smile for the camera...

Thought this guy might give you a chuckle!  He is "Bumble" the yeti from the 1964 classic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  What's special about him?  I asked Rick to buy him for me while we were shopping in the "five and dime" store.  He is a "Grow a Bumble" -- you know -- one of those little itsy bitsy things that you put in water and watch it grow for about a week (or more).  Well, today was his day to come out of the water.  He's been looking like a lab specimen -- sitting in a recycled chinese food soup container filled with water.  Now he's fully grown to a gigantic (not) 4 inches.  He's so ugly -- but I love him anyway.