Thursday July 23 , 2009

Today was a mall day for us. We got up and headed over to "Once Upon A Child" first (my favourite second hand childrens store, they have the greatest stuff). I was like a kid in a candy store in there. We were doing part of our back to school shopping for this year. It seems like everyone hit a growth spurt at the same time, so a lot of clothing was needed. After spending about 1 and 1/2 hours there, we headed over to Market Mall to find all of the things we couldn't find at once upon a child. We stopped in the food court for lunch first. Grant treated us all to those spectacular milkshakes that they sell at the "Marble Slab Creamery". They make the best and creamiest milkshakes ever. (yikes, I'm drooling). Then we went off to my favourite childrens clothing stores (Old Navy, Childrens Place and Below the Belt) to hunt for more clothing for the kids. I also got myself a couple of pairs of jeans and 2 hoodies. (If I am wearing one thing when I am buried, I want it to be a hoodie, lol). We went to Toys R' Us last of all. (It was our meeting place, because we split up when I went to look for jeans for myself). I got the boys each a "popgun". They were these cool looking vintage wooden guns with a cork attached to a string that pops out and makes a popping noise. They were only $2.50 each and the boys LOVED them. We headed home at 5:00pm (7 hours later, WOW....all of the kids were so good) and had dinner. We gave Kaitlyn and McKenna a call to see how they were doing (they are still at Garth and Sarah's house). Poor Kaitlyn said she is suffering from a sunburn (lots of swimming), but said they were having fun. It was a fun and productive day. (Oh, and just so everyone knows, I don't usually take pictures of my kids with the shopping bags, but as we were going inside, I thought I should take a quick one to represent today)