Gifts for Little Sister

Stephanie asked me on Twitter what gifts the boys were getting for their new baby sister.  I started to get a picture or two ready to share with her back on Twitter but there were too many cute ones and I decided to do a blog update.  Way to distract me from editing weddings Stephanie!!!

Yesterday Jason and I took the boys to Build a Bear Workshop to make bears for their sister.  We brought our oldest when he first became a big brother and have made it a family tradition for when a new baby comes.  It is a special day and we won’t let our kids go there any other time so it is even more special when they do it as a gift for a new little sibling!  After waiting a couple hours for the crowds of class trips that were there to clear out, we finally got the boys started on their bears.  They each picked their own, recorded a message to their sister to go inside the bear, kissed the heart and stuffed the bear, bathed the bears, and then chose outfits before naming the bears and making the birth certificates.  They did such a great job and their little sister is going to love her bears!

All taken on our point and shoot, mostly by me…

Choosing their bears (don’t we have the cutest kids!):

Putting love on the hearts to go inside the bears:

Looking pretty rough because he has a cold:

Stuffing:

Bathing and brushing:

How funny are the boys faces as they are looking at dresses and bloomers and try to pick out girly clothes!!!  I love it!  This is one of my favorite pictures of the day.

All done and ready for baby!