Back to School Shopping - Part One....

Yesterday was a rainy one.... I also found out Gap had everything 30% off online, so I needed to find out what size Ally was a order up the uniform pants and shirts! So, we packed up and headed out to Briarwood.

I am blessed - it appears, for now, both my children like to shop! Even if Luke doesn't love it, he tolerates it. And he does love being at the mall, the California Pizza Kitchen and cookies from Mrs Fields! Make the shopping fun!! :)

Our first stop was shoes at Von Maur. It is our fave place to buy shoes by far. For bigs and littles. The customer service can't be beat and they carry all the trends for the little ones.

Ally helped Luke first. He was so excited. We received a letter from his new teacher, stating while they didn't have to follow the uniform, she did ask that they wear tennis shoes for safety.... So we HAD to get some of course. All Luke has ever really had are Converse. He needs something a little more supportive now that he's a big four year old. ;)

Ally knows all about the Reebok Zigs.... And of course, found some for Luke that she adored and he loved them too. I was skeptical. They were bright. But he put them on and we all knew they were the ones. First try!!!! He didn't take them off all day.

Ally on the other hand, tried some on. Loved then. But then had to try on every other pair in the store to be sure. She gets this from her Aunt Jane. Who after finding the perfect wedding dress still had to try on every dress in the Midwest. :)

She ended up with the first pair. She has actually loved these shoes for a while.

We then went straight to lunch cuz buying shoes really works up an appetite!!!! CPK is my kids fave..... And we are always in good spirits when we are there. Something about that place is happiness for them. Me too! Yummmmm!!!!

We hit up The Children's Place, Gap and Justice after that. My girl has become a girl who knows what she likes. She like the shorts at Children's Place (talking uniform here), Gap's bootcut pant and short sleeve polo - only white this year though, she says she doesn't want to wear red anymore and she will only wear zip up cardigans.... Which I stocked up on from Target last year when they went on clearance. She likes Justice's little white socks with the glittery top and discovered she adores their undies too!! Hahaha!!! We stocked up on all the basics. I feel so good about it!!!!!

She also fell in love with a.... Wait for it.... DRESS that she wants to wear for the first day of school!! A dress. And I love it too. She also says its pretty enough for the Daddy/Daughter Dance.... She just doesn't realize how far away that is. But.... I suppose it's possible! And then, double bonus!!! ;)

We got home in time for Ally to go to gymnastics camp at Lumen. She's been going all week and loving it. Itself I went to a going away party for our manager while Luke got to go to Scott's office for a bit. He so adores going to Daddy's office. And he got to show off those new shoes some more too!!!!

A great day. Loving summer. Getting in the groove. Happiness all around.