{"id":994,"date":"2012-06-20T02:07:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T02:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/?p=994"},"modified":"2012-06-20T12:51:19","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T12:51:19","slug":"storys-book-the-penguin-t-rex-and-kitty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/storys-book-the-penguin-t-rex-and-kitty\/","title":{"rendered":"Story&#8217;s Book : The Penguin, T-Rex and Kitty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My three year old daughter loves to come up with stories with us (her name is also Story). \u00a0A few months back I was looking for something fun to do with her since we kind of getting burned out on the books we had around the house and the coloring books we had, so I decided we should \u00a0make one.<\/p>\n<p>It was a really terribly drawn book called the Owl. \u00a0Basically Story just said one thing after the other that the owl was doing and I did a quick drawing of it with crayon. \u00a0Here&#8217;s a page from it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/theowl.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-995\" title=\"theowl\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/theowl.jpg?resize=539%2C960\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/theowl.jpg?w=539&amp;ssl=1 539w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/theowl.jpg?resize=168%2C300&amp;ssl=1 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was really just something fun for us to do, but Story LOVED IT! \u00a0She asked to read it over and over again, every night. \u00a0But then one day Story colored over the whole thing. \u00a0I was pretty bummed out about it. \u00a0I decided I wanted to try and actually for real\u00a0draw one of her stories, so we moved to the computer so we would always have a clean file and she spun this little web&#8230; \u00a0Her most ambitious, funny and coherent story yet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-996\" title=\"page01\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page01.jpg?resize=600%2C900\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page01.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page01.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-997\" title=\"page2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page2.jpg?resize=600%2C900\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page2.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page03.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-998\" title=\"page03\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page03.jpg?resize=600%2C900\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page03.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page03.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page04.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-999\" title=\"page04\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page04.jpg?resize=600%2C900\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page04.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page04.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page05.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000\" title=\"page05\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page05.jpg?resize=600%2C900\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page05.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page05.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page06.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1001\" title=\"page06\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page06.jpg?resize=600%2C900\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page06.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/page06.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ending cracks me up, even if its a little unsettling. \u00a0Lol. \u00a0But hey she&#8217;s a three year old. It&#8217;s such fun making these books with her. \u00a0I think we are going to work on making another three or so and I&#8217;ll do a small print run for her or something. \u00a0This is also something that was put forward to me that other&#8217;s might be interested in commissioning with their own kid&#8217;s stories. \u00a0If this is something people\u00a0out\u00a0there would be interested in having me do for their kids let me know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My three year old daughter loves to come up with stories with us (her name is also Story). \u00a0A few months back I was looking for something fun to do with her since we kind of getting burned out on the books we had around the house and the coloring books we had, so I 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