Built a Bear Fun!

For Christmas our kids got Build-a-Bear gift cards from their Aunt Jeanette, Uncle Chris, Kayla, and Austin. So we decided to take a trip to Downtown Disney and make some new cuddly friends to bring home with us (our kids LOVE stuffed animals, so thanks for the great gift Kahn family)! The trip started out great! The kids picked out their animals and once we got Ellie down to just 1 we were smooth sailing. That was until we headed upstairs to check it out and Carson didn't get to push the button for the elevator. Well you would have thought the world ended!! His mood totally went from excited to MISERABLE! For those of you who don't know our little Carson we call him our Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde (when he's sweet, he is so sweet, but when he's cranky everyone watch out! Problem is you never know which one you are going to get?!) So Mr. Hyde came out and we all ducked for cover :) We kept pushing forward trying to ignore his fowl mood as much as possible. It seemed to work through the stuffing and fluffing of the animals, and then came time to pick out the clothes. Ellie being the girly girl that she is picked out like 5 outfits. To her misfortune she desperately tried to narrow it down to 1 again :). It took some time and coaxing, but she finally made her final decision! Then there was Carson who decided he wanted nothing to do with picking out clothes for his bear since he was still pouting about the elevator button! That was until we were ready to go, then he bursted into tears cuz, "My amnal is naked!!" So it was back to the drawing board, and after 45 minutes of decision making and Mommy and Daddy having lost our patience about a half hour pior we made it out of the store with clothed stuffed toys! I told Matthew NEVER again! We should have given Ellie all the money to have her 5 outfits! But now that time has passed and Mr. Hyde is gone Carson loves his bear more than the other kiddies :) Me sleeps with him every night and makes sure he is always covered up under the blanket with him!!

Hunter with his Doggie friend

Carson with his Bear (pri-meltdown)

Ellie stuffed her bear and made a wish on it's heart before she put it inside (cute huh?)

Carson handed the girl his bear, but wouldn't stuff it (oh so difficult!)

Hunter had fun stuffing is Dog! The machine was kinda loud and he thought it was funny!
Next came the fluffing! Ellie was the only one who fluffed her animal. Hunter was too short, and Carson, well...

Then it was on to dressing! Ellie was so excited that they had Hello Kitty panties for her bear :) "I wish I could have panties like these", she told me :)
Here's my cute little boy with his new friend Dodger! Daddy picked out a Dodger shirt for Hunter's Doggie (how appropriate :) )

Ellie with her fairy bear! She was so proud of herself for picking out the perfect outfit and dressing her new friend all by herself!!

Now what would a trip be to Downtown Disney without stopping at Disneyland? We stopped by Disneyland BEFORE we went to Build-a-Bear haha!!! (trust me we were in no mood to go after!)
It's a Small World

Hunter's first time on the carousel all by himself! My baby is getting so so big!!! :(