A couple months ago, Marissa spent the night at my mom & dad's and while she was there she wrote a little story.  She told my brother Ryan what to write down.  He helped her for some parts.  Here's her story they made:

                                                                     Marissa’s Sleepy Success

By: Marissa Taneri and Uncle Ry-Ry

On a frigid cold January night, Marissa was playing at Me-Maw’s house. She was sitting on Uncle Ryan’s lap, playing on his computer when she really should have been in bed already. She had already taken her bath and was ready for bed, but she decided to stay up real late at me-maw’s house. Marissa loved Uncle Ryan’s little globe that he had in his bedroom. Me-Maw finished her bath and thought it was time to put Camryn to bed. Marissa played along and brushed her teeth and peed on the potty like her usual nighttime routine, but she just wasn’t tired yet because of all the fun she was having with Uncle Ryan.

            Marissa played and played and played and played and played and played, but she still wasn’t tired. So Me-Maw came in and said, “Camryn is in bed! Who’s next?” Marissa said, “Not me! I’m not tired yet.” So she continued to play and play and play and play and play some more. But then Me-Maw said, “It’s time for everyone to go to bed!” But while everyone was sleeping, Marissa got out of her bed and cooked bread and butter. The next morning while everyone was waking up, Marissa climbed back in bed and fell quickly to sleep. No one could figure out why she was so kept sleeping into late morning while they also wondered where the bread and butter on the kitchen table came from. Marissa was deep in a dream about jumping on her sister Camryn’s crib and chewing on her binky.

            When Marissa finally awoke at noon, Me-Maw asked her, “Do you know where this bread come from?” Marissa rubbed her sleepy eye and said, “I must have been sleepwalking…or I guess, sleep cooking.” Everyone laughed and sat down to enjoy some nice, soft bread for lunch.

The End