Rockin' with my Ever-Cool Niece Lindsay

Last week, my super-cool 13 year old niece Lindsay came to visit me, along with her 7-year old sister Megan and my sister-in-law Nikki. While Megan spent the day visiting cousins John and Christopher at our house, Nikki and I took Lindsay school shopping at the Kenwood Towne Center. Oh, my!!! What a lesson it was for me!!! I consider myself a "hipper" aunt who is more able to "get giggy with it." (Do kids still say that??? If not, insert uproarious laughter here...)

What I Learned from a Day of Shopping with a Teenager

Things that are cool:

Apple

Vera Bradley purses and backpacks

trendy stores like Forever 21

all things 80's, including clothes that look like they were in the movie Flashdance

Toms shoes

Sperry shoes

Miss Me jeans

one-piece jumpers

owls

big, chunky necklaces on long chains

layering several shirts together

Things that are apparently NOT cool:

white Keds

pegging your jeans at the bottom

stonewashed denim

ordering your clothes from Land's End (like I usually do)

Aunt Kara's closet

Thanks for coming to see us Nikki, Megan, and Lindsay!!!