Sent in $18 for a stupid 'build a bear' to daycare

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DH and I laughed at ourselves for getting suckered into this one...

our daycare held a "build a bear" event that you could opt into - send in $18 and your child gets to build an animal at school, etc....

we did it, b/c we didn't want him to be the only kid NOT doing it.... even though after we sent in the money we realized probably a lot of parents didn't do it either.

i hate stuffed animals in our house... and now i have a cute $18 stuffed monkey. Thankfully Griffin seems to reallly like it- he's snuggling with it in his crib right now.

oh, the things we do for our kids!

PokeBride

$18 is a deal for those things.  My friends little boy begged to go when she was in town and she spent over $50 for his.  He did adore it though and spent the next three days treating it like his best friend.

Dancer6978

This has nothing to do with your post, but holy crap, your kids are CUTE!

duchess0727

If it's $18 on a two-year old, just imagine the kind of money we'll be tossing away when are kids are in grade school!

trinny

That wouldn't bother me so much, though I probably wouldn't want to do it either!  But I really get annoyed with "fund raisers"  I already pay $$$$ for her to be there-- no we're not going to go door to door selling books!

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i talked to another mom from DS's class- and she said there were only a couple kids who did NOT do it- so i'm glad that I sent the money in... apparently they all had a lot of fun and then slept with their animals at nap time.

i also have heard how expensive the actual store is- yikes!  But i'm sure we'll end up there someday anyway, lol.

i don't mind the fundraisers my DC does b/c they either go towards their foundation which helps needy families in the area- or they go towards buying a nice lunch for the teachers during appreciation week.... i only sell to my parents, sister and myself, though.

smiles4ya

I would open the pocket books too on this one... just so she wasn't the only one who didn't do it.    I could see her pitching a fit if everyone else got to do something she didn't like everyone else.

LaLaSweets

When dd goes into the 3 year old room, they have a trip to build a bear. At least your son likes the monkey haha Also, cute babies!