While getting ready for bed tonight, Avery looked out our bedroom window and discovered a baby bear in our backyard. But not just any bear…a green bear. She said he was talking to cats and dogs in the backyard. So naturally, she ran to Daddy for help. She instructed him that if he played Ring Around the Rosie with the bear one time, then he would go away.
Avery and I quietly hid in her bedroom with the door closed while Daddy and the bear played Ring Around the Rosie in our bedroom. (By this point, the bear had come inside the house). Thankfully, Avery was right. One game was all it took before the now-friendly bear ran away. Crisis averted!
When it was all over, Daddy had to reassure Avery that there weren’t any bears around. She learned a new word tonight: pretend.
Don’t you just love a child’s imagination!