pancake Saturday

It seems that this will be the last rainy and cold weekend of the year.  I'm sure we'll have more rain - but the temperatures have dropped unusually and they are even maying snow tomorrow.  

We went to the mall - otherwise known as the abyss - and got sucked into an electronic store that sold Disney products and walked out 45 minutes later with bayram toys.   We have been saying no toys for them other than Christmas and birthdays - but just had to give me a look and I broke down.  Teoman had already picked out a designer cup (not a toy) but when I said he could pick a small toy he threw his arms around me saying, 

"Thank you mom!"

Even Tuana, who'd fallen asleep in the car, woke up in time to pick her own toy.  We walked around some, doing errands: Teoman got a hair cut, we bought coffee for now and coffee for home, Tuana rotated between the stroller, our arms, and walking with us holding her hands.  As she got tired, she'd get frustrated and bite the hand that was holding her.  We watched the scuba man inside the huge fish tank, cleaning the side walls and waving at us.  Tuana giggled and squealed.