Build a Bear!

So I have to admit that I've never really subscribed to the whole Build a Bear thing. Just seems like highly priced stuffed animals, that never get played with except to be trapped into buying new clothes and accessories for. Kind of negative, I know. But we have a store in our mall and the girls have been begging for a very long time to do it. So at Christmas, Costco had a good deal on gift cards and I finally gave in and got each their own card. Well, it turned out that they had plenty to occupy themselves with at Christmas so we held onto the cards for a rainy day. With Easter approaching we decided that would be a fun item in their Easter baskets. They were crazy happy. So we took a night and made the trek to the Build a Bear store. I have to say it was pretty cute to see them pick out their animal, their amazement at the whole stuffing process and the thought and effort that went into the outfits. In the end, we came home with a cute bunny and monkey and two very happy girls. ( I will still say it might be a once in a lifetime thing though!!)