Over Thanksgiving, Emily did a little surgery on her best friend, Yellow P. Bear (A.K.A. Pooh). While visiting her Bibi and Papa Joe, she found the scissors and snip-snip-snipped him on his back, tummy, and head. Now what you need to know is that P. Bear is very special. He’s been her favorite and her best since she turned 1, and she has rarely slept one night without him.
So something had to be done.
But it had to be done with Emily’s approval and not during bedtime or alone time.
So together we chose what colors would look best on P. Bear, and she monitored all my stitching with equal parts concern and admiration. Here is the result of our restorative surgery:
Nothing like a little TLC to enhance a relationship. Emily went to bed staring lovingly at P. Bear, and–I feel certain–loving me a little more too. :)
January 9th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Oh my gosh, I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes. I want to cut up one of my stuffed animals so you can make him better, too! I think P. Bear looks wonderful.
January 10th, 2010 at 11:18 am
He looks more loved than ever!!
January 10th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
He looks fantastic! I still remember the time over 25 years ago when my mother and I performed “surgery” on my little sister’s Ernie doll!
January 10th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
oh, this post brings back memories of patching up my son’s bear! sniff sniff.
I think Yellow P. Bear looks super loved and just terrific with his patches.
January 11th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Dare I say it, Yellow P. Bear is better for his ’surprise’ surgery than he was before.
January 11th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
He looks “mah-velous.” Bravo!
January 12th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
It looks like a successful operations. Very sweet. Somehow I found your blog clicking here and there — I’m so glad I did.
January 20th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Aw…now this post brings back all sorts of sweet memories of my mom patching up my dearly beloved favorite “Bobbie Bunny.” If Emily is like I was, she soon won’t be able to remember what P. Bear looked like before his new patches and will think the “before” pictures of him look strange.
p.s. I am going to remember how you patched him so beautifully because I have the feeling I might need to do the same thing someday. : )