Schmims Schmimsy

There were bear sightings at our campground this weekend.

Mike (to Wren): "What do you do if you see a bear?"

Wren: "I dunno."
...
Mike: "You hold still and scream stuff to scare it away. Like if I saw a bear, I'd scream the alphabet. Like this - A! B! C! D! E!..."

(silent pause...)

Wren: "Oops. You died."

St Croix State Park

We climbed the firetower. I wanted to turn back at every landing, but Mike wanted to go all the way to the top.

Wren told me, "It's OK mama. I got you. We just have to do this because it is just really fun."

I just about had a panic attack, but we made it. And I survived the adrenaline rush for the next hour, too.