Happy Birthday Caylie!

We celebrated Caylie's 2nd birthday today. First, we went to Build-a-Bear to make stuffed animals. We've never been here before so we had to learn how it works. In case you're interested in going here's how you make your animal:

1. Choose an animal. They have a wide assortment of animals from bears and dogs to My Little Pony and Hello Kitty.  The price ranges depending on what you pick. I chose Harajuku Hugs Panda; Mason chose Frosty the Snowman; Caylie also chose Harajuku Hugs Panda.
2. You pick a heart and give your animal personality traits like sporty, strong, cute, and playful. 
3. Add sound to your animal (optional). You can choose a pre-recorded sounds like phrases your animal would say or song snipets. Or you could record your own voice. I chose Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen. It was a tough choice between that and Roar by Katy Perry. I like Katy Perry and know a lot of her songs. Caylie chose a selection of phrases. Auntie Lia was trying to get her to pick Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, but she wasn't into it. Mason used the record his voice option to record someone singing Do You Want to Build a Snowman on YouTube.
4. Add a scent to you animal. We didn't do this
5. After you've made all your selections, they put the heart into the animal, stick the sound making device into the hand and then stuff it!
6. The very last step is naming your animal (oh and paying).  You can also pick out clothes and accessories for your animal. They had a Sharks uniform, skates and a stick. But mommy said no because it cost $31

After getting our animals, we went to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. We had a great time hanging out with Caylie, Nathan, Uncle Eddie, Auntie Lia, and PoPo.

Happy 2nd birthday, Caylie!