This was Seth's favorite book not too long ago (probably still is).
It has a great sing-song rhythm about it. It's a story of a little family that goes on a bear hunt. And as the kids, Prince Charming, and I ventured out today to hopefully see something green and growing in the yard, this book kept running through my head..... or rather this phrase....
Going on a Bear Hunt,
Gonna Find a BIG one!
We're not afraid.....Uh OH!
Racoon Prints...
At least I think those are raccoon prints.
I hope they are! http://monarchbfly.com/would know for sure.
They can't be bear prints. Officially we don't have bears in Indiana, although A3 saw one in the middle of nowhere when he was out on a mountain bike adventure. I trust him. He's smart. He knows what bears look like (although he is the only of the seven who did not inherit the mutant animal gene).
Gotta be raccoons (I like raccoons. They're cute!)
We're going on a Bear Hunt,
gonna find a BIG one!
We're not afraid...Uh OH!
STICKS...MULCH....
Too much mulch...
My sister warned me about this last year.
For the first time in 45 years, the scarlet maple and the sugar maple in the front yard got "little trims". The guys who did it were so nice, and they did all these things so they wouldn't hurt the trees. Instead of cherry pickers, they used ropes and climbed up INTO the tree and took a branch here or there. Carefully analyzing and choosing which branch would stay, and which would go. Mainly the dead ones. The trees really needed it, and my sister, Carol, was quite pleased with the job they did...EXCEPT, that they piled all the small debris up against the tree and convinced me it was God's natural mulch. That the tree would benefit from this pile of it's branches and leaves up against it, keeping it nice and snug through the winter.
Carol had a complete cow over this (is that a 70's or 80's term?). Anyway, she made me rake it all away from the trunk. We did that, but man...I thought that stuff would be more composted by now!
We're going on a Bear Hunt,
gonna find a BIG one!
We're not afraid...Uh OH!
Trash....
We're going on a Bear Hunt,
gonna find a BIG one!
We're not afraid...Uh OH!
Junk....
Metal junk....
I'm really proud of my "Metal Garden"
NOT
Prince Charming promised me he would take that to the dump just as soon as he had a free moment....
("Uh, dear? Can you put down your Nintendo DS long enough to go to the dump?"
"What? I'm doing my mind exercises. In a little bit dear.....")
We're going on a Bear Hunt,
gonna find a BIG one!
We're not afraid...Uh OH!
GREEN!
Not Huh..oh!
LOOK!!! Something GREEN and GROWING! Look right THERE!
Finally! Success!
We've found what we were looking for. We've got our "bear."
Now, let's go get some hot chocolate....
