papa and nana visit - day three

for the last night of their visit we were going to step up dinner and go to bravo at the mall so that we could walk down for a surprise visit to build-a-bear after dinner, but the wait was "at least two hours" so we headed down to the food court. after the way derek has eaten during his two trips here, he might not come back... :)  who knew that there would be that long of a wait on a wednesday night?  given how empty the mall was before and after christmas, we were not prepared for there to be any wait.

while dinner was disappointing, madelyn and mason were still very excited about a trip to build-a-bear.  we have never been there before but i have always wanted to take madelyn.  we decided that we might go during papa and nana's visit after madelyn saw the rudolph the red-nosed reindeer and clarice examples in the window during our pre-christmas visit.  they still had them when we came the day after christmas so we asked how long they would be available - through the end of the week.  we also thought this would be a good activity because nana loves stuffed animals.  i guess we were lucky because when they were ringing us up on the way out the employee told us that they usually sell out the second week in december - it was just meant to be.  here are some pictures of our trip to build-a-bear.  love.

the best 'posed' picture of mason - ever.  i had been combing his hair over with my fingers during a cling session and he suddenly got up and went over to sit with nana.  knowing that this was a short-lived opportunity, i got my camera.

madelyn and mason scoping out the merchandise.

excitedly waiting in line.  yes, there was a line at build-a-bear after 6pm on a wednesday night.

 

getting ready to get stuffed.  the girl was so sweet asking madelyn lots of questions about her christmas presents.

and here is some video of them getting the heart ready for their new stuffed friends.  love.