D’s face a bit more than you see Kadence’s…
Something with Halloween? Oh wait. That whole “having a baby thing”.
Um… Lil D has been practicing her evil laugh..
Best baby “accidental” flip-offs?
Next Photo Contest. The best “worst” toy your child has ever been given for Christmas. I figure by the time you are post baby delivery it may closer to Christmas.
I would say, sweetest sibling shot. Since you will soon find out, the times when the kids show genuine love towards each other, even if only five minutes a week, somehow counter balances all the fights/arguments/snarking/etc. My favourite pics are of my kids hugging or kissing or helping each other.
OK, I just realized that isn’t fair to the “onlys”. Though baby glaring isn’t fair to babies who don’t glare (if any exist!) and we can’t expect to qualify for everything SOMETIMES WE CAN’T WIN AND THAT’S CALLED LIFE! Oh sorry, I digress. 😉 Anyway, could expand to sweetest “child expressing love for another” shot. I just prefer sibling as is an easier to say theme and it suits your soon-to-be new family.
Baby shaming vs. Parent shaming? Who had the worst deed? That would be interesting!
Best family photo gone wrong!
Great glare-off this year, nice work!
Let’s see, what about “Most Frightened” (I’m thinking of some great meeting Santa pics) or “Happiest Child”?
I do like the bed head and sweetest sibling shot ideas, too.
What about craziest sleeping position?
Anyway, good luck to the finalists!!!
What about the opposite of this one? The kid with the most fearful face?
Of course, considering the competitive nature in these contests (I will get me a mug one of these years!), it might make people scare the crap out of their kids. Make sure to put a diaper on them first!
great contest…..someone already suggested, but i love the crazy sleep position contest idea! I know some little ones that fall asleep anywhere, and isn’t a sleeping toddler every mothers dream.
Oooh, I’m with the person above who suggested Santa photos…last year’s was traumatizing enough to make me think twice about going this year…plus it buys you some time to have your baby first!
Best Christmas morning photos.
Contrast this one with the “most angelic” baby contest.
I second the best bedhead one! (for mostly selfish reasons) or you could do Halloween costume one!
Biggest mess.
I think it should be the best bedhead! That should turn out very nicely.
How about a best helper for all those pics you have of your kiddos “helping” with a task.
Family Christmas/Holiday photos gone wrong.
Best (or Worst) Holiday photo?
Still pulling for Lil D! That evil glare cracks me up more every time I see the picture!
For the next contest, I love the above ideas for best baby bedhead and sibling love. Another thought … how about something with food … some of my favorite pics of my kids are the ones from their first birthday parties, covered in cake from head to toe.
Since you’ve been talking about it lately, maybe you could do a baby-shaming, mommy-shaming, daddy-shaming contest?
Worst Baby/Pet Photo Bombs. I have a number of pictures of the Supergirl as a baby where it looks like the dog is trying to sit on her head. Every time I would pull out the camera to take pictures of her the dog would race to get her picture taken. I can’t imagine that I am the only one.
I like Beth’s idea of best family pictures gone wrong. Also think something having to do with Thanksgiving would be great. 🙂
I can’t wait to see you version of who wore it best when your baby girl comes along! That should be your next photo contest 😉 xoxo
meant your…not you.
photo bombs and bedhead are good. What about a video? Like funny baby giggles?
Musician/future band mate picture contest 🙂
I like the bedhead idea- also with Halloween coming you could do a costume contest… but not just any costume contest… tantrum costume contest… cause most kids hate wearing the costume they picked out or you lovingly slaved making them- right?
I think awkward holiday photos… you know the ones where the kid is screaming in Santa’s or the Easter Bunny’s lap. Or better yet, the ones with the moms awkwardly sitting next the holiday character. Could also be timed for January giving you a little break from the blog after the new baby is born:)
I agree with the photobomb suggestion! LOL
The easy answer is: halloween costumes. best, worst, most hazardous, most obviously child-made…
but I would love to make fun of bad ‘baby in the pumpkin’ pictures.
Next contest should be best miserable holiday pics (halloween, easter bunny, santa, etc) . Number of women in my mommies group got their kiddos halloween costumes, took them to the pumpkin patch, etc, only to find that the kids were all miserable including myself. Something along the lines of most expensive outfit/costume paired with miserable face 😉
Crazy Hair or Worst Santa/Easter Bunny/Giant Evil Plush Creatures which insist on getting pictures with your child even though they are devil spawn PIctures
I say most inconvenient nap position or best tantrum face.
I am thinking we could use a best “photo bomb” contest.
I know everyone has a picture that would have been perfect if someone hadn’t ruined it with a naked baby running through it in the back ground! Lol
You can do either the baby bombing the photo of the parents or the other way around?
haha best pouty face?
I like Liz W’s idea of crazy sleep positions – must be nice to be able to fall asleep anywhere 🙂
Funniest/most obvious kids hiding spot!!
I agree with Krisann. Best Baby Bedhead would be hilarious, and might help stop the nightmares from seeing these evil baby glares!
Most Embarrassing Baby Moments! Everyone has that one picture that you wish your mother would have burned instead of showing off to everyone and their cousin.
I loved this contest! I think best bed head should be next!
What should I do for my next photo contest? <--Did you do the shaming one yet? I think Daddy-shaming or something similar. Oh how about awkward Thanksgiving photos? Getting all holiday and shizzle.
It will be hard to top this photo contest, because it has been just that fabulous. I think a parent-child look alike contest would be fun.
