My small group leader, or kindof co-leader now, Erica’s daughter Maddie just turned 10 last Friday. I love this girl. She is like the COOLEST 10 year old I know. I knew I wanted to get her something for her birthday, but I didn’t really know what to get her. It’s been a while since I was ten, and i certainly don’t think iZone cameras are cool anymore. For those of you who didn’t know me when I turned 10, that is the ONLY thing I wanted for my birthday. (i got it for Christmas a few months later, by the way)
Anyways. Some stuff has been going on in her home life lately, so I knew I wanted to take her out for her birthday. I could go take her shopping for her gift. Ehh. Go cruise the mall for an hour. Ehh. Go out to lunch. Ehh. I got it! We’ll go get manicures. PERFECT! So that’s exactly what we did.
I picked her up about noon, we headed to the nail salon, we both got our nails done, and we got to hang out and just talk for like two hours. It was awesome. I’m an only child. I never got to be a big sister, or have one. And Maddie only has two older brothers, so she hasn’t either. It was so much fun. We talked about school, about her entrepreneurship in a bracelet table she sets up outside with her friend. We talked about boys. About girls. I showed her how to put new numbers in her cell phone. We talked about all kinds of stuff. And. I decided to make it a monthly adventure with just us girls. It was cheap, and it only takes a few hours. And less than that if they do our nails at the same time.
Her mom is so good to me, and has been such an amazing influence in my life. I really want to be there for Maddie. She’s such a sweet girl, and so much fun to just hang out with. I’m looking forward to our monthly outing. And I know she is too.
Oh and did I mention out nails looks super cute too? Not only did we bond, but we looked good doing it! Haha.
