mall day

yesterday i took all 4 kids to the mall. we had a ton of sun at the pool the day before & decided to make it an inside day. zach & kat were very excited about our huge mall. kathryns quote of the day... "wow, this mall has everything!!!" they especially liked the 2 story carousel, and eating a million samples in the food court. i went with the intention of shopping for zach & kat, but we did a lot of futzing around. most importantly, we went into claire's so kathryn could buy 9 silly key chains for her 1 house key, and while we were in there, skylar got her ears pierced! i asked her if she wanted to do it, the lady walker her through the entire process, she picked out her earrings, and bam, it was done!! she did cry a bit, but was over it in about a minute. zachary bought her some cupcake earrings & kathryn bought her a toy for being so brave. how sweet is that? then we had lunch in the food court, from 3 different places (note to self, bring cash to the mall... scurrying around the food court with a bags, a double stroller and a debit card is not the most efficient way to go.) after lunch,we got some actual shopping done! the big kids loved pac sun and old navy. kathryn got tons of cute clothes! it was so much fun shopping with her. after the mall, i was pooped, so we popped in Wizard of Oz to chill for a bit. um, i mean the kids chilled while i folded a ridiculous amount of laundry, did the dishes, etc. then we bolted to the grocery store (yes, everyone wanted to come!) quickly came home, unloaded and threw together some fajitas. we headed out 1 last time because i had a meeting, and russ had to work late, so we did a quick switch-a-roo so he could come home with the kids. it was a busy/crazy/fun day! baby bianca was such a good sport. she was up 1.5 hours past her regular naptime. what a little sweetie.