Build a Bear

My Mom has been wanting to take Chase to Build-a-Bear all summer, so we finally got to do it the week before I went back to work.  Peg-P and Gran went and got Chase his monkey....he had the best time!  First, he got to pick out what kind of animal he wanted....he immediately picked the monkey, of course!

Here, he is asking Peg-P if he can take the tag off :)

Then he got to pick out the monkey sound to put inside of his monkey...

Then he got to pick out a heart to put inside of his monkey...

Hank watched in amazement...thinking about how bad he wants to build-a-bear one day!

Then, Chase had to rub the heart so it would always stay warm...

Rub the heart on his brain, so his monkey would be smart like him...

Rub the heart on his foot so the monkey could jump like him...(and that monkey jumps every night as Chase sings and acts out "Five Little Monkey's Jumping on the Bed" with all five of his monkeys!)

And then give the heart a kiss...

Then he put the heart in his monkey...

Then he got to stand on the peddle to make the stuffing go inside of his monkey...

Then, he gave his monkey a big hug!  (or as Chase says, "A big ole hug!")

Then he got to pick out monkey's outfit.  There are a ton of outfits to choose from, and Chase immediately picked the doctor outfit.  Peg-P and I then showed him that there was a Spiderman, Woody, and Buzz too just in case he hadn't seen those.  He sat there and thought about which one he wanted.  Then, he looked at Mom, Dad, and me and said, "Which one does monkey want?"  He is the sweetest child and he just melts my heart everyday!  He decided on the doctor outfit "just like Daddy"...we were really glad he chose that one!

Then, he went to the computer to make a birth certificate for his monkey.  He named his monkey "Dr. Monkey"

Chase with Peg-p, Gran, and Dr. Monkey...he was soooo excited about his Dr. Monkey!

After that, Chase, Hank, and I got to ride on the train...they both loved that!  We were not able to get a picture, but for most of the ride, Hank stood and watched off of the back of the train...it was so cute!

Then, we went and ate Chick-fil-a in the food court and Hank hung out with Peg-P and Gran while Chase and I rode the carousel...he had a great time with them!

Chase had a great time on the carousel!  He said he wanted to ride the white "neigh neigh".  There was a brown horse next to his, and he said "Hankie ride the brown neigh neigh when he gets bigger."  They have so much fun together!   Chase also pointed up while he was riding and said, "Mommy, my ride umbrella!"  I looked up and realized that the top of the carousel looks like a big umbrella...the things he comes up with crack me up!

That afternoon we went to Costco and Hank got to ride in the buggy with Chase for the first time at Costco (see how happy he is!)  Also, Dr. Monkey went everywhere with us for a couple of weeks after that day.  He still rides with us to school sometimes in the mornings :)  One funny story about Dr. Monkey...Chase and I were talking about ambulances one night and he told me that they take people to the doctor.  I said "Who do we know that is a doctor?"  Chase very seriously said "Daddy and Dr. Monkey."  (maybe Daddy could learn a few things from Dr. Monkey :))