October 18th, 2009

I had an exciting day yesterday. Mom had to go up north to go to her grandma’s 90th birthday party, and she decided to take Caleb and I with! Mind you, we traveled in her backpack and didn’t go inside the restaurant, but it’s certainly the farthest I’ve been away from home in quite some time! When they were all in the restaurant, Caleb and I explored the car, read some books, and listened to Mom’s iPod. We didn’t think that we should get out of the car—we certainly did not know our way around. It was very fun! By the time we got there, it was getting dark—I wish we could have seen more of our surroundings.

We did get to see some of the autumn foliage on the way up there though. The trees have lost their vibrant color with the cold, but it was still very pretty. We did see a few red trees, but they were very far away and we were moving very fast in the car. Mom did get some pictures, but they’re sort of blurry. At least we got to see some before it snows. It might snow more sooner rather then later around here—it’s still awfully cold!

October 16th, 2009

Yesterday, I wrote in my journal. Mom thought that I could write in it more often, but things seem to have gotten in the way. We’ve obviously found enough time to post here, but not on the paper journal. But I guess it’s certainly not important enough to worry about how many times I write in the journal, just that I do!

Things have been pretty quiet around here. Mom did get an email back from that person who thought that one of my siblings might have been their bear. It turned out that it was a gentlemen—and did not seem to be very interested in the fact that Mom had found him a new bear on eBay. Mom’s mom—who we call Grandma—thinks that the gentlemen may have thought that Mom would have given Foster or I up to him!? Although he said that he would email Mom with any more news, he hasn’t—which adds to Mom and Grandma’s suspicions! Mom says that she would never give either of us up—she loves both of us way too much! I’m glad that we’re safe in our house with the doors locked. The idea that there are people out there who would take teddies away from their moms is really scary!

Timber, our World Wildlife Foundation wolf, wants to send a hearty hello to Lunar, the WWF wolf of our new online friend, neoguest1.  The newest post on their blog is about Build-A-Bear brown sugar puppies. We have a brown sugar puppy living here with us. Her name is Pilar. She doesn’t quite look like the puppies that are in the picture. Mom rescued Pilar from Goodwill in December of 2008, so she doesn’t know when she was made or anything like that. Pilar says that she would like to meet other brown sugar puppies online and is glad that our new friend found my blog.

Another one of our friends on our blog asked how many Build-a-Bear friends live here. Mom says that there a lot of Build-a-Bears living here. In the beginning, Mom only bought them from the BAB store, so there were only maybe a dozen. There was Robinson, Chloe, Fleur, Shirley, Charlotte and Milton. But then Mom discovered the fact that there are BAB plushies at Goodwill and our hug has skyrocketed! She probably still buys a few at the BAB store—like Timber or Snow, but most of the new friends are rescued from Goodwill.

Mom says that it is getting near bedtime. We’ve got Mom’s company all weekend, so maybe we’ll have some adventures. It all depends on the weather! No one wants to go out if it’s raining or snowing!

October 13th, 2009

Today the temperature barely rose above 40 degrees, so despite the fact that it still October, Mom started to bring out some of my winter clothes. These are some of my Build-a-Bear pajamas. I think I look very studious in them. I want a matching cap! Then maybe I can sit near the fireplace and read books and look very debonair! She also made me put on my undershirt, which kind of annoyed me. She reminded me about how I don’t want to get too cold, so I best keep my undershirt on. I’ve also got some long-johns, but she says we can wait until it snows! I’m hoping that it can wait until Christmas! I guess if it makes Mom happy, I’ll wear them—even if I don’t think bears are bothered about the cold as much as humans are!

We have had a pretty interesting week. Mom brought home a new friend from Build-a-Bear yesterday. Her name is Snow and she is a polar bear. Mom brought her home so she could be friends with Sullivan, a polar bear who already lives here with us. Mom says that it’s tough being a polar bear in such a warm climate as Wisconsin. Sullivan and Snow are much more used to Arctic cold! (After I looked at that link, I’m glad that I’m a teddy bear that lives in Wisconsin! Boy, it’s cold up there!)

