Emma and Aunt Carrie's Day of Fun!

In this earlier post, I talked about my sweet niece's 7th birthday party.  Her present from us this year was a day full of fun as outlined by her.  (Serge and I were supposed to take her out together, but instead he got to spend the day at jury duty.  I bet you can guess which one of us had more fun!)

I had such a blast listening to all her jokes and stories and doing the things that she wanted to do.  This is a new tradition, that I know Emma will look forward to each year, but not as much as I will. I hope she never outgrows wanting to spend the day with her aunt!

We started out the day seeing "Kitt Kittredge: An American Girl" at the movie theater.  We got to watch a girly movie, eat popcorn and meet the Chik-fil-a cow.  It was a great beginning to our day!  Then this sweet girl wanted to go to Olive Garden for lunch where she ordered, wait for it......salad!  This girl loves some salad, and breadsticks! :)

 Next, we headed over to PetSmart, to look at some fish and a possible puppy for Uncle Serge.  Sadly, there are no animals in the store for adoption unless it's a weekend.  

Now, if you don't know this smart and adorable little girl, then you don't know what a reader she is.  At lunch I mentioned taking her somewhere fun (meaning the park) and she got all excited and asked "Is it Barnes and Noble??!!!?".  I laughed and told her it wasn't, but that I thought we could make a pit-stop there.  To Emma, reading is one of the most fun things in the world, and who wouldn't want to encourage that?  She was so excited walking in and found a few books that Aunt Carrie just couldn't let her leave the store without.

After leaving Barnes and Noble, I glanced back at her at the red light, and had to take this picture.

Then, we headed over to the park for a few minutes.  It was so hot and a school bus full of kids showed up shortly after us.

Next we stopped at a grocery store for some cold drinks and I let her get some treats from the bulk candy section at the front of the store.  We got a bag for Oren, too, because we didn't want him to feel left out.

After this we were both exhausted and happy, so we headed for home.  What a fun and special day with a precious little girl!!  

One last photo to leave you with.....Emma greeting Uncle Serge when he got home from his "day of fun".

 As my Mom would say, "My cup runneth over...".