We had such a beautiful morning last week when we celebrated Maple Day at the South Shore Natural Science Center. The crowd came in and filled the forest with giggles and smiles! All while snacking on some delicious pancakes and syrup!

We were gifted with great weather and it seems like the rain held off until we were done having a great time! Overall, it’s wonderful being back in Norwell and I will see you again in the future!

I am so happy to show off the teams that arrived to help solve the case of The Unfortunate Passing of Pliant McTwist: A Murder Mystery! Even my daughter, Alexandra was on hand to help the detectives!

These skilled detectives went to work beating each of the suspects at their own games! They were constantly impressive and wonderfully enthusiastic in sifting through the evidence!

In the end, this Father/Daughter Trio finished first and earned their badges!

But no one leaves empty handed! Each player earned their badges as well, and took a victory photo!

The welcome that I received today was so surprising and amazing I’m STILL thinking about how sweet and wonderful it was! First of, the  welcome sign and balloon towers were above and beyond already. Then to receive a goody bag of water, popcorn and mints? Man, you treat your guests like royalty! Thank you so much!

Each of the groups were fantastic as well! The K-2nd grade kiddos heard George and the Loose Tooth and Abiyoyo with a quick intermission of The Button Factory. Then the 3rd and 4th grade came in to hear Cupcakes and Timmy.

I think I have mentioned in the past, but I truly do love telling Timmy to the older elementary school kids. The story always engrosses them in a way that leaves them absolutely silent in the end, expecting more, absorbing what they just heard. It always makes me so happy when the children begin to get dismissed from the room and they can’t stop asking questions about the story!

I still think about this email I received from a woman who still remembered the story over 10 years later:

Well, again, thank you to Clifford Marshall for the invite and the pictures. If you want to see more or want to see The Button Factory in action head over to my Facebook page!

Sometimes I get small surprises when visiting some of my favorite places! Like this painted rock greeting me at the Truro Library last week!

And, for the record, it did make me feel like I was okay!

It was a great day for stories! I was happy to entertain the kiddos who came to browse all the greatness that the farmer’s brought. Thank you to whomever took these great photos – I liked the one below so much that I made it my new Facebook photo.

I even snagged myself some amazing breads, jam and local honey!

Here is the storytelling schedule for this week:

• Monday: Temple Israel @ 10:00am/12:30pm
• Monday: Holmes Public Library @ 1:00pm – Raising a Reader – Week 3 (With guest teacher Miss Debbie)
• Tuesday: Scituate Public Library @ 10:30am – Raising a Reader – Week 3
• Wednesday: Holbrook Library @10:30am
• Thursday: Brown Bear Academy @ 10:00/10:30am
• Saturday: Medfield Public Library @ 10:30am
• Saturday: Jonathan Bourne Library @ 1:30pm *Preschool Building Stories – Final Week

This week Miss Debbie will be filling in for me at the Holmes Library.  She is fantastic and I know the kids will absolutely love her!  We continue with full workshops in Halifax and Scituate but will let you know when the new workshops will begin!  If you want to join us for Building Stories in Bourne this is our final week!

Towns I will be visiting this week:

1. Sharon
2. Scituate
3. Holbrook
4. Cohasset
5. Medfield
6. Bourne

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I had the honor of returning to the Elementary School that I attended to tell stories to the Kindergarten and 1st grade classes.  I had a ton of fun and the crowd there was just awesome!

I also recieved an email from the teachers after the show which I thought was such a nice thing to see!  Thank you for the thank you!

Dear
Big Ryan,

Thank
you so much for coming to tell us stories at West today! We loved the super funny stories and interactive activities you did with us! Learning all about how to juggle was wonderful! You are one of the best storytellers we have ever heard!

Thank
you!

West
Kindergarten and 1st Grade Teams

Mrs Routhier, Mrs Dubois, Ms Keegan, Mrs Hickey, and Mrs Walsh

My visit to Nahant this past February vacation was a huge success and I had a blast to boot!  I even had my mini-me helper with me to snap a few photos – thank you Alexandra!  If you’d like to see more go to the Big Ryan’s Tall Tales Facebook page and check them all out!  While you’re there go ahead and “Like” the page!

And a shot of my little girl – who somehow is no longer little.

Today was so fantastic with 140+ of you joining me for stories this morning!  I was so excited to see so many friends come out on this very chilly morning to laugh along with my tales.  Thank you for making today so special!  I will come back anytime!

Check out more pictures on my Facebook page!

https://www.facebook.com/Big-Ryans-Tall-Tales-210231642325292/

Like the page while you’re there!