Summer in Mrs. Honeybee's Neighborhood

Mrs. Honeybee (0:03)

Bedtime with Mrs. Honeybee Today in the Honeybee Neighborhood, we'll be constructing the perfect summer day.

SPEAKER_1 (0:17)

What's your perfect summer day, Mrs. Honeybee?

Mrs. Honeybee (0:21)

I'll have to think about that. What about yours, my dear?

SPEAKER_1 (0:26)

I love relaxing in the sunshine. But hmm, it's hard to say what the perfect summer day would be.

What about you, Melodybee?

Mrs. Honeybee (0:40)

Easy.

The perfect summer day is playing in the sprinklers. Oh, oh, no, no, no, no, no. It's going to the beach.

SPEAKER_1 (0:48)

Oh, oh, no, no, no, no. It's having a pool party.

Mrs. Honeybee (0:54)

Oh, oh, no, no, no, no. Not so simple of a question to answer, huh?

SPEAKER_1 (1:01)

I guess not.

Mrs. Honeybee (1:03)

How are we going to figure this out?

SPEAKER_1 (1:04)

We'll have to become summer day detectives and experiment with all the best possible summer days.

Mrs. Honeybee (1:13)

Let's finally get to the bottom of this age-old question. What does the most perfectest summer day entail? All you have to do is close your eyes, get cozy and listen to the sound of my voice. Mrs. Honeybee will be your guide. Let's begin. You are here walking up to our porch on a beautifully sunny day. The sun is so bright that to see our smiling faces looking back at you from the cozy porch chairs, you have to shade your eyes a bit with your hands.

Take a slow, deep breath in through your nose.

Feel the coolness of the air coming in through your nose as the sunshine warms your skin. Then slowly, breathe all the way out through your mouth and bend down to catch Harold in your arms as he runs toward you with so much excitement. You scoop him up in your arms and he wiggles every which way to make sure his puppy kisses don't miss a single spot.

Hello, my little honeybee. You're here just in time to help us settle something we can't quite figure out. What do you think we should do today? It's so lovely outside. We want to soak up every sparkling moment of this perfect summer day.

SPEAKER_1 (3:12)

Obviously. That means we should go fishing and enjoy a lazy day on the Honey River.

Obviously.

Mrs. Honeybee (3:22)

Not so obvious. I think we're already having the most perfect summer day.

We're at a stand still, and the morning is floating by.

The sun will set before we know it. What do you think sounds best? You think to yourself for a moment, petting Harold's fluffy ears to help you focus on the task at hand. He looks up at you with his happy brown eyes, and you remember that there isn't ever just one way. There are usually multiple ways, which are all great, but for different reasons. Because of that, you look back to us, eagerly awaiting your judgment, and gleefully suggest that we do all of them.

SPEAKER_1 (4:53)

Hmm, that's a really good idea, my little honeybee. How else can we determine, with scientific precision, what makes the most perfectest summer day, besides actually doing all the options?

Mrs. Honeybee (5:08)

Great idea as always, little honeybee.

So, the only question left is, what do we do first? Well, if we start with a pollination adventure, that could lead us to the honey river for a lazy fishing afternoon. Then, we could end with a relaxing read on the porch.

SPEAKER_1 (5:34)

Let's do it!

Mrs. Honeybee (5:37)

Harold leads the way with Melody B buzzing closely behind. She's sniffing out some flowers for us to see and is excited to see them for herself. We set off into this summertime adventure with our faces to the sunshine and our smiles big.

Take another slow, deep breath in through your nose. Feel your chest and your spirits lift, excited for this day and all the possibilities it will bring. Then slowly breathe all the way out through your mouth and peruse the colorful flowers as they come into view, lining the sidewalks and even breaking through the cracks. Melodybee started then quickly stopped a game of tag to admire one of these little yellow dandelions who managed to crack through the concrete with a force much greater than we assume it had.

SPEAKER_1 (6:54)

Stop, stop.

Mrs. Honeybee (6:56)

Tag timeout. Careful not to step on this guy.

Would you look at him? He broke through the sidewalk and poked up his head just to say hello.

SPEAKER_1 (7:11)

Do you know how hard that is?

Mrs. Honeybee (7:16)

At Melodybee's suggestion, we all try our best to follow in the footsteps of this earth-shattering dandelion and break through the concrete that stays stubbornly in place.