Well Behaved

Yesterday we woke up to a gray and gloomy day and I decided it was a perfect day to get out of the house. The girls had been doing great with their school work lately and I thought a fun day out of the house was a perfect reward. I let the girls pick our activity and after some thought Sydney said "I know the perfect day, we should go to Target and buy a shirt and go out to lunch." Shopping sure starts young:) Anyway I thought it was a great idea and off we went. We went to Kohl's instead because it is much closer to my house and to Wendy's for lunch because it is in the same parking lot. While we were at lunch the girls were eating quietly being the well behaved girls they normally are and an older gentleman came up to us. He laid ten dollars on the table and said, "Please may I buy your kids ice cream after they are done with their lunch. They are so cute and well behaved." This is the second time they have earned a reward for their behavior by a stranger. They earned Icees once with Jerame's Aunt Becca from a convenience store manager. My kids have truly learned the lesson being good really pays:) After lunch they were to full to have ice cream so we went shopping first. I am happy to say that I have found my new shopping buddy. I was feeling sad for myself earlier in the day because my sister was so far away and she has always been my shopping buddy. Well she has officially been replaced by my sweet, sweet girls. So much fun, they all picked out their clothes and then we walked over to my section and we all looked through the clearance racks (because they have the best clearance at Kohl's). They helped me pick out things they thought were cute and then we went and tried them on. Sydney is quite vocal with her opinion, "Mom that is so cute on you." "Mom that totally doesn't look good." She has quite the opinion that girl. After our shopping adventure we met Jerame at Sam's Club for ice cream for the girls and lunch for Dad. It was a super day and I gotta say I love my family.