SUPER CARE BEARS -Owen's Dream

The other night Owen wouldn't get in bed when it was time to go to sleep. He said there was stuff on his sheet. I looked and he was right- the sheet was dirty, so I went to the linen closet and I grabbed the first clean sheet I could- it happened to have Care Bears on the ends. I put it on his bed and asked him to go to sleep, and he put up a real fight about it (can't imagine why, he is a 7-year-old boy). I was tired of excuses so I put my foot down and said- we will wash your sheet and put it back on tomorrow- it will be dark, and you will have your eyes closed, so it doesn't matter!

His response: "But Dad, I will keep thinking about it and I will keep getting mad, and now I am going to have a dream about Care Bears!" This was followed by a spectacular display of sadness and grief. I told him that though it was unlikely he would have a dream about Care Bears, if he did, he could turn the Care Bears into cool superheroes or other characters like Harry Potter Care Bear, or Naepoleon Dynamite, etc (you get the idea). He didn't like it, but he slept on a Care Bear sheet for one night. The following day we talked about it as a family and decided it would be cool if we could draw out what we imagined it would look like if we melded Care Bears with other characters. This was fun, and all the kids participated (So did I, as you can see. I can't decide if I like the Iron Man Care Bear or the Harry Potter Care Bear best). Some of the kids had great ideas- Snow White Care Bear, Luke Skywalker Care Bear, Nacho Libre Care Bear, Wonder Woman Care Bear, Kung Fu Panda Care Bear, and .. so forth....

What fun! Feel free to click on the image to see closer up.