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Enter Our Back to School Contest

Upload and vote on your best back to school photos!

Now that the first day of school is wrapped up (or underway, depending on your school!), it's time to take a big breath and celebrate all the hard work of getting the kids dressed, ready, and out the door.

So, we're offering up a $50 gift certificate to to celebrate those first days back.

All you have to do is snap a picture of your kid heading back to school. Do they have a snazzy new outfit? Riding their bike the first day? Coordinating all their notebooks (ok, maybe that was just me as a kid)?

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Snap a picture of whatever getting ready to head back to school means in your house. Upload it below. Once we have two photos entered, we'll open the voting up for the best back to school photo. Voting will be done in the comments section of the photo gallery.

The voting will begin as soon as the first two pictures are received and will close on Aug. 24 at 11:59 p.m. EST. That's two days after the first day of school for the . Vote in the comments for your favorite back to school photo. One vote per person.

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So, get those books packed, those shoes shined, and the walking routes planned. And upload a picture below. Let us know how the first day goes too!

And don't forget to come back and vote! (And, tell your friends to vote for you too.)

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