Reintroducing.... Kenny the Gnome

While the physical act of the children falling asleep in the new house has been trying, the storytime step in the process of getting ready for bed has been working well.  We're three chapters into The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Maja is still interested, although chapter three is extremely long-winded. 

Sunday night Millie wanted a story read, and as she is obviously not ready for the real Oz books, I took her in her room, tucked her in, and started the third version of the story of David the Gnome.   We had just gotten a robust cast of characters when Maja was her age now, so a full introduction of the characters was at hand.  With no prep time and a sketchy memory of the actual show, we've kept it simple.

1. David found a fox who had it's paw injured in a steel trap.  He coerced a bear to help him open the trap enough to get the paw out, and the fox and David grew to be good friends as the animal convalesced outside David's tree house.
2. David fashioned a light cart to the fox for when they travelled to visit gnomes in far-off lands and needed to bring extra supplies.  One day, one of the cart's wheels broke, and by a stroke of luck, gnome fix-it-guy, Kenny the Gnome happened to be around and got things back together. 

Time to review the older posts to figure out what happens next...

The New Home and New Storytime.

After neglecting this blog for a long time, we finally have some related news.  We bought a new house and got everything set up this weekend. 

After hours of unloading the pod and picking up some random furniture from friends and family, we're almost settled in the new house.

With two separate bedrooms for the girls,   Bedtime has instantly become a whole lot easier.  Maja got her first "real" book from me to celebrate the move, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  At a chapter a night, we have 23 more nights of it.   I'd like to find a stand alone copy of The Marvelous Land of Oz and proceed like that through the series.  If not, I also snagged the first six books in a large anthology, but that feels a bit unwieldy for bedside reading. 

And I won't forget the gnome stories, or perhaps I can embellish the Nome Oz stories?