Best bed head! My sons’ hair in the mornings is crazy!! Also — the link to the merch isn’t working! I want one of those mugs! 🙂
Best Halloween Hangover picture.
You know, the one you take November 1st, where the costume is still half-on because they passed out after the sugar buzz of the night before.
How about digging for gold photos? Doesn’t everyone have a hi-larious finger in the nose photo? (Though Santa and family photo gone wrong would also be winners, for sure).
Best bedhead! But only if it’s ok that the picture is 5 years old. 🙂 I’ve got some great ones of my daughter (now 6) but her little brother doesn’t have enough hair for bedhead, sadly.
I love that idea!
good idea!!
Id go with best scream face in light of halloween..can be scared or out of tantrum and i got a few of those!
Best “With Santa” shot since the holiday is right around the corner.
I like the idea of best baby bedhead that I saw a commenter mention above!
I think funniest kid get-up would be great – toddlers sure do dress themselves in some odd combinations!
How about the worst halloween baby costume choices? Like the dreaded pea pod. Or the Sexy mermaid? (Seriously there is one on etsy for babies.Also a sexy fairie one. I was like REALLY?)
A kid with animal contest…pets, petting zoo animals, whatever.
Grubbiest face contest?
OK, What’s the most uncomfortable looking sleeping position?
Evil Parent Glare-Off?
Best photo acting contest (looking innocent on Santa’s lap, looking scary dressed as a monster for Halloween, etc)
Next photo contest should be a Mommy Glare-Off. It would be epic.
If you want to do another photo contest by Christmas (or just after Christmas) it could be the “Baby’s Worst Christmas” and photos telling the worst stuff that happened to baby at the holidays. Could be screaming on Santa’s lap or opening everyone’s presents or smearing the holiday food around the house.
I second the babyshaming….
Or the best “you caught me” face for those mischevious tots.
Or babies and animals.
Oh how I love the food theme! I also am quite fond of best sleeping positions. LOVE them!
I think the next photo contest should be “What’s Wrong with this Picture?” An innocent photo with something in it that’s awry.
I’m reminded of a photo we have at my mom’s. We were all in Disney and most of us are mugging for the family camera, except my mother who was staring, horrified at . . .
You know what? I’ll save it for the contest.
I like the mom shaming idea, but if it needs to be kids, maybe the most innocent-looking troublemaker – best “Whaaaat? I didn’t do it!” face.
I like the idea of something with siblings or the funniest/weirdest place your kiddo falls asleep. I have a fab pic of my middle monkey dead asleep in the bathtub. We held a “shhhhh…..I’m sleeping” up to block out the naughty bits in the pic.
I’m a new follower so I don’t know what you’ve done in the past but, I think baby bedhead is a good idea. Love those sleepy pics.
I’m thinking that a “caught in the act” or sibling picture may be fun. And ( I may be partial) but school pics are pretty fun.
Holiday shots gone wrong- Santa, Easter bunny.., wish there were more opportunities for Hanukkah/Passover shots..,,
I also like the siblings showing “affection” like when my 3y.o. chokes, err I mean, HUGS, my 18mos old…
More of a video suggestion — but I think there should be a toddler/pre-schooler dance-off. 🙂
Since it is getting close to Christmas, your next photo contest should be “Funniest Santa Pics”
Funniest holiday photo or just family photo
In honor of your upcoming delivery, how about a hospital nursery caption contest.
Lil D is going to give me nightmares. She kinda reminds me of Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
Since the next holiday is Thanksgiving, my suggestion is “Stuffed.” Find the kid with the best turkey-induced coma picture.
How about the best “ugly cry”
1. Team up with Naps Happen for a crazy snoozing kids contest
2. Messiest baby contest
3. Mom-shaming contest (or parent-shaming)
4. Worst holiday photo contest
I’m partial to mom-shaming but hey, that’s just me. 😉
Best food face….Santa pics, birthday cake pics….
Let’s stage a tie and arm the babies with red berries. Maybe the gamekeeper will allow two winners 😉
I like the best helper photo – although if my helper is any indication, it could easily becoming a biggest mess photo as well!
I love the crazy faces. Maybe best “yuck” face, best yawn face, or best sneeze face.
Best Mommy/baby love shot. 🙂
Next photo contest should be simply “funniest/goofiest child photo”
Go Kadence!!
Best future rockstar? Kids with guitars, mics (random objects included), on the drums, etc…
Someone said musician…scratch that. Maybe best “Whatcha talkin bout willis face”, like a wth are you speaking look on the baby/kid’s face that is undeniable. I don’t know if this has been done in the past..
Kids that are afraid of Santa/Easter bunny.
How about Best Action Shot? Most kids are easy to catch making some great/weird moves at soccer, ballet, jumping off the coffee table…
How about best bum shot? Nothing better than a cute shot of a tiny backside…clothed or not.
How about tantrum photos? Or messiest eater? 🙂
It’s a tough call, but I think Lil D just edges out Kadence at being the scariest cute baby ever. How about most pathetic face ever?
How about a halloween costume picture contest?
Next photo contest: sibling rivalry! Let the battle begin!
Baby’s first criminal offense? LOL, my parents got a great pic of my oldest sister choking my other sister 😉 . Then again, it would be bad if parents tried to stage that. So, maybe Craziest Hair? Or, Most Pathetic Pout? My kids make some adorable booboo faces 🙂
Sick contest – making children look like devils helper