Mom wants me to post this for you girls out there. She found a great dress at Build-a-Bear. I don’t think that it’s that cool—but Mom says that girls feel different about clothes then most boys! This is my friend Pirouette. She’s a purple pony from Build-a-Bear. Mom found her at GoodWill a long time ago. She had been wearing a horse blanket, but Mom says that this suits her better. I’m just going to trust what she says, because she’s the Mom and understands these things much more then me!

We got a comment on one of our older posts about a person who is missing a bear who looks just like me. Mom did a little internet research from the data on Foster’s tag (she cut mine off a long time ago) and found a teddy available for adoption on ebay that looks just like us. I hope that we’ve helped the person find their bear. We’ll keep you updated if the lady emails us back.

October 7th, 2009

Boy, it’s getting colder around here! It gets to about 50 or 60 degrees Fahrenheit around here during the day—it’s not quite winter clothes time yet! Mom says that it will be time to get out the long-sleeved t-shirts soon! She bought me this very nice plaid shirt a few days ago from Goodwill.

Do you like the colder weather? Mom says that a lot of people don’t like the snow because it makes driving hard. But as bears, we don’t drive cars. Some of us hibernate instead. I wonder how many bears hibernate through the winter. I’ve never really thought about hibernating. You would miss Christmas if you slept through the whole winter. There would be no Christmas presents or Santa Claus. Maybe Santa Claus leaves the Christmas presents for the hibernating bears outside? I guess if they’ve got chimneys that he can go down he can put them near the fireplace? Hm—maybe I should ask Santa if we go and visit him this Christmas.

Caleb got a new jacket. He said that he got a little cold when Mom takes him places as her official travel bear. So she bought him a jean jacket. It’s from Webkinz. Mom gave the cyber jacket to her webkinz and Caleb got the real life one.  I think it looks pretty cool—and it has snaps. He has different clothes to wear when it gets colder, but he says that this works well. Caleb goes to school and work with Mom most of the time. Do any of you travel bears go with to work or school? Caleb says that work is pretty boring but he likes going to school. He says that he learns a lot of interesting things while he is there in Mom’s backpack. He tells the rest of us about the things that he learns—he’s explained a lot of outdoor things to us! I guess you can call him our inside source on things outside!

October 3rd 2009

It’s a gray and dreary day here in Wisconsin. It’s perfect for spending the day curled up on the couch with a blanket and some books. Unfortunately, Mom has to go to work later in the day, but it leaves the whole morning for just that! We have been reading today. Do you have any favorite books? My favorite book is Owen, by Kevin Henkes. It is about a small mouse who has a blanket that he carries everywhere called Fuzzy. He is supposed to go to kindergarten soon, and his parents don’t want him to bring Fuzzy. It tells about the different things that his parents do to get Owen to forget Fuzzy and what he does to outwit them. Don’t worry—there is a happy ending!

My favorite bear book is Dan Freeman’s Corduroy. I think more people know about that one. Being the bear of a bookseller, I’ve got a favorite in many different categories! Mom has read us all different kinds of books. My favorite book to read by myself is the Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary. My favorite book to be read is the Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. I like the big words that the author uses, but I can’t always figure out what he’s talking about when I’m reading it all by myself. Since Mom’s more then willing to read it out loud, I’ll leave it up to her!

So, do any of you have a favorite book you’d like to share?

September 29th, 2009

I recently got a comment about my ‘Little Monster’ t-shirt—and Mom thought she would share where she buys most of our clothes. Some of our fancy clothes come from Build-a-Bear, but most of our sleeping clothes come from Goodwill. (The ‘Little Monsters’ t-shirt came from Target though!) Most of my Build-a-Bear friends and I can fit baby clothes—mostly preemie and 0-3 months. The ‘Little Monsters’ t-shirt, for instance, is folded up under the edge so it looks like it fits me better. Milton’s pajamas though fit him without any alteration. Mom likes it when she finds baby clothes that we fit because she says that they wear better. I’m not quite sure what that means, but she says that you might.

