Molly's Birthday

Welcome to the teenage years, Molly!! Ahhh! 

Molly could not wait to open birthday presents! She's been wanting to repaint her room and do a little room makeover, and I kept telling her she needed to wait until her birthday because I had a gift that she needed to get up on her wall first before she started to redesign her whole room, lol. So she has been not-so-patiently waiting for her birthday for some time now. 

As always.....balloons, streamers, presents! Molly received a new sweatshirt, some crocs with croc charms, a slushie cup, shelves for her nail polish collection, candy, cards, cash, and a large wall mounted jewelry and makeup organizer. Oh! And an appointment at the hair salon to get highlights in her hair. 

Molly wanted to go to the mall with her friend for her birthday. And not just any mall, but the large mall in the Tri-Cities....almost 2 hours away. So needless to say, we were on a time crunch! Birthday breakfast was leftovers from Anthony's (she didn't mind!). Then we ran around all crazy getting all the chores done and getting ourselves ready for the day. We did our yearly traditional birthday measuring and marking on the height board, as well as photos with Mama and Papa in the front yard, and then we hit the road to pick up her friend! 

We got to the Columbia Center Mall in the Tri-Cities right at 11 when it opened up. It's been years since I've been in a real mall, so I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just as excited as the girls! haha

We shopped until we dropped. Well, not really. We were at the mall until about 2:30. And then headed to Target, Ulta Beauty, and then wrapped things up with a quick trip to Costco. I think we got out of the area by 4:15, which was awesome, as my goal was to be on the way home by 5 at the very latest so we could get home at a decent time. So we did good! 

The girls really enjoyed their time at the mall...as did Sam and I! We got some drinks and pretzels with cheese. We went in a whole bunch of stores.....some old favorites, some new ones. And we checked items off our "want" and "need" lists. I definitely could have spent more time at the mall....but you have to cap it at some point, lol. 

It made me happy to see Molly enjoying her time. 

Unfortunately, Molly's friend couldn't spend the night, so we dropped her off and continued on our way home. I think we got home at about 6:30. Plenty of time left to enjoy some birthday cake and then hang up her jewelry holder and nail polish shelves and do a bit of room organization before bed! Now she just needs to purchase her new paint color and get to work painting her room! 

Today we wrapped up the birthday fun when I took her to the hair salon for those highlights she's been wanting! She was sooo excited! They turned out amazing. I'll have to get a photo of her so show sometime soon. 

Love you, Molly Lynn. I hope you enjoyed your birthday! 

With love,

Mama Hauck