Happy New Year!

 Hello everyone! Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great holiday season. I'm telling my secretary to post more often this year. Last year, my secretary only posted TWICE. *sigh*

Anyways, in an attempt to make it up to me, my secretary got me a McDonald's Happy meal.

Of course, I am easily bribed with food.

These french fries are the perfect size for me!

But let's get to the good stuff. Let's see the toy...

It says Gary the Snake on the box, from Zootopia 2. I haven't seen that movie...

Hisssssss....

What do you think? Should I request more bribes?

Some fun stuff!

Hey everyone! I've got some cool stuff to show you. I received some treats a while ago from a friend but forgot to post about them. I think you're gonna like this stuff!

If you are familiar with the LINE messaging app, there are some digital stickers you can download and use in your chats. One of the characters is a bear named Brown. There is also a LINE store with tons of merchandise.

This first item I received was a pen tray feature Brown the bear. It's pretty handy, isn't it?

I got got a zippered pencil case, also with Brown wearing a dinosaur outfit. This is really cute! Maybe I should get a dinosaur outfit also.

And what's that? Aha! It's a paperclip holder! Brown is on a yellow fishing boat.

It also comes with 10 fish-shaped paperclips...

...so that when you put a paperclip near his paw, his magnetized paw will pick it up!

Ah, how clever!

Thank you to my friend for sending me this gifts. I am a lucky bear indeed!

Mr. Potato Head

Hey everyone, do you remember my friend Captain Claude, fearless adventurer and pirate? (Side note: I almost ate him for lunch one day.)

Anyways, here's today as our special guest and will help me put together a Mr. Potato Head Pirate Spud!

AARRRR MATEY!!

Wow, there are quite a lot of pieces in this kit. I see ears, arms, a nose, a pirate sword...

Captain Claude and I started putting Mr. Potato Head together.

There was even a parrot to go on top of his hat.

AARRRRR!!

Have you played with a Mr. Potato Head toy before?

Hot Wheels car

Hey, do you want to see something really cool? Of course you do!

I've been beary good lately so my mom got me a red Hot Wheels car! It looks just like my real car.

It's basically a perfect replica, don't you think?

VROOM VROOM!!

Okay, so there are some differences here and there, but it's pretty close. The model car is a 4-seater, and my car is a 2-seater.

Here's a close-up!

This reminds me... I haven't driven my car in a while. Maybe I should get it winterized and checked out by my trusty mechanic.

Jigsaw puzzle

A beary long time ago, my friend Sandy sent me a jigsaw puzzle. My secretary (before I fired her), had this kept in storage so I am only now just getting to put it together. Anyways, one side of this puzzle is a bear.

On the other side are some fish. I am going to say that they are salmon.

Let's put all the pieces on the floor.

I like to start with the edges first.

Cool, the border is done!

Alright, there is just one piece left. Where does it go?

Yes, there it is! Our puzzle is now complete.

Do you remember that I said this was a double-sided jigsaw puzzle? I'm going to turn it over very carefully. Cool! Thanks for the puzzle, Sandy!

Marbles

I was playing on my PawPad earlier today when the screen suddenly went blank.  It was low on battery.  Don't you hate when that happens?

So I plugged it in for a recharge.

But now I was bored, with nothing to do.  So I went to Uncle Tibbs.

"Uncle Tibbs, I am bored," I sighed.

"Really!" he replied.

"Yes, really," I said.  "I have absolutely nothing to do.  I am beary bored out of my stuffie mind."

"Ajdin, when I was a little bear, one of my favorite things to do was play a game of marbles.  Have you played that before?"

"I'm not even sure what a marble is, Uncle Tibbs," I said.  "I have never seen a marble before."

"What!" he exclaimed.  "I must be getting old."

He took the lid off the tin box of marbles, revealing beautiful colors and designs inside.

Then, in one WHOOSH, Uncle Tibbs dumped the marbles on the floor.

"Wow!  Look at that one!" I said.  "And that one over there!  And how about that great big marble in the middle!"

"That's my favorite marble.. because it's BIG!" said Uncle Tibbs.

He set up the marbles and we were ready to play.

"Whaaaaaat aaaaare youuuuuu dooooooing?" said Ooogie.

"We're playing marbles, Ooogie.  Do you want to join?"

"Yeaaaaaaaaaaah."

So we had a third player.

"Oh marbles!  How wonderful!  May I join?" asked Miss Feathers.

"Why certainly," I replied.

"Woof woof woof!  Woof?"

"Yes, here is your marble shooter, Parker," I said.

So we played marbles the entire afternoon.  It was lots of fun!

Have you played marbles before?