Cows and Cars and Scary Green Monsters, Oh My!

Hola! Hello!  It's me, Daniel. I have a story to tell you.  Ready?  Once upon a time . . .

 

Since I was just a baby, Mamae has taken me to the Library for story time and books.  I like books.  You need to be very quiet when someone reads a book to you, so I put my finger up to my mouth--shhh.  We don't have to be still all the time.  We sing songs and dance too.  It's really good free fun.

 

Mamae went to work this summer.  She cannot take me to story time any more, but Papai can!  One day, he invited GiGi to come.  The Library at Lone Star College is very close to GiGiHeyYea's house.  Papai and I were late, but when we went into the Children's Library, GiGi was there listening to a story about monsters.

 

There was a crazy song that GiGi had already taught me called Skinnamarink.  Our storyteller showed us some ways to move our arms and sing faster and faster.  Crazy!

 

After a few more stories and songs, our storyteller showed us how to make a scary green monster face.  My friend Eleonor was there, and I gave her a hug.  Then we made scary green monster faces together.  Together is lots of fun.  I like together.

 

When it was time to leave, GiGi and I walked up to thank our storyteller and show her my scary green monster face.  GiGi taught me to say, "Hi, my name is Daniel.  What's your name?"  That's what I did, and guess what?  Our storyteller's name is Ms. V.  I said, "Thank you for the stories, Ms. V." and then Papai, GiGi and I all went to GiGiHeyYea's house to play with cars.

 

  

 

It's OK.  It's just me--
not a scary green monster.

I had to stop and watch a butterfly
in GiGi's garden.

I shared my scary green monster face with HeyYea
so he wouldn't be afraid.

Ms. V's monster had a blue nose
and only two yellow eyes with black inside.
With a blue tongue and 4 crazy eyes,
mine is scarier.  Rrrahhhrr!!!

Next time on Tuesday, Papai took me to the Library to meet GiGi so she and I could go to story time.  I think Papai had to do some work.  We were late again, but Papai and GiGi knew there was another story time in a little bit.  GiGi said, "Let's have an adventure and then we'll go to story time."

GiGi showed me how to find a magic button that opened doors.  While we explored, we found a place that had ginger tea and muffins.  I picked chocolate!  GiGi laughed and said, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree," but I didn't understand.  Apples are in grocery stores--not trees!  And anyway, what does that have to do with my chocolate muffin?

GiGi let me tell the café lady what I wanted.  Then I got to hand her our moneys.  I gave her just one green and white paper and she gave me 2 papers plus some shiny moneys.  Awesome!  Then I picked a table so we could have our treat.   

Ginger tea is my favorite GiGi drink.
See my chocolate muffin?!

So good!

We played I Spy and talked about the lights on wires up high near the ceiling.  Then we explored outside.  We saw a lake and a fountain and a waterfall.  Guess what?  There was a turtle in the water.  He swam over to us, but GiGi was saving our chocolate muffin for HeyYea.  So he turned into a rock and floated away.


It was a breezy cloudy morning.
We had fun walking around the lake.

This is the first time I've been to college.
Maybe I'll go again some day.

Our adventure took us right to the Children's Library where Ms. V was waiting to take my ticket.  GiGi asked me what the stories would be, and I thought maybe cows.  Ms. V read a book about a pig that said moo and a cow that said oink and how the pig was sad because people laughed at her and how the cow taught the pig to say oink and the pig taught the cow to say moo!  They were friends.  Everyone was happy.  Every time Ms. V finishes a book and closes it, she says, "And that's The End!"

Here's Ms. V

That day we made a cow puppet.  The next time Ms. V read books about rabbits.  And the next time we got to honk! honk! beep! beep! with books about cars.  GiGi and I try to guess what Ms. V will read about each time.  Just last Tuesday Ms. V read fish books.  And we always get to Skinnamarink faster and faster.  It's really funny.  My GiGi said she likes story time just as much as me.

After story time I'm always ready
to go see HeyYea
and play cars.

One day when Papai picked me up
from GiGiHeyYea's house,
he was dressed just like me!

And that's The End!