Arriving at the American Girls Place: Lauren and Molly, Emma and Nellie, Jen and Samantha, Audrey and Kirsten. (We met four other girls and three other moms there.)
Lunch at the cafe--with special seats for the dolls too! The napkin rings were pony holders to bring home.
Dessert--and flowers to keep for our hair.
Then it was time to shop and see all the neat stuff. Both Terri and I decided that even though we're not the target audience, we'd like to start collecting dolls for ourselves too. (Josephina's telescope really works and Samantha's ice cream maker really makes ice cream!)
We saw the show and bought the CD so we can sing along. Plus the CD has all the dialog from the show too.
At the end of the day, the girls decided they'd all done pretty well! One girl walking by said, "I wish I had a mom like theirs!" And another girl said, "Look at all of the stuff they got, Mom!" Her mother quickly pointed out how many girls there were to merit so many bags.
We did pretty well. We'd decided beforehand that the girls could each get a new doll (Jess for Audrey and Samantha for Emma). They've been saving up for a long time and were able to buy the dolls themselves. So except for a couple of little things I bought for the girls (Coconut the dog for Audrey and Licorice the cat for Emma) we stuck to what we said we'd do.
My mother always told me to make a good list and stick to it when grocery shopping so you don't go over budget. It works pretty well for the American Girl Place too!
Sooooooooooooooooo cute!!! Wow...I am excited to exit the Thomas the Tank Engine/Disney Princess stage and enter a whole new "dolly" world. I keep hearing about this phenomenon...guess we'll get there in a few years! Glad you had so much fun with the girls!!!
Posted by: Heidi | June 28, 2006 at 08:13 PM
Can I tell you that I have been in love with American Girl since their pre-Mattel phase? I was so excited when we had a girl! Now I can buy to my heart's content. Whe are still at the Bitty Baby stage, but a few more years and well be onto the 18"-ers, lol!
Posted by: Shannon | June 29, 2006 at 06:12 AM
That looks like so much fun!
I'd love to have mother-daughter days.
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