At the mall, one thing we needed was new shoes for Sydney. She loves her imitation Crocs, but they're not the most practical footwear we could choose come winter. And so we had her feet measured (9-9.5 depending on how much growing room I want to give her) and began test running (literally) several pairs of shoes.The Dora tennis shoes were an immediate hit, until I asked her if she thought we should buy them. "Umm, no thank you," was her reply.
That was her same answer for several other pairs of shoes. For Sydney, none were anywhere near as exciting as the nylon socks she got to wear while trying them on.
She was so excited when I told her she could keep them. When it came time to leave, ultimately after buying a pair of sparkly pink Disney Princess dress shoes, Sydney continued wearing the nylons under her Crocs.
We wrapped up our visit to the mall with a stop at Dairy Queen in the food court. Holding my hand and skipping along side me, Sydney looked up and said, "I love shopping with you!" As I looked around at the many mother/sullen teen combos we passed, I couldn't help but wonder how her opinion will change in years to come. At least for this day, we had a good time together.
Our final stop was at Cub, and guess what we found?!? After joking earlier this week that Cub would never be able to compete with Trader Joe's in Sydney's mind, it turns out they can.
Cub has little grocery carts, too! Sydney was quite selective about which items were allowed in her cart, versus which ones went into my cart. Her criteria seemed to be food that she liked and that she could stack neatly. That meant bananas, Lunchables, hot dog buns, Jell-o and gummy worms. Cheese slices almost made it in, but ultimately didn't make the cut.
All together our adventure lasted about five hours. If this was a preview of what Fridays will be like once AJ starts kindergarten, we are going to have fun!
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