BIRTHDAY BEAR LOVES HIS NEW JOB

Our friend George celebrated his birthday recently. 

 At Mary's house, Birthday Bear was all dressed and ready to go to The Fishmonger's Restaurant to surprise George. Bear had his truck driver's uniform on, his clip board, and parcels for delivery as well as a truck to drive. Bear was very excited about being a truck driver, 

George worked for 30 Years for the transport company, 'Toll'. He drove huge B Double Trucks. 

 Bear was already on the table at the restaurant looking very important when we arrived..

 He was very happy with his work boots.

 He was even more thrilled when Bill shared his wine with him and George offered him some chips.

Mary did a great job of dressing Birthday Bear for George. 

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LUNCH WITH A CARPENTER BEAR

Woohoo! It is time to celebrate George's birthday with our Birthday Bear group. I know it sounds silly but we get excited when we know we are going to lunch with a teddy bear. However, we are always keen to find out how Birthday Bear will be dressed for the event because he will be dressed to reflect some personality of the person whose birthday it is. The birthday person keeps the bear until next birthday celebration takes place.

George is often tinkering in his shed with hammer and nails and making things. So Birthday Bear arrived at the restaurant dressed as a carpenter together with his tool box and saw horse. He has his hard hat on for safety but I don't know if he would pass the building site safety test with those shoes.

George was happy with his Birthday Bear's outfit.

We take it in turns to dress Bear. Mary did a good job as it is getting harder and harder to think up new and different outfits.

From L to R: moi, Mary, Ann, Helen, Paul, George and Bill 

We all had a superb chinese banquet at Kam Koon Restaurant in Springwood. We welcomed Helen and Paul back from their holiday in New Zealand and Ann and George back from their holiday in Cairns.