baby bears.

All year round, but especially in the winter, the kids love to play a game invented years ago by Matt and Nathan. The game is called Bears...or Baby Birds, or Koalas, or Tigers, or Skunks...you get the idea. It involves pretending like you are whatever fore said animal and then either taking apart the couch to build your cave, or hiding under the covers of my bed, which too is a cave. This year it's taken a twist and usually whomever is not participating between Matt and myself becomes the enemy of the animal. (for example, while playing skunks the other day, I was a coyote). In the summer, I would usually encourage some outside play instead since this does make a slight mess of the house, but it's a good way to pass the time in the winter. It also involves lots of snuggling, a favorite of everyones:)

Here is Nathan and Ella peeking out of a fort they created from the couch. I believe this time they were baby bears, eagerly waiting for some berries or looking out for a hunter of course.