Josh Renaud's weblog detailing the exploits of his family in Ferguson, MO, USA. Starring Yoli, Jadzia, Ludi, Josie, and Joseph Renaud.
Usually I tell Josie and Joseph bedtime stories which star two space explorers named Josie and Joseph.
Tonight I decided to change it up. They laughed so hard as I told this story that I figured I’d share it with you, too.
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On nights when I am home from work, I tell the kids stories before bed. Because they are divided among two rooms, I usually tell two stories.
The first story is for Josie and Joseph, and usually involves me making up something about the two of them as “space explorers,” visiting new planets or meeting aliens or trying to escape from black holes.
The second story is for Jadzia and Ludi, who prefer to have an improv-style story in which they each pick a character for the story (like “a good dragon” and “a bad lamp”) and I have to make up the rest.
Occasionally, though, the older girls will overhear the younger kids’ story and ask me to repeat it for them. Tonight was one such night.
Check out this combined story-telling effort by Jadzia and Ludi. Jadzia wrote the words, Ludi drew the pictures.
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(here’s a transcript in case you can’t read it: “Fruits girls mistakes. She ate too many cherys so she turnd red. She ate too many plums so she turned purple. She ate too many rasberys so she turned pink.”)
My absolute favorite thing to read aloud is “Inside Information” chapter of The Hobbit. I love to be the voice of Smaug.
After reading the whole chapter, I was tucking the girls into bed when Jadzia had this to say:
bq. “I think girl dragons don’t like boy dragons. I call them ‘wagons.’ I mean ‘wdragons’. Boy dragons shoot fire out of their noses, but wdragons shoot water.”
Ludi: “…let’s have a surprise party for Pap{a’}!”
Jadzia: “Shhhhh….”
[much whispering ensues].
Ludi: “Pap{a’}, did you hear what we’re talking about?”
Me: “Maybe!”
Jadzia and Ludi together: “Forget! Forget!”
Josie: “Daddy, it tastes like grass!”
Me: “Don’t eat it!”
Josie: “It’s spicy!”
Josie: “What’s your name?”
Me: “Pap{a’}.”
Josie: “Not Pap{a’}. Daddy! … What’s MY name?”
Me: “Josie Joy.”
Josie: “Not Josie Joy. Beauty and the Beast!”
Yesterday was my birthday. It was a busy day. In the morning I …
* Dropped Jadzia off at preschool
* Took Ludi with me for my chiropractor appointment
* Came back to preschool to watch Jadzia’s class perform a “play” about a pumpkin.
While we were waiting for lunch, I decided to watch a Star Trek episode (since it was my birthday) and let the girls see it.
Today I decided to try and help the girls make up their own stories and write them down. Here are the first fruits of this labor. The following stories are by Jadzia, with some prodding by me.