And The Winner Is….

I know you’re all waiting with baited breath to learn who the winner of my very first blog contest giveaway is.  It’s like waiting to see what will happen on the next episode of “Breaking Bad”, isn’t it? They don’t call me Callie Suspense Rebekah Feyen for nothin’, folks.

First, the judges.

Hadley Grace Feyen will be seven tomorrow, or maybe seventeen. I’m not sure yet.

And this one enjoys all things tulle, chocolate milk in a “little for real Starbucks cup,” and sparkly lip gloss.

She’s not high maintenance at all.

 

So here’s what I did.  All the entries were typed up and printed out for the girls to see.  I left out the names because some of the participants are known by the H’s.  I read each out loud and then asked for their comments.

My friend and first Creative Nonfiction teacher, Lindsey Crittenden, wrote, “I love this prompt, and I love to see what words are found. Some of the best words have just one you-know-what. (Cheat?) Thank you for this. I’ll share.”

“Oh, Mama, I LOVE this one.” Harper said.

“What do you like about it?”

“I just love that she used the word ‘share.’  Mama?  Are my lips still sparkly or do I need more lip gloss?”

“I think you’re fine, Harper.”

“OK, well, I’m going to put some more on just to make sure.”

Hadley checked everyone to make sure you all only used one syllable words.  Oops!  Somebody didn’t follow the rules, Valerie!

The girls loved Sarah’s and Mary’s.  Absolute silence after I read their pieces, and I’m not surprised.  They were beautiful.  Hadley said, “I can’t stop thinking about that tiny gold bird,” when she responded to Mary’s and Harper told me she wanted to be one of the kids on a walk in Sarah’s entry.  “I really liked the daytime part,” she said.  And then she put on more lip gloss.

Hadley and Harper really did a great job and it was all going so well until Dr. Hartemink stepped up to the plate.

Hadley said, “Oh my goodness, I HAVE to read that out loud.”

Harper begged Hadley to, “Read it again! Read it again!  Mama, EVERYONE is going to like that one.”  I mean, look. She forgot about her lip gloss and everything.

I can’t repeat what Alison wrote.  My mom won’t let me. Furthermore, I NEVER use bad words and I never EVER laugh at jokes about body parts or what comes out of them.

So Alison gets the funniest prize, but there was one more that the girls talked quite a bit about, and that was Jennifer’s.  She wrote, “red, orange, green, brown are/the taste of fall in my mouth/so sweet, tart, soft, crisp.”  Hadley said she felt like she was jumping in a leaf pile and then eating an apple.  And Harper loved the word, “tart.”

So we have two winners.  Alison and Jennifer.  You both can have your choice of something from my Etsy shop.  Email me your choices and I’ll get them ready for you right away.

The rest of you, thank you so much for participating and for sharing the contest on the World Wide Web.  I loved reading all the comments.  You’re all lovely, lovely friends.