My husband stayed home with our 3 children. They played games until bedtime. Pretty Pretty Princess. Princess Chutes and Ladders. And Tell Tale. It's a new game we got for Christmas where you have to take turns telling a story based on the pictures that are revealed on your turn.
These are the cards they got:
When I got home, Tyler read me this story that they wrote together.
The King's Throne
Kohl had been at the movie theater since he was new. Since people don't really buy used toilets, he figured he would be there forever. The life of a movie theater toilet isn't very glamorous between the size of the drinks and the quality of the popcorn.
Kohl dreamed of being a palace toilet. Palace toilets were always so clean and shiny. The palace servants would polish them everyday. It was considered the pinnacle of porcelain perfection to be a palace toilet.
One day everything changed. Kohl had just finished helping a group of teenagers with their business when an entirely new customer arrived. He was dressed in plain clothing and appeared rather ordinary. Kohl didn't think much of it, until he noticed his underwear. He was wearing royal underwear. Immediately, Kohl knew who it was. It was the king! He was in disguise! You see, you can disguise your outward appearance but you can't disguise your underwear.
As the king finished, something fell out of his pocket and landed on the floor beside Kohl. It made a funny sound as it hit the tile floor, PING, but the king didn't seem to notice his royal ring fall on to the cold tile floor.
Kohl tried to call out to the king but the king couldn't hear him over the sound of the flushing.
It wasn't long before the bathroom was empty and Kohl was alone with the royal ring. Kohl wasn't quite sure what to do. He guarded the ring with the utmost care but didn't know who to tell as the king had been in disguise. Kohl feared that someone evil would find the ring and take over the kingdom.
It wasn't until the next day that the king realized his mistake. He returned to the movie theater with a royal legion hoping to find his lost ring. The king's servants searched everywhere before finally checking the bathroom.
There it was, second stall on the left, with Kohl proudly standing guard. The king was so impressed that he called for the royal plumber. "This brave toilet must be commended," said the king. "I here by dub thee Sir Kohler."
"Thank you your majesty, but it's just Kohl."
"Well Kohl, I will forever be in your debt," said the king. "You will be brought to the palace to be placed in my royal bathroom."
To this day, Kohl is still the cleanest and shiniest of all the palace toilets.
And I thought I was the writer in the family. I got home to a messy kitchen, with lunches still to be made, and laundry still to fold, but my kids were sleeping happily (on time) and they had had an awesome night with dad. Perfect night.
Disclaimer: Tyler was very concerned that if I posted this on our blog, someone would steal the idea and publish this as a book before we could. So please, to the 3 people who read this blog, don't plagiarize our story. Thank you.
1 comment:
I'd buy that book for our kids
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