Year 3 - Day 121 - April 30

As I've mentioned before, lots of the stuffed animals in the library are mine from childhood. These are the bunnies that mark the dictionary section.

The lineup, from the left:

We gave another one of these giant bunnies to my cousin as a birthday present one year. I was young, but not necessarily "dying for a stuffed animal" young. However, I was super excited that a month or so later, I got one as an Easter gift from the Easter Bunny. I do remember being genuinely confused about how the Easter Bunny knew that I wanted *that* stuffed animal!

The other two were gifts from our next door neighbor in PA when we moved to MD. The middle one in the dress was for me, and the other one was for my brother. He couldn't sleep with the stuffed animal in the room because it "had a mad face." I don't remember him saying it but I remember the stories.

Come to think of it, he does have a pretty mad looking bunny face!

Year 2 - Day 265 - September 23

My parents got here yesterday afternoon & are staying for a week. We went out to dinner with all four parents tonight in Havre de Grace, but did I think to take a picture then? No because I was having fun. :) Luckily I thought to take this one this morning because it made me giggle. This is "Boardwalk Bear." When I was younger we used to go to the boardwalk one night a summer in Seaside. Back then, Seaside was a little more family oriented - now it's the home of the MTV Beach House and (I think?) the Jersey Shore people. Quite the different clientele! One summer, I spent all of my boardwalk money at a "spin the wheel" booth, trying to win this bear. He used to have a scarf, but the scarf is tied around a large horse stuffed animal at school now. (The kids move the clothing around on all the animals all the time.) You'll see he's also sporting a neon braided bracelet. A lot of my little kid animals are at work because there's no place for them here. It's funny to see kids carrying around my old toys. They all love the Popple as well as the pillows that my brother & I made in middle school home ec class. But this bear for some reason shows up in a different place every day. I don't know why!

Year 2 - Day 241 - August 30

My room at school didn't fare nearly as well as my house did. There's a seam in the (flat) roof that goes across the library, and it leaks often. However, it's never been THIS bad before. We got an email recently saying they were going to stop just replacing the tiles and start fixing the root causes. I'm glad, cause this is yucky.

Many of the stuffed animals at work are mine from childhood. The dog with the sock in his mouth was a gift from my mom's friend that she grew up with and the dark one in the middle is a chimp from my friend in high school. The other two (orangutang & horse) were there when I got there, however the horse is currently sporting a purple scarf from my "$50 Boardwalk Bear." The kids play with the animals all the time and I never know which animals will be wearing which accessories. :)