We told him no more than 20 bears of all types in his entire room. He quickly downsized his NON-Ty bears so that he could add to his original 3. Thanks to yard sales (or maybe not "thanks?"), he met his 20 Ty bear quota. Then he decided to go through the other stuffed animals in his room and really cut their numbers to the bone. He asked if he could trade those in for another 20 Ty bears. In a moment of, I don't know, insanity I guess, I said yes. He is now running at 36 Ty bears.
These bears have featured heavily in many vignettes and activities. We have an "ourson du jour" that accompanies J throughout his daily routine. We have bears traveling around the house in the middle of the night (with Mama's help) determined to become nocturnal and party a lot. They have even come to bear as behavior modification aides.
The other day J was in his room for quite a while. He was dressed, of course (?), as a . . . cowboy and had done some bear-wrangling. In a very orderly way they were lined up waiting for something:
Cowboy J seemed to be providing something to the individuals in the crowd:
A penny! Each bear was carefully balancing a shiny penny on his or her leg. But what for?
Why, it's a sun bath! For one cent admission (notice the one in the "toll booth"), each bear gained entrance into the closet where, apparently, sun bathing was going on.
Here you see Frankenteddy (who, by the way, is the new Favicon for J's blog) about to enter. Beyond, the previous customers were finishing up.
Looks like they're bearly done. Perhaps Frankenteddy should wait a bit.
You just never know what the imagination of a 9yo will produce.
(For longtime followers of Homeschooling J, I have sad news. The longsuffering sidekick, Teddy, didn't make the cut. Mama rescued him and is storing him away. She couldn't bear to see him rejected.)
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