Not Winners

Last year Reed was a winner in the state of Texas beach contest. 

He won lots of great prizes, and I learned that there's lots of contests out there where you can win really good stuff (think tablets and trips).

 

 

He entered a few of them this year, but we (as in the family benefiting from his prizes) came up empty handed.  Some I wasn't surprised, but a couple I really thought he had a good chance.

 

 

So let's take a look at our non winners:

 

He started the year with the PTA reflections contest.  The theme was "The World Would be a Better Place if...." 

 Reed's answer?  If there were more pets to love. 

 

I knew that wasn't a "winning" response (maybe if he'd said "everybody had a rescue animal"), but it was definitely a first grade answer, and I didn't try to make him change it (look at me being a good parent).

 

He won a blue ribbon at school, but didn't go anywhere in the district contest.

Reed with his picture.

And the close-up

 

 

 

He entered the beach contest again too. 

I knew he wouldn't win 2 years in a row (plus this really isn't a winning picture).

 

These next two I really thought he had a chance.

This was for the Don't Mess With Texas (don't litter) campaign. 

How cute is that raccoon?  (And there's lots of coons in Texas...totally perfect!)

 

 

I thought this was great too.  It was a conservation art contest.

I love the rubber duck.

 

 

 

I guess these are cuter to his mama than art judges.