Jake has told Elayna (and me) bedtime stories since she was in utero. Our favorite has always been the Princess Elayna Grace stories. Jake is a great story-teller, and now that Elayna is old enough to really listen and want to hear whole stories – even without her beloved books 😉 – he has been telling more of them again. They always start and end the same ways, and Elayna picked up on it in no time.
Well… this particular day we caught some gorgeous weather and went to the park in the evening with Elayna’s new friend “Flo” (she got Flo as a prize for going potty in a public restroom for the first time earlier that day at the zoo!), and Elayna decided to tell Jake and I a Princess Elayna Grace story. Made my already bright day five thousand times brighter to hear her and see how much fun she was having with it!
I got some sweet pictures of the moment, and for once E seemed to actually want me to take her picture! She kept sitting Flo down next to her and sitting very sweetly, and she cracked us up using Flo as the flying dragon character in her story!
What an amazing day.
In case you are wondering, here is what an Elayna Grace story would be like with E telling it…. 😉
“Once upon a time… Was beautiful princess whole wide world. Lived in castle with chocolate. Lived with queen mommy and king daddy. One day played with dragon Larry, and dragon flew alllllll over around in skies (Flo shows us the flying). Was SO fun! Then all those peoples went home and took nap. Then had lunch. Then went to sleep. Theeee End.”
Could anything be better than having the princess herself telling you the story? I think not!!
