doodling

Miss C loves to write, and draw, and doodle on just.about.everything. If there is a piece of paper laying around, she'll probably start drawing on it. Often I'll open up the pages of a magazine only to find she's already gotten to it and filled the margins with her own little scribbles (which totally makes me smile). Nothing is sacred in this house. Nothing. Case in point:

Yes, I often have doodling all over the windows too. Since she loves to draw so much, I keep spiral bound notebooks up in her room so that she can doodle during "rest time". I love seeing what she draws (or writes). I think I'm going to keep a few of the notebooks for her when she is older.

The other day she saw one of my old day planners (yes, I'm still a paper and pen girl) laying around and asked if she could draw on it. She's been doodling in the margins and scheduling "appointments" in it. She told me she was also writing "stories" in it but wouldn't let me see them (of course I snatched it when she wasn't looking). Here's what I found:

I can't understand all of it, but here's what I can gather:

"ouns upon tim tha wus a butufl prinses. The prinses wus inchanteg. She wus inchanteg lic a mrmad. The mrmad wus inchateg lik a prins."

"Ouns apon a tim tha wus a litl grl playg wit a bascitboll. Wen shy plad with the bascitboll she did not recun the bacitball. A big! Big! Big! Bascitboll hop."

"Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess. The princess was enchanting. She was enchanting like a mermaid. The mermaid was enchanting like a prince."

"Once upon a time there was a little girl playing with a basketball. When she played with the basketball she did not recun (????) the basketball. A big! Big! Big! Basketball hoop."

"Ouns upon a tim thar wr sum horsis. The horsis chas the pigs. The pigs chast the caws. The caws chas the rostrs. The rostrs chas the frmr and the wif chast the brn"

"Once upon a time there were some horses. The horses chase the pigs. The pigs chase the cows. The cows chase the roosters. The roosters chase the farmer and the wife chased the brn (brown or barn, maybe?)."

"Ouns upon u tim thar wr farys. The farys chast the arplans. The airplans chast the jet. The jet chast the helicoptr chast the skly"

"Once upon a time there were fairies. The fairies chased the airplanes. The airplanes chased the jet. The jet chased the helicopter chased the sky."

I guess she is all about something chasing something else, huh?