Bedtime Stories
Paul started telling Luke bedtime stories a few months ago....stories about people we know. Most of the time they are about a grandma or grandpa, but once in a while Luke reqests a story about Chris Ingle, the handy man who put in our doors and did some other work around the house.
So now most nights Luke will say something like this, "Tell story him, daddy" (i.e. tell me a story about him...). Tell story Grandpa ernie, dad."
Paul always starts out his grandpa ernie stories the same way..."Grandpa ernie was born in Richmond, MN, on October 15, 1944..." And from there the stories take all sorts of turns. The other night the story went..."that day in 1944, the day grandpa ernie was born, was unusually cold for an October day. It was so cold that people couldn't believe it. And from that day on, anytime there was unusual weather, people would say, "We're having an Ernie." Luke loved that one.
A different story night I zoned out during the story and when I tuned back in, I heard, "And from that day on, everybody knew not to mess with Grandpa Ernie anymore."
Most of the time Paul relates Grandpa's life to Luke's own life, and their similar love of baseball. He talks about how Grandpa Ernie loved baseball. "He played and played and played. Oh how he loved baseball."
We love our Grandpa ernie stories. And we love our grandpa ernie!
So now most nights Luke will say something like this, "Tell story him, daddy" (i.e. tell me a story about him...). Tell story Grandpa ernie, dad."
Paul always starts out his grandpa ernie stories the same way..."Grandpa ernie was born in Richmond, MN, on October 15, 1944..." And from there the stories take all sorts of turns. The other night the story went..."that day in 1944, the day grandpa ernie was born, was unusually cold for an October day. It was so cold that people couldn't believe it. And from that day on, anytime there was unusual weather, people would say, "We're having an Ernie." Luke loved that one.
A different story night I zoned out during the story and when I tuned back in, I heard, "And from that day on, everybody knew not to mess with Grandpa Ernie anymore."
Most of the time Paul relates Grandpa's life to Luke's own life, and their similar love of baseball. He talks about how Grandpa Ernie loved baseball. "He played and played and played. Oh how he loved baseball."
We love our Grandpa ernie stories. And we love our grandpa ernie!
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