Little Model Mikayla

March 29, 2005

Today, Mike and I took Kelsey and Mikayla to do a little bit of shopping. We first  went to Payless Shoe Source. I got some new heels for church, Mike got some runners for working out, Mikayla got some brown and rainbow children's runners, and Kelsey got pink and white fairy tie up runners. Then Mikayla wanted to go to her absolute favorite shopping store, The Children's Place. We used the directory and tried to find it, but we couldn't find it anywhere. Mikayla was getting impatient and Kelsey was so tired, she was falling behind everybody else. We were looking for 15 minutes, until we asked the guy who worked at Best Buy where it was. He said it was outside the mall, just right outside. Then we walked out and spotted it. Mikayla cheered up and was excited to go. Kelsey, was still very tired. Then when we got there, Mikayla looked as if she were in Heaven. She loves buying new clothes and shopping. She isn't much of a toys kinda girl. She has high maturity levels for an 8 year old. I told her we had to get some jeans, so she picked out a nice pair of jeans, Size 9, and a cute green t-shirt to go with them. She tried them on in the change room, Mike waited outside, and Kelsey and I came in with her. When she was all dressed up, she was doing poses like a model for Kelsey. Then I put them in the bag, and we went out to look for some more. We found some pyjamas, a yellow tank top, with a navy pair of capri pants with rainbow butterflies on them. Mikayla did some more model poses for Kelsey and Kelsey clapped her hands. Then we added them to the bag. Kelsey waited in the change room, while I took Mikayla to find another thing to try on. She found a green and blue bikini bathing suit, a purple bathing suit cover with some designs on it, and flip flops with navy blue bottoms with colorful designs, and pink with a bow for the actual thing that holds your foot in. We went back to the change room, with Kelsey waiting quietly. Mikayla tried on the bathing suit and flip flops, first without the swim suit cover, then with it. She posed for Kelsey and once again, Kelsey clapped her little hands. Then we added that stuff to the bag. Then I took Mikayla and Kelsey out of the change room, to find more stuff. Then Mikayla found a rain coat she wanted. It was raincoat season, it is going from winter to spring and that's when the rain comes out. Then I got her a t-shirt and a long sleeved shirt to try on under it, to see if she could wear both. Mikayla tried the t-shirt and sleeved shirt on under the coat and both times, posed and did model stands for Kelsey. Little Kelsey clapped her hands and agreed she was enjoying watching her sister be a little model. Then Mikayla found another outfit and tried it on. It fit, I let her wear it out and we would pay for it and then we ended the shopping trip. I told the girls that today was Mikayla's shopping day, tomorrow, as Mikayla's last day of spring break, we would go to Menchies, and then on Monday while Mikayla's at school, Mike and Lance are going to take Kelsey for her big shop. I did forget to mention, Lance came over for a little visit yesterday. He is leaving tomorrow night to get back to the military base. Kelsey is really happy to see Lance. Of couse, Mikayla is too, but Kelsey loves Lance the most. She and Lance had a good father-daughter relationship, that's why I feel so bad for Kelsey, that Lance and I divorced.