Everyone's seen photobooks for documenting your vacation, a baby's first year, etc. I'm doing a little twist on the photobook for my kids for Christmas.
That's right! I'm making a photobook about my two kids and their journey together. In the past I've made a twist on my daughter's favorite book, writing a version called 'If you give a Lu a Cupcake' which resembled the stories by Laura Joffe Numeroff.
This time though I wrote the girls a book about their relationship. Here's their story:
The Adventures of Pancake and
Waffles
"When I was a little
baby in Mommy's tummy, my aunts called me Pancake," Lu said."And who's in Mommy's tummy now? Another Pancake?" Daddy asked.
"No, No, Daddy. That's Green," Lu said. Lu thought Daddy was being absolutely silly. Everyone knew that she was Pancake. Daddy even made up a song about her.
"My name is baby Lu, my aunts call me Baba Lu. Sometimes they call me pancake too, but I'm just a baby, I'm just a baby, I'm just a little baby Lu..u.uh!"
"Ah, but you aren't a
baby anymore Lu," Daddy
said. "There's going to be a new
little pancake in the family."
Luwasn't sure too sure
about that baby . "She's not going
to be Pancake, that's for sure,"
Lu said.
But then Mommy said something
even worse than the baby being called Pancake.
"The baby could be a brother!"
Mommy said.
Lu cried. "But I want a sister! Not a Pancake, and DEFINATELY not a
brother!"
Eventually the time came to
find out. Lu was getting a baby
sister!
"Hooray!" Lu said!
She gave Mommy's tummy a kiss, and then she shook her finger at Mommy's
tummy. "Stay away from my
toys." She said.
"What are we going to
name her? " Mommy asked. "She needs a real name, not like Green
or Pancake."
"Her name's
Ellie." Lu said.
The baby in Mommy's tummy got
bigger and bigger, but one thing didn't change.
Lu was adament. "Her
name's Ellie."
And it turned out, it
was. "Lu, meet your sister. We will call her Ellie."
Lu loved showing off her
baby sister. "This is
Ellie," Lu would say, "I named her."
"Do you think that we
should call her pancake?" Mommy
asked.
"No. She looks more like a 'Waffles' to
me." Lu said.
"I think that's
perfect," Mommy said. "I love
both my Pancake and my Waffles."
At first baby Ellie didn't do
much.
But pretty soon, Ellie was
giving Lu big smiles. Noone could make
baby Ellie smile more than her big sister.
And it wasn't long until both
girls realizes that there was them, and then there was Mommy and Daddy. Lu and Ellie realized they were a team.
And Lucia realized that she
had a lot to teach Ellie. Lucia couldn't
wait for Ellie to get bigger.
So she tried to speed the
process a long a little bit. (picture of Lu watering Ellie with a watering can).
Then she started with the
teaching. Tummy time was first.
It wasn't long before Ellie
realized that Lu had some pretty cool toys.
And that Lu was a little bit
crazy, but that being crazy was also a lot of fun.
They dressed up together.
Bathed together.
Swam together.
Rocked out together.
Did art projects together.
And even yelled
"gol" together.
One thing was sure, there was
always and adventure to be had.
And with a sister, there was
always someone around to play with.
Even if Ellie did want to
hoard all of the toys.
Pancake and Waflles learned a
lot in their adventures.
Both girls learned that Daddy
was awesome.
And Mommy was pretty ok too.
But most ofall, Pancake and
Waffles learned that sister love was a very special kind of love to have.
And there was no better friend
than a sister to embark on life's
adventures with.I can't wait to see what the girls think when they open their new book this Christmas. This might just be a new Christmas tradition. I think that I'd like to read more about the Adventures of Pancake and Waffles. What do you think?
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