Prompt me not, for these are my prompts - 5. Alicia's Halloween Party - Prompt 271

Tim was just about finished carving the last of the pumpkins for the party that evening. He wanted to do something different than just the regular old jack-a-lanterns. He had taken the time to draw ten very different pictures and then carved the pumpkins nearly paper thin to make them really stand out. There were nine pumpkins in a row just waiting for him to finish his version of Snoopy on the doghouse with Woodstock dressed as Frankenstein.

“Daddy, where are you?”

Tim turned to see Alicia clutching her stuffed black cat and waving her wand around. She was running around in a purple shirt and neon green pants. Tim had remembered how she had crossed her arms and refused to wear anything else this morning. Tim watched as she looked over at the line of pumpkins he had lined up on the counter.

“I’m still at the table, sweetheart.”

Alicia giggled and rushed over to the completed pumpkins and began to walk down the line looking at each one.

“You got SpongeBob, but where’s Patrick?” Alicia turned and stomped her little foot.

“Honey, he is on the other side with Mr. Krabbs.”

Alicia narrowed her eyes and then turned back to the pumpkin.

“Oh, there he is.” She moved on down the line and stopped a few pumpkins down. “Who’s that?”

Tim stopped what he was doing to look at what his daughter was pointing at.

He got up and looked at the pumpkin. “Don’t you recognize him?”

Alicia shook her head.

“That’s Scooby Doo.”

“Him,” she said with a pout pointing at the figure of a running Scooby, “I know, but who is that?”

Tim tried very hard not to laugh and looked at the figure of a skeleton that was chasing Scooby Doo. “That is the bad guy.”

“Are you trying to scare our daughter?”

“Poppy!” Alicia ran and jumped into Sam’s arms.

Tim stood up and leaned in to kiss his husband. “Glad you made it home before dark, babe.”

“Me too. I didn’t want to miss Alicia’s party.”

Sam took a look at the mess on the table and the last pumpkin that wasn’t completely finished. He cocked his eyebrow and looked at Tim.

“I know what you are thinking. The food is all done and in the fridge or in the stove. I have one last pumpkin to finish and we can then put them all around the rooms. I have no flame candles for inside them so no one can be hurt.” Tim leaned in and kissed Sam again, and Alicia as she leaned in for one too. “Trust me, everything is taken care of. The kids and their parents will have a great time.”

“Good, do I have time for a shower?”

“Yup, and your costume is laid out on the bed already. Then you can help Alicia into her costume while I get a shower and into mine.”

“Bath first!” Alicia looked at her daddies.

“Yes, Ally, bath first.” Sam hugged his daughter and started down the hall.

Tim smiled to himself. This is life was supposed to be, his husband and daughter getting ready for a party, while he finished up the last few things for the party. He listened as Sam climbed the stairs and the one stair squeaked as he carried their daughter up for her bath. Tim hugged himself and headed back to the table. Halloween was going to be a hell of a lot of fun this year.