With Charlotte hitting all these developmental milestones lately, she's been hogging the blog posts, so I decided it was time to focus some attention on Mr. Jack. I had Friday off work for Veteren's Day, so Jack and I spent some much needed alone time together while Charlotte stayed with Elif.
I had needed to go to the Oak Brook mall anyway to pick up a couple things, so I took Jack with me, and we visited the Build-a-Bear Workshop. I had always walked by those stores in the past but never actually went inside, so I was pleasantly surprised at the whole experience. The staff were really great with kids, and also very understanding and patient with Jack when some of the loud noises scared him. I also had no idea there were other animal options to choose from besides just bears; of course once Jack spotted the monkey it was as if the other animals didn't exist.
For those of you that aren't familiar with Build-a-Bear, there really isn't as much "building" as the name implies. The kids basically just pick out an animal carcass, oops I mean, deflated animal. Then, as you can see in the picture below, the animal gets a pipe shoved into its back and the guts, or rather, stuffing is blown in. Jack really liked watching the stuffing swirling around inside the machine, but it took him a while to brave stepping on the pedal to activate the blowing process because it was loud. He eventually worked up the courage, though.
Giving the monkey a "bath" (because I guess after an anmial is stuffed they are dirty?). Jack was also not a fan of the loud noise from the air dryers here. He told the lady they "needed to turn it down."
After the bath, we picked out some clothes for the monkey. I kept trying to get Jack to pick out some sports uniforms (there was this great red football outfit), but he insisted on the motorcycle gear. Here's Jack working on the "birth certificate." He named the monkey "George."
Proud monkey owner. Jack and I went to a restaurant afterward and enjoyed a nice lunch together. An overall great day for mom and son. We're also looking forward to tonight, when Jack, Andy, and I are going to a Blackhawks game! Hopefully we'll get some great pictures.
2 comments:
I also have walked by that store in Oakbrook, and wanted to go in, but haven't. Of course jack would want a monkey named George. Cute pictures Jack, Love Grandma Nold
I love that Jack picked out the motorcycle outfit for his monkey! How funny!! We had a great time at the Hawks game with you guys. Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. See you soon:)
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