Since he worked all through the night on NYE and everything went really well, Jeremy took the day off today!!! He went to the gym this morning, and when he came home he told us all to get ready and get in the car. He told me where we were going, but the kids had no idea.
As we snapped some on-the-road selfies, I realized I physically cannot do the annoying "duck lips" thing that all the teen/tween girls do. So I mocked...
The kids were very attentive as we drove, and asked at every billboard and roadsign..."Are we going to...?" Jeremy decided he liked their attentiveness and might not ever tell them where we are going when we get in the car from now on!
We stopped for lunch at Texas Roadhouse, but forgot it was Friday (not Saturday) and were disappointed that it's not open for lunch on weekdays. We found Minneci's Ristorante and had a great meal there. The kids even tried calamari! The girls liked it, but Caeden probably wouldn't try it again unless forced.
After just a little bit more time in the car, we arrived at Tanger Outlets. Although Caeden had been dreading the possibility of this being a shopping outing, we all had a good time together today.
We all hit Aeropostale first, then VF, and decided to divide up the boys and girls for most of the time after that. The guys hit Under Armour, Nike (Caeden got his first pair of hi-tops.), and Jeremy found some much needed new work clothes at Van Heusen.
We ladies did some damage at Justice, Bath and Body Works, the Kitchen Collection (I'm very excited about my new food processor and giant new pot.), and Claire's. Then we all stopped in at Old Navy (Annah used her birthday gift card from Uncle T and Aunt E and got a super fuzzy sweatshirt!) and Toys 'R' Us (no good deals) to end.
We don't go shopping just for fun; on the rare occasion we go to the mall we are looking for something specific. This was the first time we've done something like this with the kids, and they really weren't sure what to think. It took them a while to actually look at things they would like. They were very grateful to their daddy for giving us all a fun day out together and some special things just for them.
We all hit Aeropostale first, then VF, and decided to divide up the boys and girls for most of the time after that. The guys hit Under Armour, Nike (Caeden got his first pair of hi-tops.), and Jeremy found some much needed new work clothes at Van Heusen.
We ladies did some damage at Justice, Bath and Body Works, the Kitchen Collection (I'm very excited about my new food processor and giant new pot.), and Claire's. Then we all stopped in at Old Navy (Annah used her birthday gift card from Uncle T and Aunt E and got a super fuzzy sweatshirt!) and Toys 'R' Us (no good deals) to end.
We don't go shopping just for fun; on the rare occasion we go to the mall we are looking for something specific. This was the first time we've done something like this with the kids, and they really weren't sure what to think. It took them a while to actually look at things they would like. They were very grateful to their daddy for giving us all a fun day out together and some special things just for them.
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