Scott’s last story time…..

Every night after books and bath Grace ends the evening with a custom made story from Mom. She picks the characters and I make up the tale. Last night Scott was in charge of story time. It was a nice break for me; I figured how hard can it be to make up a story for a little girl. As he and I were preparing for bed a little later I asked how it went. He was thrilled to report the story was a success. I could not wait to hear what sweet story he came up with. Scott’s rendition of the story went something like this … Grace and Daddy went to Academy Sporting Goods on a special shopping trip. While there they purchased Grace’s first hunting riffle & camo clothing (I’m not kidding)…. The story continued with a trip with Shrek (none the less) to a special place in the woods where the selected which deer to “drop”. I figured this was some kind of joke so I played along “you mean like Bambi?” I said. On no, he reports, “more like Bambi’s Granddad”. "After Grace got him, it took everyone in camp to load him because He was so big."
Sarah: “you’re kidding!”
Scott: “what’s wrong?”
Sarah: “she is 2 3/4! She does not know how to process this kind of information.”
Scott: “o relax, it was only a story, plus she liked it”
Sarah: “Only a story!” “you better be kidding!”

This Morning
Sarah: “Good morning pumpkin how are you”
Grace: “I good”
Sarah: “did Daddy tell you story last night?”
Grace: “Yes”
Sarah : “What was it about?”
Grace: “Shrek”
Sarah: “really, what else? Where there any deer in your story”
Grace: “yes Mommy!”
Sarah: “What happened to the deer?”
Grace with pride “I put him down he go bye bye”
Sarah: mortified silence