Summer is coming to a close so we took the train downtown for a last hurrah with some neighbors. Maddi and Emily with their American Girl dolls, Kit, are showing off one of their favorite dresses on Michigan Avenue. I don't remember what it's called, but they have dresses all over Michigan with really cool designs. This one is made of flowers.
Cade with his goofy smile with one of his favorite Lego creations at the Lego store. They have some really cool things built at the store. Cade tolerates the shopping and American Girl lunch because I buy him Legos to entertain him. We did find out though that American Girl has gameboys for kids to borrow for 2 hours while you shop at the store (yes, you can spend 2 hours there!). We'll try that next time!
Eating lunch at the American Girl Cafe from left to right, Kara and her doll, Emily and her two dolls (the one on the left got a new hairdo after lunch to tame her frizz), Maddi and her doll, and the boys..Kyle and Cade. While we were eating Brett called to tell us a tornado was on the the way. We weren't sure if we should stay in the big buildings with all the glass or get on the train. When it stopped raining we got on the bus to get back to the train and we made it home just in time and never got wet. We had some serious storms as soon as we got in the car to get home. Some of the trains were shut down right after we left because of fallen trees and power failure. We counted our blessings that day.
Emily with her doll at the hair salon. American Girl is genious. They sell hair kits for the girls to curl and style their hair. This causes major frizzing and tangling to the hair so you take it to the salon to have it styled for $10-20. Then you go home and play with it again to get it frizzy and bring it back to the salon, etc.. They actually did a great job with her hair and she looked like a new doll.
Maddi's purchase was a Halloween cat costume for her doll. It's actually really cute even though I can't stand cats. Maddi wants to be a matching black cat for Halloween. There were so many things Maddi wanted but after much thought (she's horrible at making a decision) she settled on this and a swimsuit.
I want to know how we all survived and actually enjoyed hour childhood without going to American Girl. Not to mention we had to do without Libby Lu, Build a Bear and others. What will our children tell their children they had to to without?
Another fun trip to the city. Cade is begging to go back to Navy Pier and Lincoln Park Zoo so I'm sure we'll be back again before too long.
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