I thought I would introduce—or reintroduce my friend Ruby. She was my little sister Chloe’s friend first, but we get along just fine. She’s a Build-a-Bear bunny much like our new friend Migu Jade. Ruby loves listening to classical music, reading books about princesses and rabbits, and singing. She also likes to wear fancy bows on her ears. We get along so well because we both like music. While our music tastes differ some, we can talk a long time. Ruby was Mom’s very first Goodwill rescue. She saw her in the Easter plushies! Mom said that it was fate that she saw her there and didn’t pass her up! I’m glad that Mom found her there! She’s a real good friend to Chloe. Sometimes, Chloe, Ruby, and Fleur can talk for hours and hours and hours! It keeps us awake until Mom tells them to quiet down!

The other picture is of Ruby and some of her bunny friends. The lad on the left is Perth and the other girl is Dinah. We’ve got a few other Build-a-Bear bunnies around here. The next time we have a photo session around here, Mom can take a picture of all of them. Ruby is definitely the leader among the bunny plushies. She can sometimes get kind of bossy—but don’t tell her that I said that!

The weather is definitely getting colder around here. There is a frost advisory for our area tonight. The plants on the porch are covered up, but if it does freeze that would mean the end of the garden. Mom says that we’ve had enough produce to last us for a while, but I do like seeing the plants grow. Mom has been spending a lot of time outside for school, but still hasn’t seen a tree that has changed to red. She’s seen a few trees that have red and green on them though. That might have to be good enough!

September 25th, 2009

Greetings! We’re all more awake and ready to blog around here today. Mom is feeling much better and much more willing to help me type the evening away.  She says that the problem before was merely staying awake for the entire time that I wanted to type. It takes me quite some time to type! I’ve gotten better since I’ve been blogging more often. While it’s not as fast as Mom types, it’s much faster then the hunting and pecking thing I was doing before.

The book that we wanted to share with you is called Waddle! and it is by a gentleman named Rufus Seder. It is on Amazon.com among other places. The pictures move when you open the book and close it. The author has two other books, Gallop! and Swing! but they’re both in black and white. Waddle! is in color! Apparently this gentleman has a company where he sells his art!

This is our new friend. Her name is Tilia, and she is a Katie Liv Doll. Mom didn’t know if we should announce her arrival here, since it’s just plushies on here, but I told her that I didn’t mind. She is the only doll in a house full of plushies, so we’re working making her feel welcome. Mom has sort of wanted a poseable doll such as Tilia for a long time, but she was unable to afford the fancy ones that star in some of the blogs that we read. A while ago, on one of the mailing lists that we read, there was a mention that these were coming out! So she ordered one and she’s here. It didn’t take as long as some of the adoptions that we read about, but it was a long enough wait!

Caleb took her out with him when Mom went out for Friday night fish and I am afraid it didn’t go too well. She really didn’t like the ride in the purse. She says that she would much rather go for a trip in something a lot more sturdy. Caleb didn’t quite understand why she would care so much—since going on a trip is so exciting. Mom explained to him that sometimes, for girls, keeping tidy is more important than any kind of adventure. Sometimes, I don’t understand girls! I’d love to be able to go out to supper with Mom, even if it’s just in a backpack! I would love to go for the car ride alone! Not to mention all the cool things that would be at the restaurant! But Mom says that everyone finds different things fun, and Tilia doesn’t want to get all messed up! At least Caleb still wants to go. He thinks that all the tumbling around is part of the fun!

This is me in my new shirt. Mom bought it at Target. For a moment, I thought she meant that I was a monster, but she says that it’s just a funny thing. I like the little Frankenstein creature that is the ‘O’ in monsters! Do any of you dress up for Halloween? I don’t have a Halloween costume exactly—I have plenty of t-shirts and the like. One of my bear friends, Sanna, has a Halloween witch costume that I will show you one day. Bentley, our new kennel pal friend, has a glow in the dark cape. Hm. I think those are the only Halloween costumes we have! Maybe we’ll have to fix that! Maybe I could be a wizard for Halloween! Or a firefighter! There are lots of possibilities! Maybe Mom will buy me the Iron Man costume at Build-a-Bear! That would be pretty sweet!