5.23.2007

stories

last night, justin mentioned that we should be more creative with finn, more imaginative. he suggested that we start telling him made-up stories or stories about us when we were little. and i thought this was a great idea.

i can remember my mom telling me stories when i was a little girl, about all sorts of things. but i specifically remember one, which is on cassette tape somewhere, about the wicked witch of the west. i don't remember what the story was, exactly... just that the witch was in it. i can also remember my cousin brandon asking for auntie dee (my mom) to tell him a bedtime story, a made-up one... she made up such good, ridiculous stories, no one could resist.

and one of my favorite stories about annabelle, my neice, is when she started her own made-up story with, "one time, when i was a carebear..." and i hope that finn will develop a similar imagination.

all to say, that being a parent is fun, because in certain moments, it's just like being a little kid again, imagination and all.

2 comments:

Tonya said...

We love to make up stories with the kids being princes and princesses and there are dragons too. Very fun and sometimes VERY silly. Also I wanted to say that Violet was a name we were thinking about but the middle name would be Rae not Mae...I just thought that was cool :)

i am dede said...

Oh, you remember the "wicked witch of the west"...it was all in fun! I have the tape if you want a copy! And Baby B still talks about those bedtime stories....they all ended with "and what was the moral of that story???"...yes, I LOVE being a "kid"...58 years later! Wonderful idea for Finn...keep that imagination alive in our "little tank"!!!