Caitlin Building "Puppy"

Grandma and I took Caitlin to Build a Bear on Wednesday. It was her first experience there. For those of you who don't know what Build a Bear is, here is a link http://www.buildabear.com/ .

At first, Caitlin had a hard time picking which animal she wanted, but once she did, she would not let it go -- even for the lady to stuff it! We had to grab a different one for them to stuff and then do a quick switch!

She picked out a dog that she started calling "Puppy," but since has started calling "My Doggie". She picked out a pink skirt "princess skirt", pink shirt with "sparkles" and hearts on it, a pink purse, pink glass slippers, pink and white Sketcher's, and a pair of silver sunglasses. The lady who helped us gave Caitlin some pink bows for the dog's ears.

Every time the lady who worked there tried to help us, Caitlin would freak out because she was convinced the woman was trying to take "Puppy" away. Caitlin was willing to brush the stuffed animal, but she wouldn't use the blow dryer/vacuum cleaner thing on it -- she was scared of the noise.

That day when it was time to pick Conall up from school, I had to wake Caitlin up. She would not let "Puppy" go and drug her all the way through the school. She has slept with her every night and nap time since. Wednesday night she was up on and off all night with the ear infection and "Puppy" was right there with us every time.

Trying to decide which animal she wanted

Deciding that Puppy's sunglasses should be on her face instead of the animal's

Brushing the dog's fur


Picking out clothing/accessories

Entering "Puppy" into the database and creating a birth certificate for it

Ready to go home with puppy and not letting go for anything!

Long Week

Ok, so I thought it had been a long time since I posted last. I was wrong ... it just feels like a long time.

The night before last, Conall woke up every hour. No fever or anything yesterday morning, but he had a sniffly nose last night and was complaining of his throat hurting this morning. Still no fever, though, so I sent him to school.

Yesterday, Caitlin woke up before 7 (highly unusual for her) and was clingy/fussy all day. Yesterday evening, she started grabbing her right ear (same as last time) and crying and saying "want bunny, want kitty." I didn't have a clue -- I thought maybe she was wanting a stuffed animal since we had gone to Build a Bear with grandma that morning.

She did it again later, but this time, Caitlin walked me to the freezer. She wanted her Boo Boo bunny and kitty. I gave them to her and she immediately put them on her right ear. She was up most of last night holding her ear and crying.

She still doesn't have a fever, but Stu and I are going to get her an appointment for this evening at the After Hours Clinic. She just finished her antibiotic a few days ago, so it is likely the ear infection didn't go away completely.

I have cute pictures of her from Build a Bear that I will post soon. My tendinitis is acting up from holding Caitlin so much and it is difficult to type with the pain and numbness.

Conall's New Friend

Grandma took Conall to Build a Bear http://www.buildabear.com/ this weekend. This was his first experience with Build a Bear and he loved it. He keeps wanting to go back and make bears for Caitlin and his friends (that's pretty sweet). He also wants underwear, socks and pyjamas for the bear.

Conall named the bear Thomas Charger Bearyhill. Thomas has clothes that fit him with a hole for his tail and shoes that are exactly like Conall's. Conall has given him a bath, put him down for a nap with a blanket, rode his tricycle with him, etc. He seems to have taken the place of the stuffed toy cat, Rusty.

Caitlin is also very enamored with the bear -- mainly because it has shoes that look like real shoes. I think we'll have to take Caitlin soon and let her get her own bear with its own shoes.