Well here is something to help you stop freezing on babv!
1. Right-click anywhere inside Build-A-Bearville
2. Click Settings
3. Click the tab that looks like a monitor and an eyeball (Privacy)
4. Click the Advanced… button. This would open a new browser tab
or browser window.
5. On the newly opened browser tab or window, look at the left
portion of the page and you will see Table of Contents
6. Under Settings Manager click the link titled Website Storage
Settings Panel.
7. In the Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager – scroll to find
BABV's website in the list and click it
8. Click Delete website
9. Click Confirm
10. Close the web browser
11. Open a new browser window and go back into Build-A-Bearville.
It works for me