Such A Darling Bear

The Cookie Lover
Originally uploaded by Beth.

Ashley has been honing her skills in the kitchen. The other night she made chocolate chip cookies and asked if she could put them in a cookie jar I had stashed away. I had forgotten I even had the little guy—a ceramic teddy bear dressed in an old fashion suit.

The new addition to our kitchen counter was quite the attraction for Cole. Several times during the day Cole could be found gazing up at the bear with delight in his eyes.

Later that evening we were in the living room when we heard a loud crash followed by loud crying. David and I ran to kitchen immediately realizing what had happened. Cole had climbed up to help himself to a cookie.

We were quite fearful about the level of injury because his cries were so loud. I picked him up and asked if the lid had fallen on his head. “Sob, sob, sob . . . NO.” He could hardly talk he was crying so hard.

“Did the loud crash scare you?” “Sob, sob, sniffle, catch his breath . . . NO!” “Does it hurt anywhere?” “Sob, sob . . . NO!”

By this time I was starting to realize the loud event of the bear’s head shattering on the ceramic tile had simply scared him—or possibly he knew he had just been caught sneaking a cookie without asking. None the less I continued my questioning, “Cole, why are you crying?” “Sob, sob . . . Because he was such a darling bear. He had such a cute little nose!”