Autumn Smiley Story Contest

Amanda · #1 (**permalink**) 09-04-2008, 05:04 AM

Our smiley contests are such fun that we've decided to do one every month! This time we are going with an autumn theme, 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 fall/autumn. Some examples:

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

Your stories can be fiction or non-fiction, doesn't matter, just be sure they are themed around autumn. 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 Crayola's No Drip Paint Brush Pens and Pip-Squeaks Mix 'Ems Color Mixing Markers (see product images below). The winner will also receive an "I Won" icon for their awards library. The 2nd place winner will receive their "I Won" icon.

Contest ends September 30, 2008 at midnight CST.

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

seleach · #2 (**permalink**) 09-04-2008, 08:54 AM

Ahhh, fall is my favorite time of year.

Kids have to get out of

early have their

, and

their teeth. My daughter had her new clothes on

. They got

and were on their way. I heard the

ringing. They were going to be late. I got

out. We got there on time.

Got home and

, then started

.

and I'm going to rake so when the kids get home they can

. Then it will be time for

.

We will have

. Then the kids can

,

. Hubby will watch

and I will

.

Time for

and

. Tomorrow it is supposed to

so I will

to school. Soon it will be

, and we wil wonder where the

went.

BuddyBeanieBaby · #3 (**permalink**) 09-04-2008, 08:26 PM

In

,the

started

when the

wanted to take a

of the

and the

falling all around the

,but the

wanted to jump in the

...Soon it would be

and the

waited for the

...they invited the

and the

to join them...but it started to

so they all

and

until they had to say

...

Bilby · #4 (**permalink**) 09-04-2008, 11:19 PM

in the southern hemisphere at this time of year

is holiday time, it means only 1 more term of school

until the

break and a hot

.
This year for our spring holiday we will be going south west and

for nearly 10 hours to get there, Dubbo.
We will go to the zoo to see the wild

, the Parkes telescope that helped

and Nasa in the 50's(?) and we will try to visit Bathurst where they do

endurance races .... and other things. I guess leaving home at 5am we will see a few of these

in the early morning and I think dh and ds2 will be

in the car, once we get going they will be

,

, and getting

. We will stop for the occassional

,

,and spend a few

, on souviners. We are all much older and wiser so no one will be

, and that's a good thing. It will still be a little

but not cold enough to build any

.
Once our holdiay time is over and we have spent our

it will be time to come home,

as I drive knowing

that soon we will be in our own

, can catch up on our

until we are

once again. I will get our

developed ... is that an

I see in that photo from the Parkes telescope?
Then it will be back to

for 1 more term.
... wonder what ds1 will be up to?

? LOL

Coll · #5 (**permalink**) 09-06-2008, 01:50 PM

Over the Labor Day weekend we decided to go on a

. I

to the local state park so that we could

and

. Miriam being a novice

, brought along her camera so thatshe could take pictures for a

project. The girls decided to play

, then some

, and

. Someone brought along a

and we

. Everyone wanted a snack so we had some

and drank some

. On the

home we saw

and Maddie said she wanted to

when we got home. The

was bare so she had a nice pile of

to jump in. We were so tired after that. We cooked

and

. It was getting close to

so we all took

,

, then went off to

.
It was such a great day with no

, no

and no

.
Call me

but I think tomorrow I will

when no one is looking.

playsdolls · #6 (**permalink**) 09-19-2008, 11:13 PM

is over and fall

is here.All the

are falling from the

.No more

and

.It is time to go back to

.The kids hae to go to

early so they get up

.They get

,I get

.Time to get there

and get on the

.Halloween will be here soon withlots of

,

and

. The kids will go trick or treating and get lots of

&

then to a halloween

with all there

.Hope they do not get

.Then comes

with all the

coming in ,in

and

.We will have a big

with

and

pie.Everyone will

and chat.If it is not too

the kids will go out to

and they can

on the

.The day will end with lots of

and,

,and,

,

.We will

and talk on the phone till we see each other again at

.That is why Fall

is a great time of the year.Now we can start going to the

games and

for our school team.

BuddyBeanieBaby · #7 (**permalink**) 09-24-2008, 11:22 PM

There once was a

who loved to

on the phone to his friend in

and in

.They loved to

and

but the weather was turning

and all the

were falling and it was

so they could not go outside because the

was not shining.The

and the

at the

talking on the

to the boy who was

.It was almost

and the

invited the

to have dinner with him and the

but everyone wanted to see the

and to carve a

and wait for the

to

the

and later they would

with the

and the

and everyone would

and say

and wish everyone a

...

barbszy · #8 (**permalink**) 09-25-2008, 04:59 AM

Only 5 more days to enter! If you'd like to win this great prize, start working on your Autumn Smiley Story!

seleach · #9 (**permalink**) 09-25-2008, 10:06 AM

We went on a

and took

with us to take

of the

.

It was

and beautiful. We also saw

. We passed a

farm and thought we might get our

there.

The

are started to lose

, I think I should get a

to rake. Or maybe an

will do the job for me.

We stopped on the way

to

because we were

. We had

. It looked so good we couldn't wait to

.
When we arrived

kids

. We

and

. We

about

and

. Then it won't be long and it will be

.

Family will

and some will

in for

dinner. Wonder who will

? Maybe some friendly

will join us. Maybe

will come too.

After a long day everyone got

and went

. It was

. We

and

. Oops, I forgot to

. Got up again. Now I can't

Think I'll go

.

Minny · #10 (**permalink**) 09-26-2008, 08:19 AM

Great stories everyone! I didn't enter this one. I'm not that creative..lol. You all deserve to win !