Wimpy Kid Memories… with a Fill the Backpack #Giveaway worth $300+!

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I was the kid in glasses. Not just glasses. Bifocals. Big. Fat. Bifocals.

By fifth grade, I was so tired of being called “six-eyes”, that I refused to wear my glasses to school. Or in public. Instead, I entered middle school cross-eyed.

My first weeks of middle school, I remember three things, distinctively:

A girl twice my height (I am not exaggerating) nearly running me over, who then rolled her eyes and proclaimed “I hate sixth graders.”
My best friend coming to school with a new hair cut, and a boy in our homeroom yelling out “get in a fight with the curling iron?” Her horrified expression as the class laughed is still embedded in my mind. (how he knew what a curling iron was, I have no idea!)
Sitting on the bus realizing that my good friend from elementary school suddenly was too cool to even say “hello” to me.

Yup. My first few weeks of middle school weren’t so easy. In fact, all of middle school wasn’t so easy. There was this constant struggle to fit in and to do things right. We all talk about it now: How middle school days were the days that everyone just tried to be cool. And if ignoring your friend or teasing someone you actually care about is the way to become popular, you do it. All to fit in, right?

Don’t you ever wonder why? Why is it that middle schoolers are so mean? I know that its great training for the rest of the world, but what makes kids act this way? I’m actually dealing with a bit of a seven-year-old mean kid, and I wonder if this is in reaction to things he’s seeing on his own, or if its just in his nature. And if it is, how can I get him to be kinder, yet still a tough guy when interacting with some of the other “cool” kids in school?

Have you seen Diary of a Wimpy Kid? What are your Wimpy Kid memories? Enter them below and you could win one of 16 Back to School Backpacks as part of the Fill the Backpack campaign. Backpacks include:

FoxEntertainment is including both Diary of a Wimpy Kid & Marmaduke DVDs in our backpacks.
PopChips donated a variety pack of PopChips & variety of coupons to each backpack.
Every backpack will include BitDefender, security software for your PC.
Orange Circle Studio is sending winners a “Do it all” planner & a family calendar.
The backpack will include a variety of notebooks, folders, and binders from Carolina Pad.
Rose Art is sending you back to school with glitter markers, dry erase board, and fun Color Blanks.
Every backpack will include a ClassWish.org $25 Credit! Perfect for helping your community’s schools!
DreamSakes is giving winners 20 free artwork scans! These are a great way to save or share your child’s masterpieces!
Sun and Earth is sending a sampler pack to each winner.
FamZoo, an online allowance management site, is including a year long membership
Simon & Schuster added a great book, “E is for Ethics,” that will have you and your kids thinking!
The backpack will contain either a LeapFrog Tag Reader with book set and US map, OR a LeapFrog
Explorer with 2 games! (Penguins of Madagascar and Toy Story 3)
Stonyfield Farms included coupons, awesome recycled plastic storage containers, & a few other surprises!
Silver Dolphin added the “Human Body” book, and “Facts to Annoy your Teacher” books. Both are for kids!
Sample tastes from Arizona Kids, Bear Naked, Cal Naturale Svelte, …

… and more to come! I’ll be adding to this list as more products are added by our sponsors

Enter to win this fabulous backpack which has now been over-filled with goodies! To enter:

Comment to this post, telling one of your Wimpy Kid memories
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Want another chance to win? You can enter on the blogs of other Backpack Bloggers, too.

The winning entry will be selected via the contest commenter plugin for wordpress. Winners must be residents of the United States to win and will be contacted at the close of this contest, on August 31 at 10 pm EST. Winner will have 24 hours to reply to the e-mail announcing her win. If she does not respond within 24 hours, an alternate winner will be chosen.

Disclosure: Fill the Backpack is sponsored by Ziploc and 20th Century Fox. Our sponsors have genoruosly contibuted to this campaign through products, monetary compinsation and have made The Dream Classroom Contest possible (cash prizes to be awarded through classwish.org). Participating brands have contributed products to all 8 bloggers and within the 16 backpacks.

About Julie Meyers Pron

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mom of 3 and wife, Julie is a former elementary school teacher and a Public Relations manager. She is the owner/editor of Just Precious, founding partner of Just Centsible, and a team member of Splash Creative Media. Julie is a PTOer, volunteer, elementary educator and that's just the beginning of the list!