Shall I write an alternative diary for the school bear?

[Molehillmountain]

He's with us for the week and I am hugely tempted to take him to greggs and buy him sausage rolls and fruit shoots, given the wholesome experiences recorded in his diary so far!!!

What's the story in fecking Balamory?
Well helloo - I know you don't I?
Today the class bear did crack and heroin.

We made an alternative diary for Barnaby Bear, but we handed it in separately to the teacher It apparently made it onto the staff room notice board

BB played poker
BB had a few beers
BB had a sleepover with Gracie Bear
(all with photographic evidence of course!)

Hilarious! I'm a Reception teacher (with a bear diary) and never realized the stress it could cause. I think if teachers love Greggs then bears will too.
Seriously - I don't care what the bear does as long as the child and parent have engaged to produce something together. A little picture (drawn by the child and NOT the parent!) and some writing and I'm happy.

I agree with the trip to the washing machine!! Always a winner.

We had the class bear last weekend. I let DTD1 do the diary by herself. It said "on Friday we went to gymnastics but Tim Bear had to stay in the car". I'd like to think I've done the next parent a favour- not much to compete with there.

:)
My DS's rarely get chosen to have the bear :(
However, the one time they did have it, the bear went shopping and to church. Very ordinary!

Ooh we have the class bear this weekend. Her diary is crammed, just packed with activities but I have a feeling she will be chilling out this weekend.
There won't be much evidence either since our printer has stopped talking to the laptop.
We could make anything up!

Bear came to our house and got taken away by Social Services.

When we had the bear for the 2nd time, I put he was so knackered from all the hoo haa and toing and froing fterschool all he wanted was a doze in the sun with a cocktail, hence he was pictured in a deck chair with a carton of ribena with a cocktail umbrella!

DS2 is in reception and they have the same spotty dog that ds1 had and he's now in year 5!!!!

I did take a picture of the class monkey (we had Bubbles the Monkey rather than a bear) surrounded by empty Strongbow cans and looking at a porn mag, and shared it on Facebook. Mind you, our actual diary entry probably made the other parents want to kill us as Bubbles went to two museums and an exhibition and off to see DS grandparents as well...

Ours would be bear sat in boot of car and was only got out when being returned to playgroup after a cold damp weekend in the boot of the car! Used to hate doing this sort of thing. Our local playgroup has the most expensive bear that used to come home £80 ! And woe betide anyone who lost a shoe or shoe lace.

We had one from nursery - not much chance of DS writing up anything himself aged just 4. When the &&&* bear went back to nursery he had drunk all of Daddy's beer and was sleeping it off - I wonder if they read it out? [grin}

Ds's teacher did an example of what the monkeys diary should be like, and in hers, he is listening to 'relaxing music' - which is clearly visible on the track listing to be 'Girlfriend in a coma'.

When DS1 has the bear, it coincided with a week stay in hospital on the Cystic Fibrosis ward, the children back at school are probably all traumatised now with pictures of the bear strapped up to nebulisers and x-ray machines and tales of mucus and portacath insertions. The bear actually arrived back in school with a gripper needle in and a breathing tube

When Adventure Ted came here, the dog dragged him out into the garden and humped him. That was some adventure.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Said Ted That Really Was An Adventure!!

Ahhhh. The bear. I'd forgotten. DS1 got Rachel rather than Barney Bear in y2. It made him cry because he wanted the boy bear. She was decked in a lot of pink and sparkly clothing. So his report was four pictures of the bear by herself in the house with reports such as Rachel watched telly whilst DS1 played rugby. DS1 played football in the park but Rachel didn't want to play! I think she was glad to be at ours as she'd been to Warsaw and Disneyland the previous couple of weeks.

PMSL at monkey chilling out to Girlfriend in a Coma.

Maybe he could go through an emo phase, make him a little binliner-black outfit, get him writing gloomy poetry and shuffling awkwardly in the corner while all the other toys have a party?

oh, god, that bear - had buried the memories...first the weekly trauma of DS2 not being chosen, then the off-the-scale stress when we got him for half-term when we were going a a skiing hols, and DS2 insisted the bear came everywhere with us & the constant worry teh sodding thing would get lost... then the pressure to keep taking photos of him...
totally agree with earlier poster that he benefits from a trip to the inside of the washing machine ( DS1 insisted on barnaby sleepoing on his pillow the very first night, before I vould wash him, as barnaby would be scared in the new place and would want to be beside ds1....)

We took nursery bear on holiday with us last year. Included in his diary when he went back was a lovely photo of him sitting on the table in the restaurant drinking wine out of a bottle with a straw....

Titsalina Hiya! Have not seen you on here for ages! Welcome back! (I am probably way behind on this news but who cares?)

Ecat -- how could it not mean stress? If it's done properly, it needs to be done last thing Sunday, along with the 42 other things that have to get done last thing Sunday...

The DCs' classroom had a little puppy that came with its own plastic puppy crate. Over the years he accumulated a number of accessories. By the time DD4 got him for the weekend he had an overnight bag complete with pajamas and toothbrush and a little bear of his own, and a little case of essential medical supplies and equipment, including stethoscope. I ended up accidentally cutting one of his ears in half while trying to make a Halloween costume for DS out of fleece (yes, we got the puppy for a weekend that included Halloween ) so the plasters came in handy. We didn't mention the swearing in our report, or the tears when the DCs spotted the heinous crime that mommy had committed.

Our bear went to the pub for Sunday lunch and drank beer. He was also known to stay up and have a midnight feast and drink with the other mums and dads after the children had gone to bed - they wrote about it all in his real diary. Don't know if the children got to hear those bits.

Many years ago I took the bear to Barcelona and emailed HT with pics of him in a sombrero in Las Ramblas, looking confused at the Miro museum and propped upside down against an empty bottle of cava.

Do it! When I was a kid we used to recreate Eastenders plotlines with Sylvanian families...Mummy Rabbit having Daddy Bear's lovechild etc

Hmm...the tumbleweed rolled by my thread on chat . I definitely haven't got the hang of being funny on Mumsnet (dh would probably question in rl too!). Perhaps it's only funny when it includes pictures of your own class' bear