Build-a-bear

Yesterday Melissa spent some of her birthday money on a Build-A-Bear. If you aren't familiar with the concept, it is where you buy a unstuffed animal and then are involved in the process of "bringing it to life". There certainly aren't any shortages of accessories to go along with your newly made stuffy! Melissa has been really set on making her own for about a year now, this was no spur of the moment decision!

After selecting her animal shell, she was in charge of stepping on the pedal that blew the stuffing into the stuffy...

Then she gave it a squeeze test to see if it was full enough...

Warming the kitty's heart in her hands before inserting it inside...

Making a wish... (she held this pose for a really long time - later she told me she didn't know what wish to make for her kitty!)

Washing & fluffing her new stuffy...

Then next she proceeded to make a birth certificate & name her stuffy "Sparkle", as well as pick out an outfit for her!

Here is Sparkle... all settled into our house!