Big Man on Campus

Colin was really bummed that he missed out on his special day visiting Aunt Jen back when the plague hit the family so I knew we had to plan another day trip.

Colin prepared by reading up on the University of Delaware's engineering requirements...no really, the morning we left Colin was hanging out in Aunt Jen's room while mommy got ready and he found a bunch of folders in her desk.  Out of all the folders he choose this one to open up and browse through. (It really was the same morning despite the different clothing...I dressed him up shortly after this photo...you've got to look extra cute when visiting a college campus)

Reviewing the engineering checklist.

Our first stop was Aunt Jen's sorority house.  Colin loved running around the downstairs and getting tons of attention from the coeds.  He was especially fond of the gigantic snack shelves.  Colin was in snack heaven.

Aunt Jen snagged a bag of chex mix from her shelf and we headed upstairs to check out her room in the house.  Colin was a little preoccupied with this new snack he'd never tried and therefore could not be bothered with any photos...

After spending some time at the house we headed over to the mall nearby for lunch and Build-a-Bear.  Upon entering the mall we knew there'd be a slight detour when we saw a line of mechanical cars.  Colin had never been on anything like this before and was various curious how it all worked.

After a few exciting rides, we made our way to the Build-a-Bear Workshop.  Whenever possible we try to include Aunt Jen in some extra special things with Colin (like taking him to see Santa for the very first time). This time, she was going to take part in Colin receiving his very first teddy bear.  When thinking about Christmas gifts for the little man I realized Colin did not have a nice sized teddy bear of his own.  We knew we had to remedy this problem and Build-a-Bear was the perfect solution.  After picking out the softest bear we could find it was time for Colin to stuff his bear.

 He was very unsure about the machine and thus didn't do too much stuffing himself.  We did make sure he kissed his bear's heart before placing it inside of him and sewing him up.  We picked out a special hat and scarf and then made "Teddy's" birth certificate which was probably Colin's favorite part since it involved the computer.

Colin had a great time visiting Aunt Jen at school and can't wait to visit her again soon!