Girlie Fun!

Last Saturday, Rebecca and I embarked on a day of birthday celebration.  With a carload of girls, we headed to downtown Houston for a day of girlie fun.

1. First stop, Target.  The goal?  To find the cutest outfit possible.  The girls paired off and went roaming through the store in search of clothing and accessories.  They had 15 minutes to make their choice and meet in the dressing room.  Meanwhile, I headed to the snack area to read until our dressing room rendezvous.  Sweet.  All went well until I arrived at the dressing room to find a very unhappy attendant.  “Are YOU the adult responsible for all these girls?”  Oh no… can I just crawl under a rock and hide?!!  Actually, the girls had done nothing wrong and were behaving properly.  I think the attendant just feared a big mess for her to clean.  We made sure to take care of everything we’d carried in the dressing room plus cleaning up the mess left by previous shoppers.

2. Second stop, Starbucks.  What’s a girlie outing without a serious dose of caffeine and sugar?!

3. Third stop, the Williams Water Wall.  If you’re not familiar with Houston’s Water Wall, visualize a 60ft. semi-circle wall with cascading water flowing down.  Rebecca adores visiting the water wall.  It’s one of her most favorite places.

4. Fourth stop, the Galleria.  For the next two hours, we wandered in and out of as many girlie shops as possible. Claire’s accessories for girls was probably the highlight for all.

5. Fifth stop, Sam’s Deli Diner.  We ended our outing by stuffing ourselves with freshly grilled hamburgers, fries, onion rings, and homemade Blue Bell ice cream shakes.  Yum!

6. Sixth stop, home.  After hours of wandering around Houston, we arrived home for more fun.  The girls designed & created inserts for their own “create a mug,” made fashions out of aluminum foil, and mummified each other in toilet paper.  Meanwhile, they laughed and talked and yelled and screamed and talked and talked and talked… You get the picture.

7. Final destination, bed.  After being on the go since 1:30pm, the girls could hardly keep their eyes open when the lights finally dimmed at nearly 1:00am.  Rebecca declared her sleepover “lame” because they didn’t stay up all night talking.  Hee!  I call that SUCCESS!!

We had a wonderful day, and I thoroughly enjoyed the girls.  What a fun way to celebrate Rebecca’s 14th birthday!  Of course, if you ask Rebecca, she’s only turning 12.  That’s a blog entry for a whole other day.  🙂

– L

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