Build A Bear

I’m short a kid this week and it’s been kinda strange.  Chandler is spending the week with my parents… a little one on one time.  Today I took Kensley & Carter to Build A Bear.  This was a long, overdue reward for Kensley… that she stopped sucking her thumb.  Walking around the mall with 2 kiddos instead of 1 felt like I was missing something.  

Anyhoo, it was a lot of fun!  One of my best friends from college works there so it was double the fun getting to catch up with her as well.  While we were there we got to meet a frequent shopper in their store.  He has 295 bears… every bear ever put out by Build A Bear.  Geez!  We even got to see pictures of his collection!  He was in to purchase the 3rd bear of the latest ones released. 

Kensley chose the Hello Kitty bear… eh, can you call it a bear????  She’s very much into Hello Kitty right now, so it was quite appropriate that she pick this one out. 

Even though Carter thought it was a little “babyish” to build a bear, when he saw the Panthers outfit, he changed his mind.  He picked out a dog that is REALLY soft.  We even built an army bear for Chandler too.  I mean… while we’re there.  I’m used to things in threes…

FYI… Build A Bear is having a super duper sale… through August 18th (I think).  You can get any of their bears (err… animals), an outfit & shoes for $29.95… ya know, if you feel the need to build a bear too. 

Beach baby, beach baby…yeah, yeah, yeah!

We are home from our summer vacation. Our annual trip with the Stamey family to North Myrtle Beach is always a fun week and goes by way too fast.

This year was so nice. We did a lot of relaxing and playing. We stayed late on the beach, late at the pool, slept in and played lots of games.

My friend DonnaKay (who is a fabulous photographer… check out her website here) was at the beach the same week and we were so fortunate to have her take our pictures. They turned out great & I’ll share the rest of them with you in another post.

We stayed at my friend Leslie’s condo at Tighlman Beach & Golf Resort. This place has a great pool & lazy river area and the kids loved playing there. We also had plenty of beach time. The kids dug plenty of holes and built lots of “towns” and sandcastles.

We also saw a lady who was stung by a stingray. The stingray was hooked to some fishing line which wrapped around and hooked her foot as well. Ick. I didn’t really get back into the water after that.

Now that we are home it’s time to get back into the groove and get ready for school. Summer is quickly coming to an end but it has been full of fun and laughter. Enjoy this slideshow of our trip!