Bedtime stories.

Franklin (ever the amazing daddy) decided to help Ellie calm down before bedtime tonight by telling her a story. It was similar to the three billy goats gruff except that the billy goats were Ellie's friends and I don't know if the ending was exactly the same as I've heard before.... but anyways.

After Franklin finished the story, Ellie decided it was her turn to tell a bedtime story........ make that stories. 45 minutes later, after we had heard about a baby whale typing on the mommy whale's computer and getting a spanking, after we had heard about many different colored goats throwing sometimes good monsters and sometimes bad monsters into the river, after we had heard Ellie say, "Once upon a time...." more than a handful of times, Franklin and I decided that maybe telling Ellie a bedtime story isn't actually the best way to calm her down.

After a few minutes, Franklin asked me, "Did you give her sugar tonight?" Oh yeah, we had guests over.... and the shortest member of our family ate brownies.

Maybe we should try bedtime stories again sometime...