Happy Birthday to my Sweet Megan!

Yesterday was Megan's birthday. Since I am working on the weekends this month, I asked her if she would like to do something less traditional this year for her birthday. Luckily she liked my idea of invited a couple friends to go out to the mall after school.

Here's what we did:
First stop...Limited Too (a girls clothing store in the mall) They had fun trying on dresses even though I couldn't afford to buy them. Hey- at $60.00 each, who could?

Then we walked across the upstairs left wing bridge to "TeddyCrafters". Here you pick out your animal, choose a voice and heart, tell the stuffer how fat you want it, then dress it up and give it a name. It certainly is an expensive way to purchase a teddy bear, but without a doubt, the funnest.
Megan made a giraffe that sings the "Happy Birthday" song, stuffed it with a green heart for health and dressed "Kayly" in a pink cheerleading outfit. Katie made a Husky dog that says "I love you" and dressed it in a tux to remind her of her boyfriend. Naomi made a horse that sings "You are my sunshine", stuffed it with a blue heart for friendship and dressed it in a soccer uniform. Kevi made a black poodle dog that sings "Jingle Bells" and dressed it in a shimmery red Christmas dress with a matching hat.
After all that creating (and playing with sling shot monkeys) we left and decided we were hungry. No problem. I had planned (and already had cooked) meatloaf and mashed potatoes at home, but the group couldn't wait. Megan spotted the food court McDonalds, while the rest of us wanted the chicken terriaki rice bowl at Panda Express.

Everything was going great and nobody seemed quite ready to leave. So I asked Megan what else she would like to do. She looked around and suggested that we go into "Bath and Body Works".
"I like the smells." she smiled.
I hadn't realized that they sell slippers, socks and robes there. While I was feeling the soft material, Kevi and Naomi bounced up and down to tell me that they REALLY had to go to the bathroom! I quickly put down the socks and looked around for the nearest restroom.
Then I remembered where it was. Past the carousel and next to Rubios. I had to laugh as I watched 3 little girls running down the hall in desperation, all 3 with a bright orange teddycrafters bag flung behind their backs.
After that, we started heading for the door, until I caught sight of their twinkling little eyes watching the carousel. I turned around to face them and asked, "Would you like to ride the carousel?"
Huge smiles and a big YES! was the response. I rode the merry go round too, although it felt much slower than I remember as a kid.
In the car, they girls sang and giggled all the way home. It was music to my ears. We topped off the night with cake and presents.