Entertainment Music Mariah Carey Takes Her Daughter on Shopping Spree — and Monroe's Store of Choice Is Very Relatable! Carey revealed her daughter's choice of store for a shopping spree in her latest Instagram post By Joelle Goldstein Joelle Goldstein Twitter Joelle Goldstein is a TV Staff Editor for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with the brand for five years, beginning her time as a digital news writer, where she covered everything from entertainment news to crime stories and royal tours. Since then, she has worked as a writer-reporter on the Human Interest team and an associate editor on the TV team. In her current role, Joelle oversees all things TV and enjoys being able to say she has to watch The Kardashians, Dancing with the Stars and America's Got Talent for "work". Prior to joining PEOPLE, Joelle was employed at The Hollywood Reporter. She graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Television-Radio (and an appearance in the NCAA Women's Volleyball Final Four!) People Editorial Guidelines Published on September 10, 2019 11:30 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Mariah Carey‘s daughter Monroe is a girl after our own heart! On Tuesday, the “We Belong Together” singer, 49, revealed in an Instagram post that she recently offered to take her 8-year-old daughter on a shopping spree and allowed the youngster to pick her store of choice. Carey, who is known for her luxurious lifestyle and diva ways, might have expected her child to choose a high-end shop — but Monroe had other ideas. Instead, the 8-year-old opted to go to a familiar store that so many already love: Target! “Me: pick anywhere in the world you want to go to for a shopping spree,” she captioned the sweet photo which featured Carey smiling in Target alongside Monroe, who sat in the big red shopping cart. “My daughter: ” True to her ways, the singer dressed up her casual outfit of black pants and a T-shirt with a pair of stiletto heels and sunglasses, which she held in her hand. Mariah Carey Instagram Monroe’s store choice was later applauded by many of Carey’s Instagram followers, including Andy Cohen, Jennifer Hudson and the 8-year-old’s father, Nick Cannon. “Best ad for Target I’ve ever seen,” Cohen, 51, commented on the post. “Exactly!!! That’s my daughter!!! 🤣🤣🤣” wrote Cannon, 38, who also shares Monroe’s twin brother, Moroccan Scott, with Carey. “Oh don’t tell me yal [sic] target bandits like me and my boys !!!!!” Hudson, 37, added. Mariah Carey/Instagram Mariah Carey/Instagram Why Mariah Carey Wants to Keep Her Twins Grounded: ‘We Didn’t Have Money’ When I Was a Kid The shopping spree wasn’t the only fun outing that the mother-daughter duo have shared this week. Just one day earlier, the singer posted a photo with Monroe during a special night out together. “Date night with Miss Monroe 💖,” she captioned the shot of the pair together. Carey recently revealed in August that Monroe and Moroccan live a much different childhood than she did and that she tries to keep them grounded, despite being a successful singer-songwriter. “It’s hard, but I try to keep them grounded so they don’t think everything is just handed to them,” the pop star told PEOPLE of her 8-year-old twins. Mariah Carey Opens Up About Her “Tough” Childhood as She Celebrates 25 Years of Her Summer Camp “Right now it’s like, ‘I want this,’ and I’m like, ‘You’re asking me for something that costs $20.’ I can’t even imagine having, like, one dollar as a kid because we didn’t have money going around,” Carey continued. “So they have to appreciate those things.” Practicing what she preaches, Carey brought her twins to visit Camp Mariah, the career-awareness summer camp for low-income middle-schoolers in New York City that she sponsors through the Fresh Air Fund, to celebrate its 25th anniversary in August. “They’re a lot, but they give me so much love in return. I wouldn’t be the same person without them,” Carey said of the siblings, whom she affectionately calls Roc and Roe. “I think Nick and I have done pretty well in co-parenting, staying friends with each other so that we can talk.” Along with raising her children, Carey is currently writing a memoir, a process that she said has been “therapeutic” and “cathartic.” She also has an idea for a new album to follow 2018’s Caution, but currently, she’s planning a package to celebrate the upcoming 25th anniversary of her iconic holiday album Merry Christmas. After all, as the star put it: “Summers are great, but I always loved Christmas the most.”