Asa and the "Monster"

Lately, Asa's imagination has been in full swing. I'm not sure what is bringing this on all of a sudden, but maybe it's just his age and/or maybe it's a little too much pretend play at school. Regardless, he thinks there is a "monster" in the closet. Last night, Asa was legitimately scared of said "monster". We talked about it for a little bit and decided that we should call Gamma and Gampa and talk to them about it. We talked to Gamma a little then we talked to Gampa. Asa asked Gampa to come get it and Gampa said he would get it next time he came over. This seemed to work but only for a few minutes. Asa said he was scared of the "monster" and wanted to go see Daddy. We went and got Daddy. After all - Mommy's are not capable of catching monsters, right? Asa led Daddy by the hand to the closet (weird how the "monster" was in daddy's closet and not mommy's - snicker, snicker - everyone knows mommy's closet is a lot scarier!). Daddy entered the closet and announced to all of us that he needed some "room". So I escorted Asa and Lexi out of the room into the hallway. We heard some thrashing about and after a few minutes, Daddy came out of the room holding a plastic bag (with garbage or something in it) out in front of him (like it was a stinky diaper) and we all marched along behind Daddy (cheering him on) as he went to the Juliet Door and threw the bag out the door onto the ground below. Daddy yelled "And don't come back!" and shut the door and locked it. We all clapped our hands and said "Hooray for Daddy!". Asa gave Daddy a big hug and thanked him for getting the "monster". Of course, Asa talked about Daddy's heroics for the rest of the night until he fell asleep.