The Bear Who Wanted To Be A Toucan

Why? You might ask yourself this question. Well, here's the story, short and sweet. Our friend Mary, brought down a boatload of stuffed bears for her boys' old class at Island Academy. She told us they are called "Build-A-Bear", and that they are all the rage with kids these days.

Apparently the kids go out on a website, and they can buy outfits, hats, and accessories for these bears. Sort of like the cabbage patch dolls from years ago......or the beanie babies......

So I figured, what better way to dress up the bear....than as our skiing toucan.....

Thanks to Sara over at the Sweat Shop for sewing the swimming trucks, scarf and the fake toucan nose...

Then I decorated a room for some honeymooners, and I was done.

Oh, and the bear lived happily ever after, all along thinking he was a toucan!!!