Tess's Birthday Fun

I told you when I posted M&M Night that Tess had some fun coming. She didn't know about it though. Tess recently turned 10. I brought cupcakes to her class and when we were done sipping Capri Suns and licking icing off our fingers, we left for home, or so she thought. Haley, her best friend was waiting in the car. Tess said, "Something weird is going on here." But, she just laughed and was glad to have Haley along.

She already knew that Haley couldn't spend the night and I found out from her comments that she thought we were just taking Haley home. As we drove South and went past the turn off to Haley's house, Tess said, "Momma, Haley lives back there."

I said, "I know." Haley and I just smiled.

Tess began to squeal and ask excitedly, "Where are we going?"

We both said, "You'll know when you get there."

When we turned off at the mall, she started rapid-fire guessing, "Chucky Cheese? T.J. Maxx? Oooo, Toys-R-Us? The Mall, the Mall, the Mall!!!! I guess this is something that I am going to have to get used to. She doesn't seem to care what kind of mall, how big it is, where it is, as long as we are going there. I've never been much of a shopper so the hyperventilation upon approaching "the Mall!" is new to me.

She was still guessing as we walked into the food court entrance of the Barnes Crossing Mall. We went straight to Build-a-Bear.

This was a first for Tess and I, so Haley had to orient us.

The girls chose their rabbits. (Which without their stuffing were kind of creepy to me.) They chose identical bunnies with identical outfits.

Meet Justine, Tess's bunny, and Shine, Haley's bunny. They are best friends just like Tess and Haley.

After leaving Build-a-Bear we headed over to Bath and Body Works and proceeded to smell each and every fragrance available. After our purchase of matching hand sanitizers (these are germ conscious girls), we headed out to find some more fun. We passes a photo booth and the girls were wild to have their pictures made in it. Despite my perfume euphoria, I was still sensible enough (or cheap whichever way you want to look at it) not to want to spend $3 when I already had a camera on hand. Sooooooo......

They were good sports and didn't fuss. I know it isn't the same but, I think they'll live. I had to save our money. We were headed to the movie theatre!

We had a great time watching the latest "Spy Kids", complete with scratch and sniff cards. The movie was really good. After the movie, we headed to Sam's Club to pick up supplies for Daddy.



The bunnys' first trip with their moms' to Sam's. It is the first place I took my newborn children, why not theirs? (I'm just kidding. Don't get worried.)

We wanted to go to Chik-fil-A but apparently everyone else in a 100 mile radius did too. There were no parking places, and the drive thru was back up almost to the bypass. Their second choice was Wendy's. So we ended our night out in Tupelo with Family Game Night toys in our kids meals.

It was a good night. Happy Birthday, sweetheart!