Today’s mission was clothes shopping. We tried going yesterday afternoon but the kids just weren’t into it. All we could find were socks and underwear. The latest style for girls seems to be camouflage in all different colors. Kristine tried to talk me into some pink, white and grey camouflage pants that had a monkey embroidered on them. They even had a small stuffed monkey clipped to the belt loop. I had to put my foot down on that one. I told her absolutely no monkeys!! LOL! It was pretty much downhill from there after that so we decided to wait and try again today.
Today we had a lot of success. Kristine found some cute creme color camouflage pants which were much better and NO monkeys on them so she got those and found some cute jeans, tennis shoes, pajamas, etc. Olegs is a little more particular about his clothes. His jeans have to fit him just right and we went to three different stores to find him just the right pair of jeans. I felt like I had held up 100 pairs before I FINALLY held up a pair and got a big “YES” from him. That was a big relief. Then he found some Shaquille O’Neill tennis shoes that he liked.
Later in the evening, we got together with Ilga for dinner at a Japanese steakhouse. We had the hibachi meals where they cook at the table. Rob and I were so surprised when the kids tried everything, even sushi. They loved it when the chef made the table top flame up and tossed his utensils around. Our chef turned out to be a little klutzy. He tossed his knives and spatulas up in the air and dropped them a few times. We think he may have had a little too much of the Christmas punch or something. He made us a little nervous but things turned out fine. No one was sent to the hospital with a knife wound. LOL!
After dinner, we took Ilga to look at some nearby Christmas lights. A local college in our area decorates their whole campus and it’s fun to drive through. Kristine slept most of the way but Olegs was snapping away, getting the best pictures by sticking his head out of the sunroof. It was a fun time. When we got home and put the kids to bed, Rob and I put some of their wrapped presents under the Christmas tree. We want to see how long it takes them to notice. We asked them if they believe in Santa Claus and they said no. Kristine is quick to make quotation marks in the air with her fingers as she says "Robert is Santa Claus." They’re pretty smart and understand the whole Santa Claus myth. They may not believe in him but they’re quick to accept presents that are labeled “from Santa Clause”.
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