Last Saturday we conquered our first outing in the warmer weather, so today we decided to step it up a notch. After eating a hearty breakfast of rice cereal, apple sauce, and some yummy Alimentum, we loaded up the car and headed down to the Tanger Outlets in Commerce. Now, I have to admit that with everything that we have to pack for a thirty minute trip down the road, I was a little worried that this whole little adventure would turn into some Saturday Night Live skit on wheels. Fingers crossed, everyone!
Once there, we loaded up the boys in our trusty carriers and headed to the Carter's outlet. I love Carter's! They have cute clothes, and they aren't crazy expensive, which is pretty important when you are buying two of everything. Now, I know that I really don't HAVE to buy two of everything, but at this age, I still think it is cute if they match. Besides, this is probably the only time I'll be able to dress them alike, because when they get older, I know they won't want to wear the same things!
We ended up finding some cute buys for our summer beach trip, which included sunglasses, swimming trunks, and stylish "Great-Grandpa Don" hats (my grandpa always wears the best hats). Now, of course the boys begged us to let them go ahead and wear the swimming trunks, but we talked them into just the sunglasses and the hats. They were pretty OK with that.......
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| Mr. Ro Baby Cool |
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| Mr. J Smooth |
In fact, they thought they were too cool for words! They actually smiled when we first put the glasses on, as if to say, "so this is what we've been missing all of our lives!" We got lots of comments while walking around. One sweet man told us that they looked like movie stars.....which they are....obviously. :)
Before we left we also picked out our first birthday present for our friend, Parker. His birthday party is next weekend. It will be our first, so we'll see how that goes! Hopefully we will do just as good then as we did today! These boys sure are fun!
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| Ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhh! |
With the beautiful weather, Jody and I decided to load up the boys and "expose them to the real world." We decided to take a walk around the Clarkesville Square and visit some of the neat shops there. We thought about braving the outlets in Commerce, but in the end went with the less crowded and certainly less drama-filled option. Besides, I have a hard time with unwanted, germy hand touches. I tend to think ugly thoughts about others who touch my babies without washing their hands. (Such as, if you touch my babies' hands again, I will literally spray you in the face with Lysol.) See? That's not nice. It's no fun to have other people make you think crazy (yet, well justified) thoughts.
So, with a perfectly sane mommy in tow, off to Clarkesville we went!
First we went to Sweet B's and picked up a few cupcakes (which are super yummy, if you haven't been). We actually discussed ordering the boys' one year birthday cake. Yes. Crazy, huh? Now, I know the boys are only seven months old, but we've learned that if we want to get anything planned with twins, we have to start early!
Next, we walked down to a new shop called The Wishing Well. That place is precious! The boys did so well, and while we had several sweet people ask us about the boys, no one touched them. Success! The boys even helped me pick out this cute frame for one of their pictures.
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| I'm in love! Perfect! |
We ended our day with a side trip to Lowe's. After putting up with Mommy's cupcakes and gift shops, they deserved a little "manly" shopping, too. As always, the boys did great. They were in love with the light aisle, but started to get a little restless on the air filter aisle (or maybe that was me....). Either way, today we not only had fun, but felt like a real, independent family who actually gets out and does stuff!
Who knows, maybe next time we'll even try a restaurant!
And cue Jody's hysterical laughter........Now! :)
