Birthdays and bears.

[navygreen]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CATHERINE!

I hope you're having a fantastic birthday, Catherine! I'm still thinking about your birthday request - still thinking. ;-)

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It is so hot today. It got up to 94*, and I didn't even want to *think* about going outside. Still, we'll be heading out there in a bit, if for no other reason than I think the boys would probably not survive if we stayed inside all day long. (At least, they seem to think so - heehee.)

Janiece is coming over later to scrapbook. We don't get to see each other nearly enough now that the boys aren't in preschool over the summer. I also called Stephanie, Chris and Ann to see if I could get a little moms' group/scrapbook thing going on, but as I had to leave messages at each of their houses, I'm not that optimistic that they'll all make it. However, Janiece and I are pretty good at being rowdy on our own. ;-)

I slept with a teddy bear last night. I'm not sure if I've ever slept with a teddy bear before. Growing up, I had a baby blanket (which I affectionately named 'Yellow Blanket' - none of those froo-froo names for me), and I had that on my bed each night until shortly after Philip and I were married. It's been packed away for years now. In middle school and high school, I had teddy bears ON my bed - pressed to the corners or foot of my bed - but I never actually slept with any of them. But last night, while I was putting away some of the boys' stuffed animals, I found the new teddy bear that I 'won' at the recent Spring Spa Spouse night, and he was so fluffy and adorable that I decided I'd take him to bed with me.

I woke up with the snuggly bear still cuddled tightly under my chin - such a good bear. :-)


Me and my teddy bear.

Comments

[laurushka.livejournal.com]

Love the bear! His feet are so cute!
I usually sleep snuggling with living cats now, but I had a "Janey Blanket" when I was little-- it had cats all over it that I thought looked like our cat "Jane Fonda." (my middle name is Jane-- I was named after the cat.)
I "donated" my Janey Blanket after my sister found a hurt bunny, and he later died. Most of it was buried, but I still have a scrap of it.

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Awww, that was so sweet of you to give up your blanket. :-)

[flyingwolf.livejournal.com]

I was named after the cat

no you weren't! hee
(that bunny story is so sad & horrible. sniff. )

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

LOL. Listening to you two, I feel like I'm in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

[flyingwolf.livejournal.com]

hee. Well, we probably TOLD her she was! :) Older siblings torturing their younger sister. But really, I think I inherited my inability to come up with good names from my mom.

[adiasplat.livejournal.com]

You need a snow cone machine...

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Yes, that would probably be great for the summer...

[prairie-chica.livejournal.com]

That's a first-rate teddy!

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Isn't he? ;-)

[bigbrain61.livejournal.com]

He's adorkable!

I actually have a few *coughhundredcough* in my room. When I'm... really... REALLY... really depressed, I'll dig one out. Usually it's the Vermont Teddy Bear I got in Vermont. Because, well, I'm getting my money's worth. :-)

Look at it this way, he's a capable stand-in for Philip, just make sure he (the bear) understands that he goes back to the bedpost corner when Philip gets home. :-)

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

You never cease to surprise me. I'd have never pegged you as a teddy collector, but it only makes you more adorable now that I know you are. :-)

[bigbrain61.livejournal.com]

They're not all bears though. Most of them are, but dogs are a close second.

[flyingwolf.livejournal.com]

ok... that just caused me to overdose on cuteness for the day.. uh.. make that week. Yep. ;)

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

He's a cutie, isn't he? :-D

[1grl-revolution.livejournal.com]

Cute picture! : )

My best friend's baby has a blanket named "Yellow Blanket"! That's awesome. : )

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Really? I've never met anyone else with such a boring 'name' for their blanket. My older sister's blanket was called 'Lady,' and my younger sister named hers 'Nightie.'

[1grl-revolution.livejournal.com]

My blanket's "name" was Blankie.... it wasn't yellow though! ; ) It was pink, shaped like a bear, and had a pillow for his nose. I love that blanket. *g*

[redwink.livejournal.com]

You have such pretty hair!


...oh, and the bear's cute too.

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Oh, you are too, too kind. I had curled my hair about 4 hours before A.J. snapped this picture, but with the heat and humidity (read: gallons of water in every breath), my poor curls didn't stand a chance. Instead, my hair is just flouncy and straight.

But thank you, anyway. ;-D

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

I sleep with a stuffed frog when Lance isn't here.

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Awww.

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

[dottey.livejournal.com]

awwww!

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

He's just that adorable, isn't he?

[niecer1.livejournal.com]

Kristen has a bear "Snuggly" that she made at Build A Bear last May. Her Girl Scout troop took their cookie money that they had earned and all the girls got to pick an animal to "build, and clothe."
Hers is a Girl Scout bear, complete with a sash and patches.
You look to cute, and I love your bears' feet! He looks VERY cuddly and warm!

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

The bear that Lyn 'won' had the most adorable little black eyes. In fact, Heather tried to get me to pick him first, but I just loved this one. He kinda reminds me of Bear from 'Bear in the Big Blue House.' :-D