The Winners Are...

Jerry and Ben are beary happy to announce the winners of their

6th Annual Beary Spooky Halloween Contest

"Thankz to every bear and stuffy who entered" says Ben. Jerry adds "it waz beary diffeekult to pik the winnerz, bekuz they all were so beary good!"

Contest 1: Halloween Costume (mostly purchased costume)

WINNER: Ajdin, for his "nerd" bear costume (complete with scotch-taped glasses)! Great job Ajdin!

HONORABLE MENTION: Little Fox, for is Fox in the Box (think jack-in-the-box) costume. So clever!

HONORABLE MENTION: Baby Pooh Bear, for his JD Fenix costume (JD Fenix is the main character from the new video game Gears of War 4). Great costume!

Contest 2: Halloween Costume (mostly home-made)

WINNER: Sandy for the beary clever (and we hear somewhat warm-to-wear) snow bear costume! Nice job Sandy! Your costume reminds us that winter is on the way, time to start pushing the seKretaries to vacation in Mexico in January!

HONORABLE MENTION: Reindeer for his chef outfit (Ben was beary impressed! Jerry wants to know when dinner is served...).

HONORABLE MENTION: Droppy for his wonderful DOGUSTUS CAESAR costume:

Friends, Romans, countrydogs...lend me your ears.

The evil that men do lives after them;

the good is oft interred with their bones.  

----Wait...what?  BONES?  Where??  Somebody buried some bones and didn't tell me about it?? How dare they!... 

Contest 3: Pumpkin Carving / Jack-o-lantern

WINNER: Beanie Mouse, with help from Tango and Jelly, for their original and SPOOKY Jack-o-lantern. Great job!

Contest 4: Home-grown pumpkin or gourd contest (from your garden!)

WINNER: Sandy and Little Fox (who was visiting Sandy and helped to display the bounty of Sandy's garden). Wonderful pumpkins and gourds Sandy! Jerry loves them!

Thanks again to all who entered; prizes are on their way!

Mail and Cooking with Ben: Beanie Jelly

Hello blog pals, we're catching up on some mail today. First, we received a great postcard from our pal Hammie. Hammie and his human companions often take long hikes; we love hiking too! Thanks Hammie!

Next, several weeks ago we were talking to our pal Beanie about an American product, Jello. Beanie said that have a different kind over in England, and before we knew it...

...we received a package of Hartley's strawbeary jelly in the mail! So today, chef Ben is going to make some. Take it away Ben!

"Well, furst you unrapp the pakaj of jellee an put it in a bowl. Jerry help me unrapp it."

"Then, you put it in the mikrowwave for a little bit. Don't forget to pres start!"

"Mak shur you wach karfullee so the jellee dont bubble!"

"Next, you hav to add some watur. Beanie's jellee uzes Metric mezurmants, but luckee we hav a little glass that haz mileemeeters on it."

"Aftur you add watur, you hav to mix it in real good."

"Then you put it in the refreeguratur so it coolz."

"It waz very eazy and fun to mak! Thank you Beanie! Me and Jerry are going to hav it for dezzurt tonight!"