Cream Babe has arrived! Just this morning, my little eBay order from last week popped through the letterbox in his fancy blue packaging (it was some sort of special mailing bag, folder over twice since he was so much smaller that the bag!) to the joy of the rest of the family!

The arrival

It was after coming back from dropping Aoife to her first day back at school (3rd class – and don’t expect a big post about that…) and the morning shop, when the post arrived. Along with a couple of bills was a blue package addressed to me, originating from the UK. It was then that it clicked that it had to be the new Baby Bear arriving from eBay! I’m so glad that although the auction had ended that the bear hadn’t been sold off!

Right and Clean were very curious as to what the new bear would be like, and were trying to tear at the package to open it, but as they didn’t have any claws, it was to no avail. So they had to wait until later, once Aoife had returned and everyone was here and ready to open it, that they could find out what sort of bear was in the bag…

The opening

It was a very excited Aoife moreso than the bears who tore into the packaging. Although it was very hard to open (folded over and then taped shut), we eventually managed to get it off to reveal the new member of the Baby Bear family. Out came a very clean, plushy and creamy-coloured bear. Although the nickname I had in mind for him was “Minty Bear” (owing to the fact that he was more mint-condition than the others), my sister and mother settled on the name “Cream Babe”. Since he was creamy, unlike the others.

Cream Babe fit into the family very quickly, and soon got to grips with life in the house – which usually involved sitting and/or laying around waiting to be picked up and had stuff done with.

Cream Babe seems taller and bigger than the other bears, although it seems to be because his polyester fluff is still, well, fluffy and hasn’t settled or been squashed, unlike the other three. Although a side-effect of this is that he can’t seem to be able to clap his hands…

Right Babe and Cream Babe comparison

The plot

Please note that this part wasn’t actually a figment of my mind (for once). It was actually something my mother came up with as the other three bears were being bleached in the sink before going in the washing machine.

However, all was not as it appeared to be. Secretly, Clean Babe’s plushy and creamy exterior hid a dark demonic bear inside. After bleaching himself very cream and making himself extremely plushy and soft, Cream Babe plotted a way to get rid of the rest of the Babes, and take the title of Number One Bear (since he would be the only one left), and then enjoy the comforts of doing everything I do (within reason).

His evil plan to remove the Baby Bears involved hypnotizing my mother into demanding that the bears needed to be soaked and bleached before being washed in the dreaded washing machine. It all went according to plan as the three Babes were thrown into the bathroom sink full of hot water, washing-up liquid, and bleach.

Will the Babes survive drowning in the nightmare sink? If so, will they survive the dreaded washing machine?

The climax

Of course they will, they’re polyester teddy bears… If they weren’t capable of surviving a washing machine, how would they have lasted the past 9 years?

Anyway, catch all the Cream Babe pics and more in the Baby Bear album in the Stuff gallery.