for a while now my mom and i have wanted to take my oldest niece, caroline, on a date to Build a Bear. we were going to go before Christmas, but we didn't want to face the crowds. so, we set up a date for yesterday.
let me just say that my nieces are such a constant reminder of Christ's love. they bring me incredibly joy. they have such a zest for life and problems that arise unfrequently (not a word) can be fixed with marshmallows and cheese. i love them. i love spending time with them. here's a picture of baby phat and kine (aka campbell and caroline).
so. back to yesterday. yesterday we went to pick up kine around 10:30. we drove out to crabtree for a surprise adventure, and we were all three so excited. car rides alone are a blast with kine. here she is ready to go inside!
when we got inside, Ama (my mom) and i walked kine to Build a Bear. at first, the experience was slightly overwhelming. there was a lot of chanting children and staff. that makes me overwhelmed too. so we went through all of the animal bins to pick out just the right one. kine decided on a pink bear, kind of like a carebear - which she was in her Christmas parade :).
the next step was the stuffing. she was a tad bit hesitant at first - after all, that's a tad bit of a weird concept to put stuffing into your stuffed animals - but she handled it like a champ. we then picked out some clothes.
kine knows her fashion. we picked out a hot pink puffy vest and some skinny jeans. no, not just jeans, skinny jeans. we then complimented the outfit with some blingin' pink converse type shoes (unfortunately my camera died before i could get a picture of the finished product).
after that, our sweet bear was complete. except, she needed a name. kine decided to go with a solid name - SALLY. if you know my sweet girl, you know that anything that needs to be named will be named sally. we're not sure where that comes from, but its just how it goes. sally the fish. sally the scarecrow. sally the stick person aunt stace draws. sally. its the name she likes.
so we took sally with us and went throughout the mall. kine wanted ice cream before lunch. so we gave it to her. then we had chickfila. then we went and rode Clifford, a horsey, and Thomas the Train. the day was nothing short of amazing.
i'll leave you with a few short "kine-ism's":
1. when walking through the mall we saw a guy in a kilt. i allowed caroline to see him to see what she'd say. she walked passed him, looked at him, and said "silly boy, skirts are for girls. boys don't wear skirts!" the guy laughed. and so did i.
2. at lunch there was a group of about 20 individuals who were dressed like animals. they had animal hats on, wore animal ears and animal tails. i don't know why. caroline caught wind of this and looked over at them. she looked at me and said "aunt stace, they're wearing animal outfits. is that silly?" i told her it was.
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