Halloweensie Contest
Confession: I don’t like Halloween.
Never have.
I don’t like creepy costumes. I don’t like scary movies. I don’t like scary anything.
A couple years ago I got an adult size, onsie, shark costume when all Halloween stuff was 75% off. I plan on being a shark every year until the end of time. No effort here.
But this year…poor, poor Halloween 2020.
Because, you see, even though I don’t like Halloween…my kids do. So I made them their costumes, even though trick-or-treating will be a bust. We’ve been doing crafts at home in place of parties at school. But the kicker is:
I can’t be with them on Halloween this year.
They will be with their Dad, my ex-husband. I will be out of town, attending funerals for two of my family members. It will be the first holiday I miss. EVER.
Halloween blues over here.
Because of this state of mind, I was doubtful I would be capable of pulling together a Halloweensie contest entry when Susanna Leonard Hill announced this year’s contest.
But it turns out, that was exactly what I needed to boost my spooky spirits.
Tricks are Treats
By: Amy Flynn
Callie snuck plastic spiders into Mom’s cereal.
Mom shrieked.
“Tricks are treats!” giggled Callie.
She crept beneath her big brother’s bed...ankle grabbing at just the right moment.
Caleb howled a naughty word.
“Tricks are treats!” laughed Callie.
Callie entombed her sister in toilet paper during naptime.
Her mummy-sister slept.
“Tricks are treats!” whispered Callie.
One more, she thought, slipping into the closet, hangers rattling like skeleton bones.
She waited.
Then...
Shivers up her spine.
Warm breath on her neck.
An evil chuckle.
“AHHHHHHHH”, Callie fled the closet...
Her stepdad followed, removing his witch mask cackling, “Tricks are treats, Callie!”
I wrangled this cute this guy down to EXACTLY 100 words. High five, me! My kids “helped” me edit the story. We put together a replacement Halloween scavenger hunt to do before I leave, and we’ve carved (and painted) pumpkins.
So maybe Halloween is not all that bad after all.