So, after my wonderful trip to the dentist yesterday morning, I called up Sweet Girl and invited her to lunch and shopping since she didn’t have school yesterday. I get there to pick her up and Little Man very cutely "pouts" when I told her to get her coat on. I asked Little Man what was wrong and Kiddo pipes up and informs me that he starting pouting after I called, that he wanted to go too. So, I told him to get his shoes and coat on too. No worries. Sweet Girl said she didn’t mind him tagging along on our girl’s day out. So, I get them both loaded up in the car and asked where she wanted to go to lunch. "Well, if you’re asking me my favorite restaurant, I would have to say, duh, McDonald’s!" I said are you sure you want to go there? It is Tuesday which means your Daddy will take you there tonight for 1/2 price Happy Meals. She says, "Yes, I know! That’s why I picked McDonald’s - so I can go there twice in one day! It doesn’t get better than that Aunt Tammi!" Ok. McDonald’s (sigh) it is then. So, I’m leaving their subdivision and I say to myself (but outloud) now, where is the closest McDonald’s from here, over on 12th or the Boulevard. "Um, Tammi, my daddy always just takes me to the one on Garrity. It’s way closer. You know (insert pointing here) over that way." Ok. That sounds good. "You know where Garrity is Tammi? You know, first you need to turn right at this stop sign and head North. Then you will turn West. Got it?" - - - Do I need to remind anyone she is FIVE YEARS OLD??!!!
Then, as we’re sitting having lunch, I’m making small talk with her. . . How is school going. Are you still enjoying first grade, etc. etc. etc. Then, kind of sarcastically, I turn to Little Man and say, "And how about you, Little Man. . . how are you doing? What do you do all day now that you have the house and Mommy to yourself while all the other kids are at school?" He says, "Oh, you know, I play and stuff. I have fun." Then in the next breath he says to me, "And, what about you Aunt Tammi? What do you do all day while your kids are in school?" - - - Do I need to remind anyone he just turned THREE YEARS OLD???!!
After lunch we went across the street to JC Penney’s to go shopping. I asked her when I picked her up what she would like to go shopping for today and her response was anything but that of a typical five year old. "Well, I could use a few more long sleeve shirts - - that AREN’T turtlenecks. I hate those!" (Little Man said the same thing, it was so cute!) So, we headed to the little girl’s department. They were having a killer sale, clearance items marked down an additional 75-90% off the clearance price. She tried on a really cute velour hoodie. I mentioned that if we got her that, then she wouldn’t just have to wear a long sleeved shirt to keep warm, she could wear her short sleeved shirts now too and just wear the hoodie over it. "What a fantastic idea Aunt Tammi! This would go with so many of my outfits!" Then I pointed out to her another one that was cute and told her to try it on too if she wanted to. "Well, I really like this one though," she said. I said that if she liked it she could have both since they were on sale. She squealed with delight and said, "Well, yeah, you just can’t go wrong at these prices. This is quite a sale!" When Little Man picked out an outfit off the rack and held it up to me and said, "This one is cute too!" Sweet Girl piped up and said, "Don’t pay any attention to him Aunt Tammi, he doesn’t like that one, he just wants to spend all your money!"
A sales clerk overheard her and couldn’t resist coming over. "How old is she?" "Five." "Oh. . . .my."
I’d sure like to know what is in that water at your house sis!
