The Kids Go Shopping!

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Dad decided that we should all go to the mall for "Lunch at the Mall" with the church.  Although we never caught up with anyone from church, it was really nice to have lunch with the kids and my parents.  The girls were VERY excited that they remembered thier money, and pleaded to go to Justice to do a little shopping!  It was neat to watch the girls budget their money and weigh their purchases wisely.  I think its important to give them a certain amount of freedom to decide how they spend their money.  Neither of them wanted to spend all of it thats for sure.  In the picture above, Rowan is holding her "ultra rare" Squishlander.  I am certain she was sold on the ultra rare factor ;)

Here is Rowan with her Webkins dog.  A Webkins is a stuffed animal that you purchase and then reginster online, and are able to take care of online.  She has wanted to have one of these for years.  It was really cute.  None of the webkins had price tags, so Rowan took about five of the Webkins to the sales person to find out the price of each one.  She definitely has some of her Mom in her, because of course she chose the one that was on clearance and the most affordable.  Although, I do think that this Webkins was the best fit for her.

At one point Kierce was looking at clothes, then cute pillows in the shape of a K.  We decided that it would be fun to just make a "k" pillow at home since they were over her budget.  She was in heaven once she noticed the rack full of journals, some of which were monogrammed.  She has always loved writing in journals, notebooks, etc.  She has a thing for writing lists, just like her Mama.  Of course she pulled all of the K's out and placed them all in a row to examine.  She thought for a moment, picked each one up, then did ee-nee-mee-nee-mi-nee-mo to decide on a journal.  Then, once she saw that Rowan was holding the recorder, her love for music, just like her Grandma, won out :)

Merrick on the other hand went with his "biggie-me" (Dad of course) to Dicks sporting goods to look at bats and other baseball gear.  He definitely loves baseball and checking out baseball gear, just like his Dad!  Yeah, a lot more fun than going with the girls, although he debated which direction to go for a good while.  It was cute, you could see that he definitely didn't miss out on either opportunity.  He was going with Dad, then started coming with us, before you know it he starts running after Dad, "I wanna come with you!"  Once we met back up with them, Merrick told us all about how he spent his money riding rides and getting the most out of his time with his Dad!  Merrick is wearing his spider ring in the picture that he got from church!