Fun Day At The Library

Today the library hosted a Teddy Bear Picnic. This was an adorable program that I had been looking forward attending with Gracie all month.

When we got to the library, besides the tons of kids, there were so many fun things to do I am not sure Gracie knew where she wanted to start.

The library had tables set up for making bead necklaces, coloring finger puppets, a snack table (and mini picnic blankets to eat on), a teddy bear clinic and a place to write about your teddy and get a journal to take home.

We started with the beads. Gracie picked out some very colorful beads for her necklace and then we helped make one for Brownie. Brownie was the teddy bear that she decided to take with her to the "picnic." Gracie got Brownie a few months after she was born.

After the necklaces were made, we headed to the table where they had finger puppets in the shape of teddy bears you could color. Gracie and I both decorated one and then we decided to take a break in the action and look around for some books. We picked a few out and read some. I think Gracie was so excited about the storytime she wasn't sure of all the other things to do, so after some convincing that story time would be later on we headed over to the snack table. The kids got to pick out a zoo pal plate (Gracie got a frog) and they had an assortment of cookies including Teddy Grahams. Gracie got a couple of handfuls of snacks and then we found a mini blanket to sit on and have our picnic.

We finished up the snack just in time for the stories to begin. Four young volunteers had been dressed up in the cutest teddy bear costumes and they acted out the rhyme "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear." Gracie giggled. The story lady then read a version of The Three Bears.

Storytime was unusually brief, but that was okay because we still had other fun things to do. At this point we decided to get Brownie checked out at the Teddy Bear Clinic. I wasn't sure how Gracie would react to this little activity, but she was fascinated. We have a pretend doctors set at home that Gracie plays with, so I think that made Brownie's check up that more fun. The "doctor" weighed and measured Brownie, then she checked his heart and ears and throat. She finished off the check-up by giving Brownie a flu shot. Gracie held his hand during several parts of the check up and it was just too cute. Brownie even got a medical chart filled out that we got to take home.

All in all the library staff and volunteers did an excellent job of putting this event on. Of course I took plenty of pictures. The ones of Gracie watching Brownie get his check up are too cute. Click here to see them, along with all the September 2006 pictures (Teddy Bear picnic will be at the bottom).

Pictures: (Top) Gracie holds Brownie and does her new "cheese" face. I couldn't get a real smile out of her, so I had to settle with this one. (Below) Gracie holds Brownie's hand while the "Doctor" checks his heart.

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