Build a Bear Party

Siena has wanted a Build A Bear party since she turned 5. She convinced me to have one this year and it was lots of fun. We went over the bridge to Maryland in the National Harbor. We celebrated with lots of friends. Siena was so excited and said she had a good time.
Allison, Haley, Piper and Kaitlyn. I thought it was cute almost all the little girls were dressed up in their party dresses except Siena. That is actually unusual. It was really cold and windy that day.
Siena stuffing her bear.

So first you pick your bear and before you stuff it you put a little heart in it. Each girl got a extra heart to make a wish and put in Siena's bear. Then you stuff the bear and sew up the back. At other places you give your bear a little bath with air blowing on it and then comb it but they didn't have that here.

Ben so proud that he got to get a bear.

Waiting patiently for all the kids to stuff their bears. They had a choice of three bears and they all got the green St. Patricks day one except Maire. Ben even chose a name that Kaitlyn picked for her bear. Bens is called Clover and Siena's is Greenie. So happy with her bear.
At the end of the party she got another stuffed bear that all her friends signed. I was impressed with the kids. There is so much stuff that you can buy for these bears. No one threw a fit that they didn't get to accessorize their bears with all the build a bear gear.

All the kids.

Haley, Piper, Kaitlyn, Maire and Sarah
Allison, Siena, Ben and Kennedy.

We couldn't have the cake part of the party inside the store so we went out to the harbor but it was so cold. I felt bad for the kids. It looked really nice but it was windy and probably in the high 40's. We sat out there and had cupcakes but I couldn't light the candle because it was too windy so we just sang and Siena looked at me like I was crazy when I told her to pretend to blow out the candle that wouldn't light.

Then the kids forgot about how cold it was and went down to the beach part and played in the sand and climbed on the weird statue they have down there. They had a great time eventhough it was cold.

I have to say I have been to two other build a bear parties and it seemed like each store was a little different. I wasn't overly impressed with this store but Siena had fun and it was everything she wanted so it worked. The people at the store told me it would last about an hour and a half and we were done in 40 minutes. I didn't really know what I was supposed to do to fill time. Happy Birthday Siena you can add your bear Greenie to the huge pile of stuffed animals on your bed.

Sarah and Siena playing