Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)
Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Saturday, February 2, 2008

little e


This morning little e has been saying something that sounds a lot like "daddy". It feels so great to hear her say that, and it sounds particularly cute in her husky little morning voice. We had a bit of a rough night though, she kept waking and was inconsolable. We tried everything; feeding, rocking, singing...

Eventually, at about 2:30am I found the answer, and bored her to sleep. I sat on the floor next to the cot, and told her an epic tale, in great detail. It involved a boy who wanted to make a stew. He set off in to the forest, and each creature that he met supplied him with more and more ingredients for his stew. A rabbit gave him some potatoes, a bear some onions, and a bluebird, some parsely. In the end, old mate invited all the animals to a dinner party and they all ate the stew.

5 comments:

Pedro said...

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......

Chris said...

You're a good daddy! Very creative story.

Ben McLaughlin said...

Thanks! Not bad for the middle of the night-- plot, character development, a happy ending..

mandygrlhoopla said...

Ben Jovi!!!! Little E is soooo beautiful...your story has made me hungry though...

Giraffe Pen said...

Yep, I agree with your comment on my blog. Little girls are the cutest!

Haydn