girl's day

this year kate got to choose a friend and have a fun "girl's day" for her birthday.

naturally she wanted to bring peyton...so off we went!

first we to build-a-bear to make some new "friends" (cheesy!). peyton was great! she walked straight to a pink bear and said that was the one she wanted. but kate...oh.my.sweet.kate!! she spent OVER 35 minutes trying to decide which one she wanted. it was a good thing it was her birthday is all i have to say!! she FINALLY choose a lamb (which i kept telling her was not ideal for the little outfits...but WHATEVER!) next they picked out cute dresses. happy to report this only took kate about 15 minutes....peyton walked right up to the one she wanted and didn't even look at any other ones (maybe she had some time while kate was still picking out her lamb!) then it was time to stuff and add a heart. the sweet lady helping them was really cute and made such a big deal that it was kate's birthday. she was going on and on about taking care of their new friends and telling them silly little things....like they needed to kiss and hug the heart so their new friends would always feel love....but both kate and peyton kept looking at her like she was crazy. it was hard not to laugh! peyton went first and jumped right up to step on the button to start the stuffing process. unfortunately it makes a really loud noise and kate wanted no part of it. so peyton got to stuff kate's too. then it was time to "wash" them...again another loud noise...so peyton was on double duty again. after all the fluff was gone, the girls got to dress them. kate wanted the matching panties...her lamb's bum was showing! i tried to get peyton to pick out a pair for her bear, but she was cool with just the dress....maybe kate should take notes?!

  

after we finished up we were all hungry (we were there for a REALLY long time!) so we headed over to california pizza (note to self...don't try to drag two hungry little girls trying to carry build-a-bear boxes on a really hot day from one end of gateway mall to the other....whining will occur!) we made it to the restaurant and luckily didn't have to wait for a seat! our waiter brought out the bread and butter and those girlies devoured it! i couldn't butter the sour-dough slices fast enough! kate ordered a cheese pizza and peyton ordered a pepperoni (which she immediately picked off when she got it...which made me smile...maybe she's not perfect after all!) they both ordered sprite (and of course i quietly asked the waiter to bring kate a water too...because that's what she will really drink! she just thinks she likes sprite!) after our yummy food the girls both got a sundae (don't tell kate her's was really the same...i told her it was her birthday sundae!) they each took about two bites!

 then we headed back to the other side of gateway to play in the fountains...no whining this time...i think they were too stuffed! i have to say, the fountains were not a big hit! kate was worried she would get water in her eyes and peyton slipped and landed right on her bum. i think they were both too tired and too full to even try to run around. i didn't complain...it was so hot outside! so we loaded back into the car and headed home. the time spent in the car was enough to rejuvenate their little bodies and they wanted to play in the pool on our back patio...so that's how they finished up their fun-filled day!

 my favorite part of the day....watching kate tell EVERYONE it was her birthday! 

she completely loved all of the attention!!!