Did you know that tomorrow is Teddy Bear’s Picnic Day? July 10th is officially Teddy Bear’s Picnic Day.
What better way to celebrate than to have a picnic with your teddy bear! JDaniel and I took a drive in the country to find a branch of the Little Free Library system. A very long drive to find the tiniest library in South Carolina and we brought teddy along.
I had already planned to create a teddy bear’s picnic lunch for this week’s Muffin Tin Monday post to introduce the MeMeTales Readathon 2012 theme of imagination and to go with Teddy Bear’s Picnic Day. We just grabbed JDaniel’s teddy bear lunch and took it on the road.
Have you heard of the Little Free Libraries? I hadn’t until I read about them on Michelle’s Charmed World on Thursday. Once I read about them, I had to find out if we had one near us and visit it.
The trip took a whole lot longer than I thought it would. We were in the car for almost an hour and a half, but it was totally worth it.
The general store that houses the Little Free Library on its porch was filled with character and lots of tempting snacks. JDaniel was allowed to pick a bag of something to have with his lunch. He ended up selecting a bag of bugle like corn crunchy snacks.
After selecting his snack, we headed out to the porch to put the books we brought in. We ended up not taking any with us from the library. JDaniel noted there weren’t any for kids in there.
The next time we visit a branch of the Little Library system we will bring children’s books.
When the books had been put into the library box, we head out to find a tree to spread our beach towel under for lunch.
JDaniel and his teddy bear seemed to really enjoy their meal. Although I do believe, JDaniel kept the bugle corn snacks for himself.
There was a tiny building just to the right of where we had lunch. JDaniel decided that we had to explore it before we headed home. He was a little disappointed to find that the door was locked.
He wondered as did I as to why the little building was there. We brained stormed some ideas but ended up not being sure. I guess we could have gone back into the general store and asked, but we decided to live it up to our imagination.
I love reading about the “Free Little Library”, what a great system of giving and receiving. It’s too bad there weren’t any children books in there. I loved every single one of your pictures, especially the one of JDaniel snuggling his teddy. What a precious moment.
I’ve never heard of a little free library. Cute place though!
That place looks pretty cool. I’d bet Eve would like it. The teddy bear picnic is a wonderful idea, I think I will do the same. What fun!
Tara
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How cute! You are so creative!
Wow! You did such a nice job!
This is so lovely. I love your bento lunch boxes and this one is so adorable. That apple basket is fantastic. I had no idea about Teddy Bear’s Picnic day. We’ll have to take our teddy outside for lunch tomorrow!
I know what my boys are trying for lunch this week! So cute 🙂
That is super cute!
I did not know that tomorrow is Teddy Bear’s picnic day! Sounds fun!
Hee hee – your teddy sandwich made me giggle just a little – he looks a bit grouchy – maybe HE wanted to eat the corn snacks! He’s cute though, and the apple basket is clever.
I love to have picnics with my girls too. I am hopeful the weather stays in the high 80s this week so we can get outside for at our dinners on the screened in porch this week. It has been so brutal that we haven’t even been able to be outside unless we are in a pool.
Looks like you and JDaniel had a very special day!
What a fun time together!
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I just checked to see if there was one near me and there is! I am going to take my girls and see what happens! Thanks for sharing!
The sandwich is so cute shaped like Teddy 🙂
I wonder if that little building is what is left of an old gas station? Sounds like you had a wonderful day together!
What a totally fun day!! And that lunch is just too cute! What a great Mommy you are! I just had to PIN!!
Blessings!
Happy Teddy Bear Picnic Day! Maybe we’ll have to picnic with our Teddy bears tomorrow. 🙂
Jen
What a fun adventure you two had! It was neat that you did something you’d never done before. 🙂
Wonder if we have the little library somewhere in our town. I would love to eat that teddy bear lunch 🙂
How cute. I’ve never heard about Little Free Library before. Teddy Bear picnic sounds lovely.
Oh I am totally wondering what the building is now! Looks like it was a fun day though, too bad there weren’t any kids books though
It’s always so much fun to go exploring and to have a picnic. I bet he had a blast.
What a fun adventure! We do usually celebrate Teddy Bear Day, but I like how you did it!
That’s cute. What a fun day!
What a sweet story! I love that you went on an adventure together. The pictures do such a nice job of painting the story. Thank you for sharing!
that is the coolest thing… i told marc i want to make a free library now:)
That little teddy bear sandwich is adorable!
Love the teddy bear sandwich!
So very neat and such a fun day for J Daniel and you. I had never heard of Little Free Libraries. Thank you for linking up at Tuesdays travels today!
Oh my goodness- that lunch is ADORABLE! I just love all of your lunch play ideas!
Oh so cute! I love that little lunch too!!
Love the lunch! It looks like you guys had fun.
I didn’t know that July 10 is the offical Teddy Bears Picnic day, I will have to check to see if it is the same in Australia.
Thanks for linking up to Totally Pinworthy! Sorry it took me so long to drop by, my internet has been soooooooo slow this past week!
That is adorable! I love teddy bear picnics (I’m going to be so sad when my little guy doesn’t want to do this kind of stuff anymore). Thanks for linking up with Hey Mom, Look What I Did on Adventures In Mommy Land!! Hope to see you again sometime 🙂
Ohhh I loved the Teddy Bear’s Picnic show! I sing the theme song to R. This looks like a fantastic day.. and your food is amazing yet again! How fun and cute is that lunch!? I’ve pinned. Thanks for posting 🙂
Adorable! I need to be more creative with lunches. Then maybe my kids wouldn’t hate eating so much! 🙂