Mommy's boy all the way

The sky was very threatening this morning and clearly it was a day to spend indoors, sooooo off to the outlet mall we went. Brendan lasted in the stroller approximately 5 minutes and after that he was either dragging me along in his wake or I was dragging him. This boy does not know how to just walk, lol. He had a great time touching every item he could get his hands on and inhaled a huge slice of pizza in nothing flat. He also entertained everyone in Victoria's Secret. He grabbed handfuls of thong undies and shouting through the store "I'm picking out underwear for Mommy." He lay down on the floor and wouldn't get up. I told him I was going to count to 5 and by the time I got to 4 I leaned down to start to pull him up and he told me "No, you didn't get to 5." But the best was when one of the salesgirls came over and told him he was very cute. He gave one of his usual friendly responses of "No." She said to him "Can't I say hi to you?" and he replied, "No, I love Mommy". Now you can't beat that kind of faithfulness can you?



I guess Brendan was taking a lesson from the birds we saw in the grass around the outlet mall. They were right up close to the highway and road into the mall, and they had little babies following them!! They were just so adorable, all going together in a row after the Mommy bird. I'm such a city girl I don't usually see sights like this. They look like ducks but I'm not sure what kind of birds they are, but they love their Mommy and so does my big boy.