Letters

While caring for my four-year-old niece for just over a week I thought more than once, “I should write a letter!” So here they are.

Build-A-Bear,
What kind of addicting, luring, kid-can’t-resist-begging, fumes do you emit from your store that makes a four-year-old physically unable to leave the mall without making a “bear”?(in her case it was a lamb) Granted I love the idea, create your own stuffed animal, but you should be called “Build-A-Bear and Then Spend Three Times as Much as the Bear Costs to Buy All the Necessary Accessories”. It may not have the same ring, but at least its honest. Oh, and do you think that we could work on a smaller “bear”. Once the said “bear” is made it must travel everywhere with us. I thought about renting a double stroller at the zoo and almost had to buy it its own seat on the airplane.

Every Single Grocery Store,
I was wondering if we could put fruits and veggies on the shelves at the check-out counter instead of candy. See, the problem is that after we have made it through the whole grocery shopping experience without too much begging on her part and caving on mine, you push us over the edge right at the end. How does a kid, who is already sick and tired of shopping, and an Aunt who is sick and tired of saying “no”, survive the “hall of candy”? So I feel that fruits and veggies would be a good replacement. I can hear it now, can I pleeeeeease have some carrot sticks?

Crayola,
Your art and craft supplies are amazing! You supplied us with countless hours of creative and fun entertainment. My refrigerator door looks like a four-year-old’s version of the Louvre.

Chuck E. Cheese,
I now understand why my parents hated you when I was young, but after watching her there I remembered why I loved you.

LA Zoo,
Why must you be built on a hill? Inevitably when we were all done and at the bottom of the hill, she wants to see baby giraffe, again, at the top of the hill.

Her parents,
You have an amazing little girl. She is bright, funny, witty, cute, sweet, and sensitive. She aims to please and adores praise and affection. You are blessed to be her parents. Thank you for sharing her with me, it was one of the best weeks. Cherish her, love her, teach her, and sent her my way more often.

God, Mother Nature, & My Body,
I want one of my own.