Mall Rats

After taking naps Tuesday afternoon, we met my parents and B5 (my brother's family) at Oak Park to use the Build-a-Bear gift cards my parents had gotten all of the younger kids. Brady picked out a koala bear (and named him Joey) and Brett picked a puppy dog (and named him Harry).

As a sidebar - Ed got his nails done before we made the animals. . . . . (and no, he hasn't shaven since we started holiday break on Dec. 23rd!)

And after we made the animals, we saw my dad had found a seat in the middle of the mall (no surprise there!).

We celebrated Becky's bday at Margarita's and then called it a night!

The next morning the kids and I headed back to the mall to meet Dedra and Susan and their 5 kids. Susan and her family (who live in Oregon) were back in KC visiting her family for the holidays. The kids played and we had lunch in the food court, before Dedra and I tried to make our way through some shops before realizing all the boys wanted to do is look up skirts and laugh at the mannequins. I've never heard so much "potty" talk - 4/5-year-old-boys think "butts" and "poop" are VERY funny!