School drop off on Thursday night went good. Madi got to meet all four of her teachers, choose her desk (which is right next to her friend Elizabeth) and drop off her supplies. It was hectic doing it with all three girls and with all the crowds. Madi's room was much easier to deal with than Riley's room. There was much to label in Riley's room and parents/kids everywhere. Took an hour to do both girls and then we went home.
Today my parents had a Julia day so the girls spent quite a bit of time playing games this morning. Then I took Madi to Stonebriar.
Her bras were digging into her on the sides and so I looked up a few stores online to see what they had for tweens. It's a hard age to shop for because either they are marketed great, but not good quality or they are really cheap from a cheap store or they just can't be found in tween sizes. Same goes for shoes - not many good places to get them from where they will work well without breaking.
We got her other bras at Justice until they became uncomfortable. Then found some sale ones at Target and those lasted until recent when she has needed new ones. I looked at Aerie, the American Eagle panty/bra place. It's awesome!! And they have started to carry small tween sizes in their basic lightly lined bras. To top it off, all their bras were 40% this week.
So I put Jules down for her nap and Jeremy stayed home with her and Riley. Madi and I had a ton of fun going to shop for girly stuff. She felt weird at first shopping in such an adult store. Most of the bras are for much larger cup sizes. I just reminded her that they carry very small bras too and that she'd find them soft and super comfortable. She tried on some sports bras and the soft regular bras and loved them! It was cute to see how happy she was about how nice they are. She's so very excited about them. And I think it's great to be able to give her a good self image as her body is changing in this way. She's very comfortable in her own skin and that's definitely a good thing! And there is nothing like a great bra!!
We got her three regular bras and two sports bras since they were on sale. And since we got five, she'll get a coupon for a free one in the mail! (Though I may use that one for myself as it could come in handy!)
We also looked at Justice and Gap Kids and Children's Place for panties. Either they didn't have her size or they were made out of polyester/spandex/rayon and I am a big believer that cotton is the way to go as to comfort and keeping infections away.
Madi and I then did the grocery shopping at Walmart. We found some cotton panties. Got some good snacks for school and lunch box containers with ice in them. The girls will be bringing their lunches this year. Last year, it was more affordable to have Madi buy. This year there are two of them and it is not likely that they will both get full off of the school meals. Even last year, Madi would end up not eating all her lunch and be hungry by the time school ended. We'll still do snacks after school, but we're going to try to keep costs down by doing sandwiches with three sides: a fruit, chips/granola bar and gummies/cookies.
We're also doing lunches from home because we have added about 160 new students to our school. Lunch lines will be very long which means a lot less time to eat. This way the girls will have plenty of time to eat their lunch and won't have to stand in line. We got Madi a new water bottle that should work great as well. And she'll get a new lunchbox tomorrow with my parents - I'll send money for it. Riley has a new lunchbox that will work awesome.
Tomorrow we'll go to church in the morning and then drop Riley and Madi off at my parents' house to have lunch and then go shop for a new outfit for their first day. The girls are really excited about it!
Madi loved seeing all of you and was thrilled to see Micah and how big he is now. He's so cute!
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