Birthday Girl and Her Bear

My sister has this cool tradition of doing a family activity for her children’s birthdays. The birthday kid gets to choose the activity. I love this idea, it removes the focus from presents to makes it a real celebration of the children in the family. I love that idea so I tried it this year with Heidi Anne. It was awesome!

            Heidi Anne has been so excited for her birthday. She was doing a countdown to when she would be “bigger bigger” or as most other people call it-4. She wanted to go bowling and a teddy bear. How can you say no to a little girl wanting a Teddy Bear?

After Crusin' we took her to pick her own teddy bear. It was the first time she’s been in a toy store (not an aisle at Wal-Mart). She had so much fun just looking at the different toys or playing with the display. Naturally, the teddy bears were in the back of the store. Ever try to get a little girl with ADD to the back of a toy store, when you have a husband with ADD as well?

Heidi Anne's Favorite Car 

I think we played with every display, let me tell you, it was so FUN!! Somehow we made it to the back of the store. Heidi Anne was faced with soooo many teddy bears. With Daddad’s help she finally found her perfect teddy bear ( she also found a little ballerina bunny to go with Teddy Bear and to be friends her Dolly at home). Then we began the trek to the front of the store.