Father and Daughter Day

Anna and I had the day off together today.  After seeing Julie off to work, I let Anna play with her dolls for little bit in the morning.  Then I had planned on checking into the price of having a full color 36"x60" poster printed, and Anna wanted to check out the California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts downtown, which has had 3-4 uniquely painted 5 ft tall figures of Mickey Mouse on display.  We headed out and after our first stop at Kinkos we headed off to my second choice of printers, Brownies.  Along the way we passed by Blue Diamond Almonds.  I thought, hey we should check it out.  Anna liked the models in the lobby and we tried a few flavors of almonds before leaving with 3 small cans.  Then we headed over the the California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts, which turned out to be closed.  However we were able to see the Mickey Mouse's through the windows.  We headed off to lunch after stopping at the second print shop.  After lunch at Chipotle. I remembered hearing about a place at the mall called Build-A-Bear.  So, I asked Anna if she would like to go check that place out.  We had never been there so, I didn't know what to expect.  The place was packed and there was no guidance as what we were supposed to do.  I eventually figured out where we were supposed to start.  Anna picked a Poodle from the wall of bodies and we advanced through the stations to "build" the Poodle.  First we added a magic sound box, then went to the stuffing station where Anna also adds a  small heart that she puts some of her own love into, next is the fluffing station, then Anna picks out some clothes, we continue to the station where we create the birth certificate.  The grand finale is when I step to the register and find that this stuffed animal is going to cost me $55 out the door...

Well it was worth it.  We had fun and Anna loves her Poodle.  She sleeps with it every night, and it rides in the car to school with her in the mornings.