Build a bear

My mom decided to start a new tradition that every year on the grandkids birthdays they get to go to build a bear and build their own bear. So we took Lukas yesterday to build his very first one! It is such a cute fun store. I picked out a koala for Lukas and then we went and had them stuff it. You get to pick out a heart and they put the heart in and then stuff the bear and sew it up. After that you move on to dress your bear. They have so many different outfits. They even have Sketcher shoes for the bears. Well I held up a few outfits for Lukas to choose from. He sort of just stared at them for a minute and I said point at the one you want. He then pointed at the pirate jammies and grabbed them. So pirate jammies it was. We picked out the red slippers to match and moved to the next station. After you dress your bear you get to name it and get a birth certificate for it. The cool thing is if you loose your bear and someone turns it in to the build a bear store they can look up your info and mail it to you. I know the chances of that are slim but I thought it was cool. We decided to name Lukas's bear Matey. It will be fun next year to see what Lukas picks out since he will be old enough to pick out exactly what he wants.

Lukas's favorite thing about Matey is his slippers. They fit his feet and he likes me to put them on him and then he takes them off. He also tries to put them on my feet.