What would a date with a 9 year old girl be without some good shopping?
Sarah's desire was to go to the tea room where Lizzy and I went. I let her choose our table, and for a while, no one else was there besides us! Sarah chose ham and cheese sandwich, scone, brownie, goldfish and fruit. I had the same as last time (since it was so good) Chicken Salad on a croissant with a yummy cran-feta-pine nut salad and scones! Sarah chose the tea room's most popular tea called San Fransisco. It was a blend of strawberry, ceylon, cinnamon and one other spice I can't recall. It was really unique! I took some time to talk to her about schooling, what she likes and doesn't like about it. She did say the only thing she wanted to change this next year was to teach Lizzy math. I keep reminding her if she really wants to do this, she can't give up after 2 weeks! She keeps telling me she won't, so I'll let her try. It should be interesting when older sister and younger sister stubbornness rears its ugly head!! Hmmmmmm.
After tea we walked up and down main street Sutter Creek. We went into all the little curio shops and the toy shop where Lizzy found her princess lunch box. At a cute little place(which smelled divine) called Tomorrow's Heirlooms, we found a bunch of the softest, cutest stuffed animals. Sarah preferred the alligator, but I settled on a zebra for baby boy #6. We continued on to the bookstore where Sarah and I really went crazy. She found a gift for Lizzy's 1/2 birthday party in July(a porcelain elephant) and chose an Encyclopedia Brown book for part of her gift. I found a baby album/1st year calendar for baby boy #6, as well, and a book of famous quotes for homeschooling. We also just had to get a book of 2,000 jokes and knock-knock jokes since she and Dan are so into them, but don't know many.
We left Sutter Creek and went up the hill to Wal-Mart where I bought her the Bakugan she wanted and one for each of the other kids. Bakugans are these transformer-like balls that pop open when placed on metal or a magnet. They are some weird Japanese toy and although I likely would never let the kids watch the TV show or use the website, they have fun playing with them. I do find it funny that this is what Sarah chose as her "treat" along with a book about a boy detective.
I have this to say about my Sarah: she is versatile in her tastes! We had a great couple of hours of one-on-one time and I am so thankful that the Lord provided both the means and the time for me to date each of my big kids on this vacation!
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Sounds like such a fun, "date," Jill!
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