Rachel the storyteller

Here's the story of how Rachel got here, as she narrated it to me this morning at breakfast:

""Before I was a human baby, I was a mermaid baby, and then I grew up to be a little bit older and I was 4. Then the fairy turned me back into a human."

My friend Amy's response: "That's awesome. I like that way better than Jake's version: 'I was dead and then some guys builded me.'"

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Rachel also told us this morning: "A long time ago, before you were born, I goed to the sea park and all the sea creatures loved me so much because they rubbed against me and I rubbed against them and they played with the toys I gave them at the sea park. And then BunBun fell into the tank and I lifted her back up and she went into the sea tank with me. It's down in the sea basement of an old castle."

BunBun is the bunny in Rachel's preschool class. We think the references to the sea park are from a book she likes us to read about Little Critter's visit to the local sea park. Little Critter is an ongoing character in a series of books Rachel has.

See why she's so entertaining to be around? Some days I think Rachel makes more sense than all the adults around her....

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We are leaving tomorrow morning to spend the New Year's Eve weekend with Uncle David, Auntie Anne and Grandma Jean in Seattle. I'll try to post while I'm there, but in case I don't -- Happy  New Year to everyone who reads this blog and enjoys following the adventures of The Little Girl. One of my New Year's resolutions is to post more often and get a new computer so I can add pictures. A great 2012 to all!!