"No."
"Not really."
"Yeah, he almost slipped and died. He "bear"ly made it."
"We are going to eat the ice cream laying down so if it drips, it drips into our mouths and not onto our shoes or something dumb like that."
Before placing your loose tooth under your pillow for the tooth fairy, be sure to remove his shoes. Who knows what he has stepped in.
People make big plans and travel to places far away but what seek can be found in their very backyard; newness and adventure. Everyday a new leaf or blade of grass shows up. Often a bird stays a bit to rest her wings. Oh and the wind, it is always new and different. So, take a walk in your backyard. Look closely and look quietly. You will be sure to find something beautiful.
"If you do the dishes, I will take you to the park tomorrow."
"Will you let me out of the wagon this time?"
"Fine, but you have to watch where you are walking. You stepped in dog poop before."
"Elephant poop is worse."
"True. I'll just stop feeding you."
"I don't poop. I am a stuffed animal."
"And yet your voice seems so real."
"Never underestimate a child's imagination."
"Is that you or me saying that?"
"We may never know!"
I suppose it is a weed. Oh, but how lucky it is to grow sturdily and beautifully. I want to be a weed when I grow up.