The other night James woke up crying at about midnight. I went in to check on him and he wasn't responding to me very well, he just kept crying. I asked him what was wrong and he didn't say anything. I think he decided he wanted to tell me later because he said (while crying) Tell me "what's wrong?" So I asked him "What's wrong?" He told me he didn't feel good and his tongue hurt (I think he may have had acid reflux...it's common for him at night). It seemed like what I was trying wasn't helping but finally he told me he wanted to take a shower. After his shower I was holding him in his bed. I asked what I could do for him because he was still crying a little. He said "Tell me something". I remembered when I would have bad dreams and my sister would tell me to close my eyes and picture Mom and Dad dressed in white sitting in a peaceful garden. I did that very often as a girl and it really helped me. I asked if he would like to hear a story and he did. I told him a couple stories about a man who fell in love with a woman...they had two boys...(in more detail) and he said he wanted another one...about a frog. I told him the story below and he asked me to tell it again. He's been asking for it at night now so I sketched a few quick drawings that you will see below (unfinished). He went to sleep after the story and was fine the next morning. There are probably spelling and grammer errors just so you know :)
Mr. Frog by Jacquelyn Jones
Once upon a time, there was a little green frog who's name was Mr. Frog. Mr. Frog loved to go to Lily Pad Lake. His very favorite thing to do was to jump on the lily pads and catch flies. One day while doing just that, Mr. Frog discovered a way to jump all the way across the lake on the lily pads alone.
When Mr. Frog got to the other side he was a little confused. The lily pads on this side of the lake looked so much greener from the other side. Mr. Frog looked back to where he came from and was shocked to find that the lily pads were in fact greener over there, so he started jumping back to the other side. Mr. Frog was even more confused now. The lily pads weren't any greener there either. Mr. Frog decided to catch his flies somewhere else. He needed to clear his head. As Mr. Frog made his way through the cattails he ran into Miss Frog. Mr. Frog was very excited to see Miss Frog. He wanted to show her how he had found a way to jump across the lake on the lily pads, so he asked her on a date. Together Mr. Frog and Miss Frog jumped from lily pad to lily pad catching plenty of flies along the way. When they reached the other side Mr. Frog realized the lily pads were GREEN (and I don't mean just a little green). Those lily pads were the greenest he had ever seen! Just for curiosity he told Miss Frog he wanted to go back to the other side to see the lily pads over there. Mr. Frog was delighted to find that they stayed just as green as the lily pads they left on the other side. Mr. and Miss frog continued to go on these dates and to jump across the lake together. Eventually they got married, had little baby frog tadpoles, and lived happily ever after.
The End
I hope you enjoyed it!
James lifted my spirits yesterday by telling me:
"You're the BEST MOMMY, EVER!!"
(Credits to http://www.freedigitalscrapbooking.com/ for paper and embellishments which I changed the color, hue, and brightness. I downloaded them a couple years ago so I don't know if they are on there anymore.)
I love this one of Spencer and James.
