Tales from ThinkGeek's GeekMom $1,000 Shopping Spree

The entries have begun pouring into ThinkGeek’s $1,000 Shopping Spree contest! Over on the ThinkGeek contest page, people have been writing to tell us about their favorite moms, and telling us why they deserve all the goodies ThinkGeek and GeekMom have put together. And here at GeekMom, we’ve been going through your essays and picking […]

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The entries have begun pouring into ThinkGeek's $1,000 Shopping Spree contest! Over on the ThinkGeek contest page, people have been writing to tell us about their favorite moms, and telling us why they deserve all the goodies ThinkGeek and GeekMom have put together. And here at GeekMom, we've been going through your essays and picking out our favorites. Here are few:

From Heath:

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[Translation:"My wife is a huge nerd because she has the patience to deal with my extreme geek. I work as a IT support tech for a ISP. My little daughter isn't even 2 but has learned how to delete apps from both android and iphones. "]

From Brenna, aged 7:

My favorite mom is named mom. She's totally awesome. I love when she plays plants vs. zombies and kinect adventures with me. She has taught me great things, like being shiny can mean being cool or reflective and what a r.o.u.s. is. She makes pancakes that look like tie fighters for breakfast and sometimes for dinner. She loves Star Wars and superheroes just like me, I really like her tattoo of harley quinn, catwoman and wonder woman, catwoman is my favorite. I really want to be catwoman for halloween this year. She is the best mom a Brenna has ever had. She is my only mom unlike Superman that really had two moms.

And from Dave, a haiku:

Cannot thank enough;
A fifty hour labor;
So, so sorry, Ma.

What can you win for your GeekMom nominee? Take a look:

ThinkGeek will also award 5 honorable mentions with a GeekMom t-shirt and one of the following:

Sound good? We're just getting started, so head on over to the ThinkGeek contest page and enter today! Contest closes at 11:59pm ET Friday, May 4, 2012. Winning moms will be announced the week following so they can get their goodies by Mother's Day, May 13.