Tonight,
We're going on a fun adventure,
But first,
It's time to get cozy in your bed.
Take a deep breath all the way down to your toes.
Blow out your breath and let your body feel quiet and peaceful.
Take one more breath this way,
In and out.
Now think about your head.
Can you put your hands on your head?
Give your head a little rub and say to yourself,
Get comfy head.
Now put your hands on your shoulders or your arms.
Give them a rub and say,
Get comfy arms or get comfy shoulders.
Now put your hands on your belly and give your belly a rub.
Say to yourself,
Get comfy belly.
Now check in to see if your whole body is comfy.
If any parts need one more rub,
Do that and say,
Get comfy body.
Now we're ready to get going on our adventure,
Above the trees and above the houses,
All the way to a magical lake.
Imagine that as you look out your window from your bed,
You see a cloud coming toward you.
It's a puffy little cloud,
Roundish and soft.
It's a beautiful color,
Swirling pink and purple and yellow,
Sunset colors.
This cloud pops in your window and comes over to your bed.
You imagine that you climb into this cloud and make yourself cozy.
It's just the right size for you and when you climb in,
You feel safe and warm and tucked in.
And maybe,
Just maybe,
This cloud is big enough for your mom or your dad or whatever grownup you want to fit too.
You get to imagine whatever size cloud you would like tonight.
Imagine that you get so comfy on your cloud and then you take a deep breath.
Before you know it,
Your cloud is floating around your room and up and out your window.
You float out into the night air.
The sun is setting and the stars are starting to twinkle in the sky.
A breeze blows softly on your face and it's not too cool and it's not too warm.
Your little cloud floats up above your house and above the trees and you get to look down and see your house from the top.
You look down and maybe you also see your car or your street or your neighbor's houses.
As you float through the sky and it gets a little dark,
You notice all the light that there still is.
The moon is out and shining brightly down on you.
The stars are twinkling,
Each of them looking like a bright candle in the sky.
Before you know it,
Your cloud is puffing along over the trees and over the roads through the gentle moonlight and starlight.
As you watch below you,
You can see that you are flying out past your neighborhood and toward a magical forest.
And far below you see a peaceful lake and a spot that looks so perfect for your cloud to land.
Your cloud lowers down and you find that you are sitting on a dock looking out over a pretty pretty lake.
You see rocks in the water below you and you can hear the gentle ripples of tiny waves.
You see trees way off across the water and you even hear some owls hooting in those trees.
The hooting owls seem to say,
Welcome to the lake.
We're so happy that you're visiting us this night.
At the edge of this lake,
Your cloud becomes a comfy couch.
As you look around,
You feel warm and cozy and peaceful.
And this is what you see.
The moon is making sparkles on the lake and it looks like a whole lake made of glitter.
It shines so bright that you almost wish you had sunglasses.
As you watch,
A fish jumps out of the water,
All covered in glitter and does a twirl for you to see.
You had no idea that in this water there were magical dancing fish.
This fish is pink and purple and her scales are sparkly like diamonds.
As she swims and jumps and swims and flips and swims and twirls,
She makes you laugh with all of her tricks.
She loves to dance in the night with the sky shining brightly with moon and stars.
It's her favorite time of the day.
When all the fisher people,
Boats and swimmers go home to sleep,
She comes out and dances away the night.
Can you even imagine?
She makes you feel happy and comfortable as you sit in your cloud and on your lake.
When you feel so happy to have met this dancing fish,
You yawn and take a deep breath and feel a little sleepy on this adventure.
In a minute,
You hear a frog croaking in the distance.
You see it sitting in the weeds by the water and then watch as he slowly hops toward you.
This frog starts to sing a pretty lullaby.
You had no idea that frogs could sing so sweetly in the night.
This magical lake is really something.
You are happy that you came here.
This frog tells you that in the daytime he can only croak and ribbit,
But when night comes he gets to sing his favorite songs.
And just like that,
He starts to sing your favorite song.
This silly frog has made you smile and he comes over to take a bow and then hops back down the lake and into the reeds.
Being happy and sleepy,
You take a deep breath and snuggle into your cloud couch a bit more.
This is an exciting lake and you are feeling pretty tired out.
You close your eyes for a second and when you open them again,
You see a star coming down from the night sky.
It's a tiny star and it sparkles a bright yellow with a little purple around the edges.
As it comes right up to the end of the dock,
It spins around and some sparkles fly out into the air.
This star has a message to give you and here it is.
Did you know that in the night you have your very own superpower?
It's the same superpower as all the stars in the night sky.
When you think about the people that you love and all the people and friends you know,
You start to glow a little bit inside your heart.
In the night,
When it's dark,
You can make your very own light inside you.
Can we try it together?
Take a deep breath and think about a person that you love so much and who loves you too.
Feel the happy warm feeling and know that your heart is starting to glow just a little bit.
The more you think about people that you love,
The warmer and safer and happier you feel and the more you make your glow.
As you sit by this magical lake on this magical cloud and think about people you love to hug and love to play with,
You notice that you feel very glowy.
You look and see that your whole cloud is glowing just like a night light.
Your star does a spin and sends you some sparkles and floats back out to the sky.
You try a few times to think of different people and each time you feel a glow inside and see that your cloud is sparkling too.
You like this new superpower that you have and you decide that you'll keep it for always.
But after all of that,
You are wishing you were back in your cozy bed again.
The cloud begins to float you back up into the night,
Away from the magical lake and over the trees again to your house.
Your cloud pops back through your window and right over to your bed.
As you flop into your very own bed once again,
You fall asleep feeling warm and glowy.
Good night magical one.
