Surprise Outing

Originally from December 22nd.

Yesterday, I was in a bit of a crappy mood even though I had slept in all morning and had taken my sweet time getting ready. I talked to Kevin on the phone and my-to-do list drew a thousand times longer. Sigh.

So what did I do? I decided to put it all off for one more day and take my sweet niece Katelyn out.

I've always talked about taking her out, just the two of us but have never had the time. I thought it would be perfect timing since she's out of school, I'm out of school and she's not at her dad's. Hooray!

It was a little last minute but Jen let her come. 

Me being the poor student and all we didn't have a lot of money or could do anything extravagant.

We hopped in the car and went on our little adventure with Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas playing in the cd player. Katelyn especially loved hearing The Twelve Days of Christmas, with Alvin singing "I'm getting tired." My mom has a book with each of the days and it's her new favorite song. She said that the song is a bit long for anyone to sing the whole thing. It was pretty funny.

We first stopped at Target and scoured the sale rack. I told Katelyn that she could pick out anything she wanted. I didn't see this one coming but she really wanted a new swimsuit. I reminded her that it's December but she didn't care. That girl loves swimming! She asks me all the time when we're going to the pool. Luckily, there's an indoor water playground at the local Rec Center. It's actually pretty sweet and we didn't have anything that nice when I was growing up.

Katelyn showing off her new swimsuit. She picked this one because it was pink with princesses and the tutu. Oh, to be five again!

Then we picked up some $4 sweats (don't think it gets better than that) and they were pink, of course. :)

Then off to the shoes. I wanted to make sure that she at least had some of the basics. However, I was a little surprised that she didn't really like the princess ones they had there. She ended up picking out some cute brown Mary Janes with pink flowers on the side, lovely pink.

Those shoes will match more outfits. That's my girl!

We then headed to the fairy where Katelyn asked for a strawberry cupcake. This girl reminded me how she is not shy and ordered it all by herself. She definitely has none of my shy-ness which is good. I hope my own future kids will be as outgoing. They might have to take lessons from her.

Katelyn pretty much only ate the frosting which is my favorite part about the fairy as well. Love that girl.

This little outing reminded me of how I went out with my Auntie Webbie so many times when I was younger. Just the two of us and I got to pick out anything I wanted. Yep, I was spoiled and I'm going to be Katelyn's Auntie too. This is going to be a tradition for us, for sure. 

No worries, once Aiden is older, I'll take her out too. But I think I might have to be saving my pennies more once these girls are teenagers and decide they want designer brands. Thank goodness they're going to be young for awhile.

Only an aunt can give hugs like a mother, keep secrets like a sister and share love like a friend.