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There are no more blueberry muffins in the fridge, so Noah decides to wrangle the family into baking more. The happy baking project is going just fine, until Ela realizes there aren’t enough blueberries and begins to stomp in anger! Noah helps Ela relieve her big feelings by slowly blowing soap bubbles. This act of slow breathing helps. Once Ela calms down, they realize that the blueberries growing in the backyard are ready to be picked!


Rhino Dad has a surprise for his little ones: a new pet! Noah, Ron & Ela are thrilled to meet their new family member, Bobo the tortoise. During all the excitement, however, Bobo disappears. As the older sibling, Noah feels responsible and mounts a search. But, when his well-planned detective activities prove unsuccessful, Noah becomes furious. Dad, realizing that Noah needs to calm down, takes him into his special play-tent. This calming space, along with his “calming down kit” that contains dough to squeeze, helps Noah sooth his emotions. After a moment, he realizes they’ve been looking in all the wrong places. Bobo needed to calm down too! He was just in Noah’s tent, hiding under some pillows.


It’s fall and the children have collected a toy truck’s worth of chestnuts. They proudly bring them to Mom who is sitting in the backyard, busy with her sewing. Mom takes the precious gifts and, using beautiful red thread and some googly eyes, turns the chestnuts into a toy snake. The kids are thrilled and play with the snake all day. At bedtime, however, tensions rise between Ela and Ron. Both siblings want to sleep with the snake. But, after a random choosing game, Ela wins the privilege. Ron is jealous and soon becomes angry, so Mom helps him relieve his feelings by imagining a safe and quiet space on a beach. Very soon, all the siblings fall into blissful sleep.


Neighbor Dina has come over to play with the little rhinos. She has a roll of blue paper and a bucket of paint supplies. Gathered in Noah’s room, the children decide they are going to paint the bottom of the ocean floor. Noah paints seaweed. Ela paints an octopus. And Ron starts to paint an elaborate seahorse – that is, until Bobo walks across his work and smears it. Ron was so proud of his painting. Now he’s so furious that he tears the paper. Noah steps in and teaches his little brother a sensory calming activity called “finger breathing.” Combined with slow breathing, this exercise helps Ron feel better. Once Ron’s emotions are soothed, Dina uses tape and paint to mend the torn seahorse and turn it into a new, and even better, red crab.