Hard Work=Build a Bear Treat!

A few weeks ago, we were at the mall when we ran into our friends, the Speaks'.  Hannah's BFF Emma was getting a new Build-a-Bear she earned for doing some morning chores.  Hannah spotted a rainbow bear and was pretty bummed she couldn't get it that day.  We made a deal with her and gave her a chance to earn her own bear.  We decided that Hannah needed to get dressed, make her bed, and brush her teeth for ten days and she could earn her own bear.  It took about three weeks, but she finally filled up her sticker chart for her bear!

While Tim was home with Cameron, Hannah and I had a date to the mall for her to get her new bear.  She still very much wanted the rainbow one, so that is what we got.  First she had to help the girl stuff her bear.

Then, once it was all stuffed and sewed up, she gave the bear a bath to rinse off any extra fuzz.

 When we were all done, we stopped at Auntie Ann's pretzels for an afternoon snack.

Hannah really loves her new bear, named Rainbow, of course!  If she wants clothes, she needs ten more stickers.  We will see how long it takes her to get those!  This was Hannah's first experience of a sticker chart to earn something.  It seemed to work well and I'm proud of her for working hard to get her bear.