Abby's Birthday Bear

For Abby's 2nd Birthday we took her to Build-a-Bear to pick out her very own bear. This is a tradition we started with Caleb for his birthday a few years ago and since then we have taken the kids there for a birthday. I can't believe this completes the birthday bears.

Abby had so much fun decided what bear to get and which outfit to pick out. I think her favorite part was the stuffing machine and the fluffing area. For those of you who have not been to a Build-a-Bear store, you can go in a pick out a unstuffed animal, choose a sound for it (if you want too), and the worker at the store helps to stuff it. When they are finished putting in the stuffing, they have you choose a heart to put into your animal and they also put in the ID tag for it. They then sew it up for you. You then take it to the fluffing area where you can comb the animals hair. Next it is time to pick out an outfit and dress it. Finally it is time to name your animal. This is a really fun activity for the little kids to do, even teh big kids enjoy this!!