Christmas Shopping With the Schultz'

Saturday afternoon, after the big Jelly Donut Event and dance classes we ventured out to the mall for our annual Christmas Shopping Event. It was a double event day . . . we slept well that night.

We always shop before Thanksgiving. Not because I'm Supermom, seeker of perfection. Mostly because Superdad really, really does not like going to the mall if we can't park in the first ten rows. So somewhere around our fifth year of marriage, I realized we could shop together and really have fun, if we did it before the big Christmas rush.

This year we started at The Elephant Bar.

Fueling our bodies before the big Schultz Christmas shop.

It's the perfect setting to prepare for our gift safari.

After bonding with the elephant fountain,

eating some salted noodles,

and downing a whole cup of un-diluted lemonade,

Sarah was ready to tackle the mall.

Kate needed a little extra energy.

Ballet class was a lot of work today.

Then the girls put on their camouflage.

and finished coloring their jungle pictures.

And we headed out into the concrete jungle.

Okay two things:

1. No there aren't any pictures of us shopping. We don't want to give away any surprises.


2. Yes, my kids ate jelly donuts for breakfast and then elephant bar for lunch. Sarah had salted noodles. Kate had a chicken quesadilla. For dinner we poured some Coke in a bowl and let them dig into the left over Halloween candy. And I wonder why my kids do things like this:

Okay, I'm kidding.

I am supermom,

I would never let my kids have Coke.

Halloween candy for dinner . . . I'm not telling.