story time

A couple of months ago, we started a bedtime tradition that we do at least a couple times a week. It began one night when I was too tired to read stories to the girls. So I suggested that we turn the lights off, lay down and I'd tell them a story. (I think I just took a fairy tale and retold it with their names.) Well, they liked that a lot. After a few times, they started making requests about the characters/animals/creatures in the story. They also wanted to have a turn to be the storyteller. Michelle, for a couple of weeks, wanted to hear stories about bad witches and good witches. So now, Ella tells basically the same story every time it's her turn. It goes about like this:

"Once upon a time there were bad witches and good witches. There were bad kids and good kids. The bad kids and good kids went to the bad witches house and got bad candy. Then the good witches gave them good candy and helped the good kids get away from the bad kids. Dee end." (side note: Michelle keeps trying to tell Ella that it is "the end" or "Thee end" but she always says, "Dee End")

Michelle on the other hand changes her story regularly and can make up a story with whatever character you want her to have. Tonight she told a story about a fish that was lost and couldn't find it's mother. It needed help. I honestly don't remember the rest of the story, but it was pretty detailed with a beginning, middle and end, characters, problem and solution. :)