Just Pictures

Here are the beautiful subjects of my stories:
Nils, Annika and Marta.

"A Block or so Later..."

Have you ever let a 3 year old read to you? It really is a fascinating experience. Yesterday afternoon Annika decided she was going to read to me from the Bible. Well, it was her little pictorial kid version of the Bible. She turned to the first story, which I have read to her several times. She knew that the characters were Adam and Eve, and that they did not listen to God. So, she proceeded to tell me that they were sad because they had been naughty.

"They had to be in time out." There was a picture of Adam and Eve hiding from God with big bushy leaves wrapped around them. "So, they were in the green time out because they did not listen to God." Color coded time out- what a concept!

She read on, turning the pages slowly. There was the story of the big boat, and then there was a story about Isaac, though she called him Jesus. Of course, in a Bible story book, all the men look like Jesus!

"And Jesus was naughty. He did not listen." Ahhh! Heresy! I had to interrupt.

"No, Annika. Jesus was never naughty. He always obeyed. He always listened to God."

" Oh." No further comment. She just continued to read, " A block or so later......"

She used the "block or so later" phrase about a dozen times while she was reading. That particular phrase is in another favorite book called Knuffle Bunny by children's author, Mo Willems. She has no idea what she's talking about, but she likes the sound of the phrase so she uses it whenever she can while reading.

To say the least, it was a highly interesting storytime.