My girls are BIG into the American Girl dolls and stories. Of the 13 historical character dolls, we have 8. We have Kit, Samantha, Nellie, Kirsten, Felicity, Molly, Julie, and Ivy. We also have a lot of Kit's furniture and accessories and Felicity's horse, Penny. And of the 6 girls of the year, we now have 3--Jess, Nicki and now Mia!!
Mia is the Girl of the Year 2008 and she is special to us because my youngest sister is named Mia and to me, this doll really favors her! As soon as we saw that she was going to come out 1/1/08, the girls started saving their money and making plans to get her. They've also been wanting to check out the American Girl Bistro & Boutique in Atlanta so we decided to make the trip!
It was really neat! Though it's not as big and extravagant as the American Girl Place in New York, Chicago and LA (no theatre, etc.), it was still nice to see all that they had. The displays set up for each character were lavish, the book section extensive and the doll hair salon interesting. But the place was T I N Y! And crowded! We did not get to eat at the bistro because Mommy wasn't sure we'd want to eat there and so I didn't make reservations. But we spent some time looking around. I learned a few tips on fixing the doll hair without paying the $20 to actually get a doll's hair styled (Hello? I don't pay that much to get MY hair styled!) We took a few pictures and most importantly, we got Mia!
Here are some pictures to share:
Along for the trip to get the new member of our American Girl family is Nicky, one of Brooke's favorite's and Kit, Kayti's absolute favorite.
The doll hair salon...
Brooke posing in front of Samantha's disply. Samantha is Brooke's favorite historical character doll. (Nicky, her other favorite is a girl of the year! You know you have to keep this stuff straight! LOL)
Kayti posing in front of the Kit display (did I mention Kit is her FAVORITE!!!) We already knew that the Kit movie is coming out in July and we got to watch the trailer. But we also learned that they are coming out with a doll for Ruthie, Kit's friend in June. It just so happens to coincide with Kayti's birthday which is June 24 so guess what she wants!
The girls posing outside the store with Mia. Check out the pictures of Mia in the store window!
To keep the boys from dying of boredom, we agreed to go to Bass Pro Shops after we were done at the American Girl Store. But we first had to grab a bite to eat at Mommy's favorite restaurant, Joe's Crab Shack!
Now I'm after Jeff to build some shelves in the girl's room so we don't have to keep stashing all this neat American Girl stuff in the closet! I am not holding my breath though. LOL
Blessings!
That is just too cool! I bet they had a fabulous time! How many AG dolls do they own now?
ReplyDeleteAltogether--11!
ReplyDeleteWow! Very cool! I want some of the outfits for them!
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