Grandma and Alaina's Day out

Last year I started something with Alaina after hearing this idea from my sister.  We did it again last week and I think now that we've done it for two years it's a tradition!
I took Alaina out for lunch and to buy a pair of shoes for school.  She will be in kindergarten this year.

 Here we are, ready to go out!

Ruby giving Alaina a hug before we left. Laura said Alaina had reminded Ruby several times that it was just going to be her and Grandma.  When I got there, Ruby did ask if she could come too, but she was ok when we left.  I told her I would take her by herself another day.


I told Alaina we could go wherever she wanted to go for lunch, and I was sure she would ask for McDonalds, but she surprised me and said she wanted to eat at the food court at the mall.

 She decided that Taco Bell was the place of choice, and we found a table right by the carousel.

She enjoyed her taco and chips!

Then, of course it was time to ride the carousel.  I was surprised that she didn't want to be on a horse, but she was happy to sit on the bench and wave and smile every time she came around.


Then it was time to look for shoes!

 We had a hard time.  She's at an in between stage and a lot of the shoes were Barbie, or something like that, but then we found these black shoes, with the pink laces which she loved.  We also found some short brown boots which will be nice when it starts getting colder.

 She thought the glass sided elevator was fun,

 And she always loves the escalator.

 We goofed around a little bit, trying on sunglasses, and she had fun acting "cool" in them.

We also found a fun pigeon activity book for her to work on later.

 She said she was tired and hungry after this, so we stopped at Kilwins in the mall for a little mint chocolate chip ice cream.

The end of a successful shopping trip!  We both had fun!