Girls Day Out...

It all started a few weeks ago, when Karen told me to reserve today for Brynn to join Carter at Libby Lu. I had no idea what that was but Carley quickly let me know that it caters to young girls and involves makeovers... princesses and rock stars. So I asked Brynn if she wanted to be made into a princess and if you know Brynn, you know she immediately scrunched up her nose and started to say something tomboyish so I said, "How about a rock star?" and she became very excited for the day to come.

Knowing Carter would be dressed up I told Brynn yesterday she would need to dress up a bit from the standard shorts and t-shirt. This morning when I reminded her, she excitedly said, "I know. I can wear my Mickey Mouse Star Wars shirt." Hmmm, not sure a girl in a black, boy-cut t-shirt has ever been in Libby Lu. Not a great start.

But it was a GREAT day. When we got there, the girls chose matching sparkly dresses and then went to pick out their hairstyles. Carter went with a modified up-do and Brynn decided on Hannah Montana. Here is the "real" Hannah Montana, in case, grandparents, you haven't been keeping up on recent preteen idols:

Nails were done (pink glitter), eye-shadow applied (Brynn picked blue, Carter pink), accessories were chosen (Carter chose a microphone and Brynn chose a microphone headset), and sparkling stars were added to the hair.

Then came Brynn's final touch, the Hannah Montana wig. It was the shiniest, most golden hair piece I have ever seen and nothing like anything I have ever seen on an Asian girl with a deep tan (in spite of wearing 50 sunscreen). And here the girls are in their full glory...

What a hoot! She loved it, though she said frequently that it was itchy. The girls then paraded around the store in a mock fashion show, posed for pictures, and picked out prizes for the day.

Then they changed back into their clothes (the dress was the only thing that they could not keep; yes the wig is now ours for good) and we walked around the mall, went to lunch and then to Krispy Kreme where the girls performed a concert for the patrons, singing the same one-sentence lyrics over and over ("I wanna be a rock star" though sometimes it was "I don't wanna be a rock star."). Carter had a mellow, relaxed tone and style and Brynn demonstrated the hip-hop version of the song. Hysterical. Here are a few "back to real life pictures":

The girls chatted until they could chat no more and applied lip gloss and eyeshadow until they were just exhausted!

It was a great day! Thank you Karen and Carter! Happy 4th birthday Carter!