The Story

Everyday Gillian comes home with a stack of pictures that she made at school.  Today was no different.  She folded all the pictures together to make a book and then she "read" John and I the story.  She created the story in the car, but after bath time I asked her to tell me one more time.  Here is a video of her story.

 



Boycott

Daddy stayed home today with the kids for their snow day. He called me at work to tell me this story. 

John and Gillian were upstairs watching shows. John came downstairs and told Daddy, "Gillian's watching girl shows. I'm boycotting." Daddy said "John do you even know what boycotting is?" John looked at Daddy and said "Yea. Abraham Lincoln boycotted." Daddy questioned John, "Abraham Lincoln? What did he boycott?" John said "He boycotted buses. He wanted people to walk or ride a bike or take the subway. He wanted people to make less pollution."

We think he has mashed together stories about Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and Abraham Lincoln. We will teach him the proper stories, but for now we are enjoying his mashup. 

The story

I tucked Gillian into bed tonight and she asked me "You want me to tell you a story?" If Gillian asks you if she can tell you a story, you never turn it down. It will not disappoint. I said "Of course." She rested her head on her hand and thought for a minute. Then said "Once upon a time, there was a girl. And her name was..." And she paused, scratched her head and said "What was her name? Do you know? Oh, I remember. Once upon a time there was a girl named Strawberry Shortcake. She has pets. One is pup. Ummm pupcake. I think. And there's the BerryKins. And you know what? They are tiny (and she held up her fingers so show how tiny they are). And there's one. He wears a diaper! A diaper! Wanna know why? Cause he's a baby! And Strawberry has friends. There's Cherry. And hers loves to sing.  Blueberry likes books. And hmmm yeah, there's Plum. And Plum likes to dance. Orange likes to help people. And Lemon. Her likes to do hair! And thems all friends. Can I tell you another story? It's a little hard, I can't read it but I can tell you about it. It's a superhero story. Do you know Captain America? He's a superhero. And his weapon is a shield. And he throws the shield at bad guys. But you know what? What happens when there's lots of bad guys?" I couldn't answer her question, so we ended story time. 

Frozen by Gillian

Gillian "read" Frozen to me tonight. This isn't her first time, but she was hilarious tonight. Here is Gillian's version of Frozen:

There were two sisters in Arendelle, Anna and Elsa. Elsa makes it snow. And they made an Olaf! But Elsa made Anna shiver! (And she folded her arms and shook). Then the parents ran to get them. And then Anna knocked on the door and say "Do you wanna build a snowman?" Elsa didn't come to the door. And Anna say "It doesn't have to be a snowman!" Then Anna meets Prince Hans of the Seven-aisles (that's how she said it). Him's evil. Evil. Evil. Evil. And Elsa holds something with no gloves! Then Elsa becomes the queen. Anna and Prince Hans get engaged. Elsa says "NO!" Then she shoots ice and makes spikes. But then she runs away. She goes up to the mountain. Let it go! Let it go! Anna goes to find Elsa and her finds a man covered in snow. It's...Mommy, what's his name again? Right, it was Kristoff. Anna says you are taking me to to the North Mountain! Then the sled falls. And they meet Olaf. Olaf says "No yellow snow!" Olaf likes summer. In Summer!!! Then they see the ice castle. Anna sees Elsa. Let it go! But then Elsa shoots Anna with ice. The big snowman runs after them and says "Get out!" Anna cuts the line and they fall on a pillow. The boy says "Your hair! It's white!" They see the trolls. And Anna says we need Prince Hans. But him's doesn't help. Him's is evil. He pours water on the fire! Elsa escaped! Anna saved Elsa. Elsa unfreeze Anna. All the snow goes away. And Olaf got a flurry! Anna and the boy were ice skating! 

I love Gillian's version!

The girl in the purple dress

Last week, Gillian and I watched Tangled for the first time.  We loved it.  She unfortunately has a hard time remembering Rapunzel's name.  So she constantly asks me "Who's the girl in the purple dress?" 

Tonight, I was tucking her into bed, and she asked me to snuggle with her for a few minutes.  As we were snuggling she asked "Who's the girl in the purple dress?"  I said "Rapunzel."  She said "She was a baby and a witch took her.  She make her hair magic.  And the girl growed up and her hair got long and long and long!  When she sings the hair glows! And then a boy comes.  Him cut her hair with a part of a mirror!  And then the witch's hair goes all white.  And her a witch again.  Her is not the mom!  Then the girl gets to stay with the boy!"  I love her little synopsis of the movie.