Build-A-Bear

This weekend we went to Tupelo. Ashley left us at my parents' house on Friday night and headed to Starkville to the MSU Alumni Conference. We spent Friday night helping Mimi cook and riding our tricycle on Mimi and Pop's porch. On Saturday morning, my parents took us to the mall to play on the playground, ride the carousel, and they also had a special treat for Meg. My mother took Meg to Build-A-Bear and let her build her very first bear. I have a feeling that this is only the first trip to Build-A-Bear over the next couple of years. Meg originally picked out a pink bear, but before we stuffed it and gave it life, she changed her mind and got a brown one. While we were waiting to stuff the bear, Meg picked out a little bear for Mary Clark so that little sister would not be left out. Meg was a little afraid of the stuffing machine and needed a little help stepping on the peddle. I really think that her favorite part of the whole experience was picking out the heart and putting all of her love into the bear. Once the bear was built, Mimi told Meg to pick out one outfit for her new friend. Meg only wanted to pick out panties. We ended up getting a bedtime outfit for our bear. Before we left we made our birth certificate and named our bear 'Teddy'. When Ashley was asking Meg what her bear's name was later in the day, she told her it was 'Julie'. She just told me that her bear's name was 'Jule'. Clearly the girl needs more bears to go with all of her names.