FamilyCorner.com Magazine - ENDED: Autumn/Halloween Smiley Story Contest!

**ajrsmom** · #1 10-02-2009, 08:50 AM

It's time for another smiley story contest!

This time, the theme is going to be autumn/Halloween so your stories need to use smilies to express as many words as possible and your story should be focused on anything that has to do with autumn or Halloween.

Members will be allowed to submit one story pertaining to a Halloween story and one story pertaining to an autumn story.

Some examples for autumn story lines are:

leaves
back to school
cooler weather
changing of the seasons
football
autumn chores

Your stories can be fiction or non-fiction, it doesn't matter, just be sure they are themed around autumn and/or Halloween.

Remember, the more smilies and the longer the story the better! Entries are judged on originality and use of smilies.

The 1st place winner will receive a beautiful 5 piece Cucumber Melon gift bundle that includes 1 Moisture Therapy Cucumber Melon Body Lotion, 1 Cucumber Melon Bubble Bath, 1 Naturals Cucumber Melon BodySpray, 2 Cucumber Melon Shower Gels.

The winner will also receive an "I Won" icon for their awards library. The 2nd place winner will receive their "I Won" icon.

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Contest ends October 31, 2009 at midnight EST. GOOD NEWS! THE CONTEST DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NOVEMBER 13!

Due to the overwhelmingly high cost of shipping,
U.S and Canada residents are only eligible to win
prize awards.

HOWEVER! Everyone is eligible to win a first or
second place "I WON!" award icon to show off
in your awards library!

Have fun!

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Story Example (this is a short version)

On the first day of school my kids

and then loaded up their

to head off to school. I had so much

and

to do I figured I had better get started. I downed some more

, fed the

and turned off the TV which was blaring

. now that I was done reading email and

it was time to get to work. A

would be a welcome treat when i was finished! I felt a

coming on, which seems to come with this season, and hoped I didn't start to feel

as I didn't have time to be in

all day. The leaves were

outside and I thought about when I was little and used to

, it was such fun! I went back to my

and noticed it was

which made me a little sad for the loss of

. Oh well, next year! Just as a thought that, I noticed the

and it made me

. As I worked, I realized it wouldn't be long before we were

,

and building

. Thoughts of that made me

Here's what the awesome prize package looks like:

BuddyBeanieBaby · #2 10-02-2009, 09:54 AM

There once was a family of who lived in ...There was baby Suzy and angry Andy and crazy uncle George and cute Tami ...they all liked to carve on Halloween and jump out and everyone with their friends Battythe bat and Skinny the skeleton...but after a long day they all wanted to with everyone while the watched them...

craftchick · #3 10-02-2009, 11:23 AM

My 2 dogs Max and Rudy have been frolicking in the leaves out back

. I love to watch them play

and run in circles under the maple trees. There are leaves of Gold, Auburn and green. What a glorious sight to watch a leaf come slowly twirling down from the highest of trees.

With the Rocky mountains in the background, the grandeur of it all is breathtaking. The crisp fresh air and knowing that turtle necks, socks and closed shoes are now a must.

Max and Rudy are ready to sport their sweaters too, as they hang out by the pumpkins

. They seem to be working a little harder at finding a warm sunny spot to bask in

. But taking naps never seems to be a problem for them as they twirl up into little donuts looking like circles

. See Max

and Rudy

are dachshunds and they are long and slinky. They look like little bandits

poking out from the colorful leaves and pouncing on each other for fun

. Sometimes I wish I was a puppy, not a care in the world just the joy of enjoying every season for what it brings us and the pleasure of having a warm nap

in the leaves

**Coll** · #4 10-02-2009, 01:37 PM

Its

again.

have given way to weeds. Soon the

will head south.
The

are beginning to lose their leaves. I'll be raking them into piles so the kids can

.
We'll go to the

patch soon so we can buy some

for carving

. The

and

witches and

will be out soon enough. I think we have time for one more

or

.
Ashley

had her

, his name is Jakob. He will be

all over the place all too soon.
He is a perfect

. There will be plenty more

to do now that there are 3 boys in the house. Maybe I will

a blanket for the new

.

season has started, our Pittsburgh Steelers are off to a good start. We will

them all the way to the Super Bowl.

BuddyBeanieBaby · #5 10-10-2009, 09:20 PM

Its Autumn and the leaves are

...its getting

and the weather is

and we might get some

...No more

or

or playing

outside or

...In

we celebrate

on Tuesday...We will

the

and make pies from the

...The kids will be having fun

while a family of

watches them...We will take lots of

of the

and say

to the

and all our beautiful

until next year...

Smiles & Hugs...

ONmomofthree · #6 10-16-2009, 07:11 AM

Its been so

out lately it hardly feels like

it feels more like

. The

(kids) have been back at school

for a while now. They are excited about picking out there costumes for

hopefully its not too

(scary) for the

. I

this time of years. Even though its been

and

its still beautiful. I love the

and

We already had Thankgiving in

. Maybe we will go on a

one weekend. Or even get a chance to

. Soon the

will be one

and we will

and get lots of

. It will be

. So for now I am enjoying every second of

and

and looking forward to lots of

from

, as long as it doesn't cause

Minny · #7 10-20-2009, 03:03 PM

Ladies all your stories are cute. I am not a story teller LOL. My brain don't work when it comes to these things. Good luck to all who enter.

**debknechtel** · #8 10-27-2009, 05:53 AM

AND

two of my favorite times of year.......we start to see the

fall off of the trees and the weather becomes more

and

. Although not so

that you feel like a

. He would still

(melt) this time of year. Gone are the lazy days of

and we start to say goodbye to the

,

and

.

is one of the best times of

(year) to get out

and enjoy what nature has given us. the weather is perfect...not too

and not too

.

is also a huge

(celebration) that our family

. We try and invite many

over to

(share) in the season of giving. Everyone

helps out with cooking and cleaning up

. After we have

we usually gather and play a game of

or

. At the end of the evening we give

and say a

for all the good things we have and

to our

. the it is off to a

. Before we know it we are decorating for

. my

(3 kids) are so

. At

(school) and on the

talking to their

(friends) they try and decide on the perfect costume. Will it be a

or a

or maybe a

all of these would surely

someone. Or maybe an athlete is more the choice...how about.....

or

or a

.....the possibilities are endless.....and then my

(son) says what about a

or

. My daughter pipes in with

but I think these are much more

.She have an

to go as a

or

. Well my oldest

are you kidding...those are

. He

that the costumes should be a

or

(rock star) or a

. I thought all were good choices but that my costume would be a big bar of

so i could have a

while out in the

. All i cared about was how

it would cost me.

Okay all I know I am not eligable(I am to judge) but thought I would try and show you that it can be an indepth story...try and have some fun with this ...come on everyone...get those creative juices flowing.....

hugs debbie