Picnic with the Penguins

The penguins make me miss Ugly Bear.  Hauling around six penguins is no easy task, especially when Finley wants to be carried up and down the stairs.  Finley set up a picnic with her penguins today.  She served them several course of food and when she was all through, she knocked them all down.  It was so cute!


Finley's newest attachment is to Little Bear.  He is about the size of the palm of my hand.  I was gone yesterday getting my hair done and visiting Shannon, when I came home, Little Bear was the new top dog in the stuffed animal world.  Clifton had taken Finley to the zoo for the afternoon and I am still unsure where she got Little Bear.  She woke up crying around 9:30 last night crying for Little Bear.  Neither of us had any clue where he was and after extensive searching, he never did turn up.  Little Bear really made me miss Ugly Bear, at least Ugly Bear is big enough to find.  Finley ended up sleeping in our bed for the first time ever last night.  After waking up every couple of hours or so looking for Little Bear, she asked to "Snuggle Mommy."  Finley is not usually a cuddly child and it was 3 am, so I scooped her up and took her to our bedroom.  She still kept waking up and asking for Little Bear, but at least I didn't have to go into her room to comfort her.  Little Bear mysteriously appeared on our couch this morning after breakfast, so all was right with the stuffed animal universe once again.  Thankfully, the penguins were back on top.  I would way rather carry around six penguins than try to hunt for one, easily hidden Little Bear.