"Help the imagination of your children grow!"
This past week Kristofer has been having a hard time going to bed. For one, he refuses to fall asleep in his bed. Which is fine, I'll lay down with him in our bed if he can easily settle down and then move him to his bed. But lately he won't settle down. With him, routine is a must, but even that is not working.
So then I had an idea to start telling him a fantasy story at night. He's almost three and right at the age where he can add to the story and he loves it! I got the basis of my story (a dragon) from the old movie "Pete's Dragon" that he watched a while ago. We haven't decided on the Dragon's name, but every night the Dragon and Kristofer go on an adventure.
Last night Kristofer was climbing a mountain and came upon the Dragon sleeping in his cave. He woke him up and went on a train ride across a bridge to "downtown" until it was time to go back to the cave and go to bed.
By the end of it, Kristofer wasn't asleep, but he was calm and on his way to closing his eyes!
Try telling a made-up story with your children tonight and help that imagination grow! You'll be amazed at what you can come up with together!
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