THANK YOU FOR ME
When I wake up my eyes look for mommy. Then my arms throw off my blanket.
Now it's an airplane flying across the room.
SMACK! Against the wall.
My feet feel like icicles when I touch the floor. YIPES! I have to hop, skip and jump to the window. And see lots of green grass.
Soon, daddy will have to cut it short. So it can grow up all over again.
A whole stack of birds are playing chase each other. Some are singing, "Want to come out and play?"
Silly me, birds can't talk. But, it's fun to pretend.
"Soon," I whisper.
"Melanie!" Mommy is calling. "Breakfast!"
I'm so hungry. "COMMMING!!" Sometimes I scream really loud.
Then I crash into daddy trying to race me down the stairs. Sometimes he even lets me win. Not today though.
Mommy has brown eyes like mine, with thick eyelashes. When I reach up my arms for a hug, her smile is wide like the ocean.
"Hungry dear?" she asks.
I sit down at my own place at the table. Then I pat my dress really smooth. "Yes mommy," I say, licking my lips.
It's fun making mommy happy.
After we eat, I go outside and look at the sky. We need sunshine for our picnic today.
But the sky is dark and cloudy.
And the birds are gone. It makes me sad.
"If we still go for our picnic, will it thunder and lightning?" I ask.
"Don't worry dear," mommy says. "Daddy will be beside you all the time. He won't let anything happen to you."
When I'm afraid, daddy almost cries. Today I want to be brave. We take egg sandwiches. And drinks.
My favorite is lemonade.
We walk really far until my legs get tired. I don't want a 'lift up'. I'm a big girl now.
I'm a whole five years old.
Suddenly it starts to rain. And floppy drops fall from the sky.
"Our picnic might have to be cancelled," mommy says. It's her turn to feel sad now.
When lightning comes, I get really afraid. Daddy picked me up and we all run home.
I'm glad Victoria Park is close to our house.
After we get into dry clothes, mommy gets us hot chocolate. That makes me very happy. Especially when she puts in two marshmallows.
I get brown whiskers on my face. Is that why JC, our cat is looking at me funny? I think her neck gets tired, looking up all the time.
Maybe it's because I'm really tall for my age. Now Daddy is watching TV. His football game is on.
Mommy brings me my 'rainy day' kit. I draw two eyes with my pencil. They can see right through the window.
They watch water making little rivers in the street.
And they help me count my fingers. TEN! Then I count my toes. TEN! I make my eyes look really huge.
They can see everything in the whole world.
Then I draw my nose. So I can smell all the roses in our garden. And the baking my mommy is now making.
YUMMY! Smells come from the kitchen.
Now I draw two great big ears. They can hear flapping wings. Maybe it's from little ducks in the pond outside.
I even hear "BUZZ-BUZZING" from mosquitoes. Listen…footsteps are coming down the hall.
"Melanie?" Daddy asks.
I pretend I can't hear. I hide under the bed.
"WHERE ARRRE YOUUU?"
I hope daddy doesn't hear my cheeks laughing. I pinch my nose. My face is like a circle, full of pictures.
That way everyone knows me.
I'm like a painting on a wall.
I even pretend I'm a wave on the lake.
Or a little girl hiding under her bed, all rolled up, like a kitten fast asleep. Soon someone is carrying me.
When my eyes open a teensy bit, I'm in my bed under the covers. Teddy bear is under my arm.
My head turns right, then left. JC is beside me.
I look up. Now it's my turn to give a mile wide smile.
Mommy and daddy are watching me.
When I my arms reach up, mommy smiles.
Daddy does too.
I'M SO GLAD I'M ME!
source: Richard & Esther Provencher ~ Bedtime Stories for Sleepy Tykes ages 5-7
When I wake up my eyes look for mommy. Then my arms throw off my blanket.
Now it's an airplane flying across the room.
SMACK! Against the wall.
My feet feel like icicles when I touch the floor. YIPES! I have to hop, skip and jump to the window. And see lots of green grass.
Soon, daddy will have to cut it short. So it can grow up all over again.
A whole stack of birds are playing chase each other. Some are singing, "Want to come out and play?"
Silly me, birds can't talk. But, it's fun to pretend.
"Soon," I whisper.
"Melanie!" Mommy is calling. "Breakfast!"
I'm so hungry. "COMMMING!!" Sometimes I scream really loud.
Then I crash into daddy trying to race me down the stairs. Sometimes he even lets me win. Not today though.
Mommy has brown eyes like mine, with thick eyelashes. When I reach up my arms for a hug, her smile is wide like the ocean.
"Hungry dear?" she asks.
I sit down at my own place at the table. Then I pat my dress really smooth. "Yes mommy," I say, licking my lips.
It's fun making mommy happy.
After we eat, I go outside and look at the sky. We need sunshine for our picnic today.
But the sky is dark and cloudy.
And the birds are gone. It makes me sad.
"If we still go for our picnic, will it thunder and lightning?" I ask.
"Don't worry dear," mommy says. "Daddy will be beside you all the time. He won't let anything happen to you."
When I'm afraid, daddy almost cries. Today I want to be brave. We take egg sandwiches. And drinks.
My favorite is lemonade.
We walk really far until my legs get tired. I don't want a 'lift up'. I'm a big girl now.
I'm a whole five years old.
Suddenly it starts to rain. And floppy drops fall from the sky.
"Our picnic might have to be cancelled," mommy says. It's her turn to feel sad now.
When lightning comes, I get really afraid. Daddy picked me up and we all run home.
I'm glad Victoria Park is close to our house.
After we get into dry clothes, mommy gets us hot chocolate. That makes me very happy. Especially when she puts in two marshmallows.
I get brown whiskers on my face. Is that why JC, our cat is looking at me funny? I think her neck gets tired, looking up all the time.
Maybe it's because I'm really tall for my age. Now Daddy is watching TV. His football game is on.
Mommy brings me my 'rainy day' kit. I draw two eyes with my pencil. They can see right through the window.
They watch water making little rivers in the street.
And they help me count my fingers. TEN! Then I count my toes. TEN! I make my eyes look really huge.
They can see everything in the whole world.
Then I draw my nose. So I can smell all the roses in our garden. And the baking my mommy is now making.
YUMMY! Smells come from the kitchen.
Now I draw two great big ears. They can hear flapping wings. Maybe it's from little ducks in the pond outside.
I even hear "BUZZ-BUZZING" from mosquitoes. Listen…footsteps are coming down the hall.
"Melanie?" Daddy asks.
I pretend I can't hear. I hide under the bed.
"WHERE ARRRE YOUUU?"
I hope daddy doesn't hear my cheeks laughing. I pinch my nose. My face is like a circle, full of pictures.
That way everyone knows me.
I'm like a painting on a wall.
I even pretend I'm a wave on the lake.
Or a little girl hiding under her bed, all rolled up, like a kitten fast asleep. Soon someone is carrying me.
When my eyes open a teensy bit, I'm in my bed under the covers. Teddy bear is under my arm.
My head turns right, then left. JC is beside me.
I look up. Now it's my turn to give a mile wide smile.
Mommy and daddy are watching me.
When I my arms reach up, mommy smiles.
Daddy does too.
I'M SO GLAD I'M ME!
source: Richard & Esther Provencher ~ Bedtime Stories for Sleepy Tykes ages 5-7
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