Mom treated Anna and Emilie (and Laura and Me) to a day at the Amercian Girl Doll Place in Chicago. What a deal that place is! It was a fun drive and fun for the girls to be in the middle of down town Chicago and see the tall buildings. The store itself is just off Michigan Avenue and is three levels of American Girl Mania. We had a very cute lunch at the American Girl Cafe, did some shopping and took a few of Laura's dolls (from when she was a kid) to the Salon to get a bath and a new hairdo. Derek rolls his eyes at all of this, but the girls loved it! Grandma treated them to a new outfit for their dolls on top of all of it. (Thank-you, grandma!) Both the girls crashed out on the ride home in the car but it was a lot of fun. Anna learned that there are only 3 American Girl Doll stores in the country-- New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. What?? Los Angeles?? She realized quickly that we were moving back there soon. Guess where she (and now of course Leah) want to go for their birthdays?
Emilie and Anna with their dolls at lunch. The dolls each go their own chairs, a plate and a cup.
Emilie and Anna with their dolls at lunch. The dolls each go their own chairs, a plate and a cup.
Amid the seemingly endless collection of outfits and accessories.
Girls-in-practice. Shopping on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
This is the salon. There were at least a half dozen of these chairs where the salon workers would put the dolls to clean them up and do their hair. This doll is one of Laura's (now Emilie's) that is over 15 years old. She needed some serious work but she looks marvelous now!
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Sandy! It's Elizabeth Roth! I finally found you. Did Derek tell you we saw him a few weeks back in CA. Anyhow Carter still talks about Jack b/c we are naming our soon to be (maybe this week) boy Jack as well. And he still has the fire hat Jack got him. We hope to see you someday now that you are in CA and your sister lives here =)! my email is earoth@sbcglobal.net
Take care and the kids are precious!
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