Mr. Teddy Bear Ambassador

A lot of folks send pictures (with other gifts) to the child they are adopting- to prepare them for coming home.

Hmmm....that won't work so well with Elsa.    So we needed someone who can talk, and it certainly would be nice if they were cute.

Introducing....our Teddy Bear Ambassador.

At Build-A-Bear we can make a 10 second recording that goes into the Bear's paw.   In the other paw we threw in a "giggle" sound...because, well, it was cute.

Iana picked out the bear.

So when Elsa presses the paw, she will hear us say "Nihao" ("Hi" in Chinese), and then Mommy, Daddy and Iana introducing ourselves; and then we told her we loved her all together.

I sent it with some cute stuffed animals for the other children.   This way they won't be sad or jealous of Elsa's new toy.   I got the others stuffed animals new on ebay-quite the deal.  :)

Anyhow, Mr. Teddy Bear Ambassador and his 13 friends left for China and should arrive on or about March 1st to make his introduction.

(They said there were 12 children-so there is one extra just in case.)

We hope he will have a good journey and make a good impression.  :)