Grandma and girlies annual day out

 Every year, I take Alaina and Ruby out for a little before school shopping.  This year we had a problem with scheduling and had to do it the week school started.  However, they had half days, so I picked them up a little after noon for our time out.

We started with our usual picture together before we left.

I let them choose where to get lunch, and we ended up at McDonalds.

Then we were off to the shoe store. Ruby thought she wanted shoes with high heels...  :)  but we found these short boots that were a little more practical!

And here's my Alaina, being goofy and striking a pose with the shoes she found.  They were both happy with their finds.
We then set off to find a shirt.  The first place we went to no longer had kids clothes, the second one still had shorts and t-shirts. 

Then we found these, cozy and warm.  Ruby was thrilled because hers was so soft.

They thought we had done enough shopping at that point, so we went to the sunflower farm near us.  It's owned by Bob's stepdad's family and has lots of fun things.

They've had baby kittens in the barn and the girls were so excited to see them, but they were in hiding.

They played a little cornhole...

Tried out the swing...

and got to use a hand pump.

We got some flowers to share with some special people.

We stopped and brought some to great grandma who was thrilled to see the girls.

We were hot from being outside, so we stopped for ice cream.  Ruby had Superman ice cream.

I can't remember what kind Alaina chose but she said it was good.

Then it was time to go home.  We brought Mom some flowers too.
We had such a fun time. They are growing up fast and I treasure these moments.
They are in 3rd and 6th grade. I'm praying they have a good year, with good friends and teachers, and they learn the important things!