Regular

Madelyn and Carlyn just finished their first week of preschool. Carlyn gets to bring her papers home at the end of every day, but Madelyn brings hers home in a big red folder on Thursday. We sat down and looked through their papers, and this one caught my attention:

This week was 'Bear' week. They studied the letter 'B', the color 'Brown', brought their special bears from home, attended to other 'B' related studies, and brought the week to a close with a Bear Hunt on Thursday. The bears and the girls had quite a busy week. Anyhoo, the part that intrigued me was the name 'Regular'. Ever since this bear has belonged to Madelyn (or Madelyn has belonged to him, I don't know which), he has just been known as 'Bear'. He began his journey here as a gift from Memaw to her Sweet Baby many moons ago.

Being the inquisitive soul that I am, I had to know the story. Madelyn told me that he was just a plain, white, regular old bear so she named him 'Regular'. Perhaps 'Bear' felt a bit like poor old Edward Bear and wanted an exciting name all to himself. Oh, bother. I do think 'Winnie-the-Pooh' is a bit more exciting a name than 'Regular', but that business is best left between a Girl and her Bear.

One of 'Regular' from the archives: