Recently, there has been a lot of storytelling happening in our house. It all started because Ava was afraid of being poohed on by birds. A few weeks ago our car was covered in bird pooh and Ava thought the same thing would happen to her when we were outside. It was funny, but she was seriously concerned a bird would pooh on her. To help calm this fear I told her a story about a time Rich got poohed on when we were at the zoo. I told her it was okay because he just washed it off. Ava thought the story was funny and has been repeating it over and over.
Now, Ava has been asking us to tell stories about when we were little. Rich is a fabulous storyteller, so Ava has been asking to hear his stories over and over. I'm not as good, so I don't get ask as often to share my stories. It is so much fun to sit around and share our childhood with Ava and see her get excited about it. My favorite part is listening to her retell our stories in her own words. These are definitely days I will remember.
By the way, Ava's favorite story is when Rich lost his two front teeth when he was only two. She will ask to hear the "Aunt Sherrie story." If you don't know the story ask Rich or better yet ask Ava to tell it to you.
3 comments:
Mom always told the best stories. Glad to see that Ava is enjoying the storytelling tradition so much. My kids love tree house stories.
I'm glad to hear someone else is having to rack their brains for stories to tell. Ezra is obsessed with storytelling right now and he doesn't mind hearing the same story hundreds of times. Luckily Grandma takes over at dinner. I have totally run out of stories and have started telling him movie plots!
It would be great fun to hear Rich's version of that story.
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