SURPRISE!
This was such a fun surprise! My Nana LOVED American Girl dolls and I grew up with my Samantha doll and was fortunate to recieve most of her collection from Nana and my parents. She was my favorite doll and I played with her all the time. I still have her and she is now Avalyn's (and Kanani's best friends). I have been hiding the catalogue for years, until I thought Avalyn was mature enough to handle one- she cut Samantha's bangs when she was little. I finally let her see a catalogue in the fall and she was in LOVE! She wanted Kanani and that was it. I told her when she was 6, but Kanani would be gone before then so I let her ask Santa (Avalyn's birthday is Jan. 23). She was a big surprise on Christmas morning. I also decided that I wanted to surprise Avalyn with a visit to the American Girl store in Dallas for her birthday. She had no clue that such a place existed. American Girl is so much more than when I was little, my Nana and I would have loved this place back then. We probably wouldn't be back up that way before her birthday, so we headed to Denton with my sister and decided to make it a girl's day out at the galleria in Dallas. I wasn't able to get reservation for lunch (we'll be going back for that), but we made the most of it! It was a great day and Avalyn was so happy!
Still in a bit of shock as we walked in, I gave her a present! Matching American Girl Place (Dallas) shirts (I got on a Ciber Mon. sale) and earings for Kanani- yes the pierce the dolls ears there.
Going up to the boutique!
Waiting in line to get Kanani's ears' pierced!
Such a neat place, can't wait to go back- hopefully at a less busy time!
Ready to shop at the galleria- Avalyn has always LOVED to shop!
Avalyn and Milla (my sister's foreign exchange student from Italy) eating lunch!
In their new matching shirts on a lion Avalyn just had to have a picture with!
Girls' Day Out! Checking out the massive tree and ice skating rink!
Watching the ice skaters and playing with Kanani's hair!
One of Avalyn's favorite people- her cousin Hadley!
These picture were taken at the last minute on our way out- yes we were at the mall for a-long-time!
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