Meet Grumpy Bear

A ayi took Lizzy to the mall and bought her a bear from Build a Bear Workshop, where the bears are made in China, but stuffed in Taiwan. She named him "Grumpy Bear". Grumpy Bear became a big part of our trip in Taiwan. Much of Lizzy's imaginary stories centered around Grumpy Bear. A ayi broke her budget this month by purchasing GB an outfit, a pair of shoes, a pair of sunglasses, and a skateboard.

Naturally, we needed to have a birthday party for GB. The invitation list was quite exclusive, but if you asked nice enough, you could usually get yourself invited to GB's birthday party. Here is the "cake" (it is composed of a cube puzzle and legos for candles)

Ta-da! The whole set up for GB's birthday party, complete with happy birthday sign (this was a coloring contest from the hotel where we were staying at celebrating their 15th anniversary - what are the chances that happened to be the same time as GB's birthday party?!)