We've lost Brown Bear

Sadly, our copy of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? seems to have gone missing. We looked all over for it this evening--on the book shelf, in the shoe box, on the toy shelf, under the toy shelf, in Mommy and Daddy's room, in Ashlinn's room, in Ashlinn's crib, under the couches, and in a host of other places--but it was nowhere to be found. At one point, Ashlinn insisted it was in the garage. I kept telling her that I didn't think it was, but finally I humored her and went out to check. She said it was by the dryer, so I looked there. But I didn't find it. Then she said it was inside the washing machine. I told her it would probably not still be readable if it were inside the washing machine....

And so we had to settle for reading Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? instead. We hadn't read it lately, but Ashlinn actually remembered and told me the names of the animals on each of the pages. My personal favorite was "whooping crane," which sounds like "whipping cream" when she says it. So cute!

Anyway, hopefully we'll find Brown Bear soon. Maybe he's hiding in the car....