Sunday, January 25, 2009

Bears, Birthdays & Big Kids

BIG day on Friday. It started with Ted's preschool class taking a little field trip to the mall to Build-a-Bear. Ben asked Ted what kind of bear he wanted. Ted exclaimed with great gusto, "a pink bear." Makes Ben NUTS!


Thank goodness pink wasn't an option. So he picked the chocolate bear.


Ted named his bear Tails knowing full well that Ben Santen would also name his bear Tails. They had a nice little fight in the middle of Build-a-Bear over that one.


Ted filling his bear with stuffing.


The finished product.

Directly after preschool was Ben Santen's 4th birthday party. Swimming at the YMCA, cake and ice cream. Stacy invited his entire preschool but most of them stay at after-care so their parents didn't come. Ever gotten 15 preschool kids ready to swim and then redressed? Dang!


Ben swam with Ted. Ted hung on to him the whole time afraid he would go under. I must get him swimming lessons before summer.


Ted finishing off EVERY bite of cake and ice cream while the rest of the kids played games.


The biggest hit of the day - the box from Build-a-Bear.

In the evening Ben had WyldLife. We went over for awhile to run around. Then Ted watched awhile from Ben's office. Too crazy down there with all those junior high kids.


LONG day! But a fun one. Ted said that he made his bear for "my daddy." So sweet. Sophie had a bit of a rough time with all the action and little sleep. But a fun day was had by all.

1 comment:

tgoddard said...

This child is truly my grandson - cake and ice cream are a definite priority. Doh