To celebrate NO thumb/finger suckers in the house anymore, the girls and I took a very special trip to the Grove to have lunch at the American Girl store cafe! It was a trip several years in the making, but Lizzie just recently fulfilled the requirement. Elizabeth (the doll) and Maryellen got their hair professionally combed out, Betsy was admitted to the doll hospital for a new body, and Elizabeth, Maryellen, and Tib had an exhausting shopping trip, spending every penny their mommies had saved up for months (plus a bit from Grandma, aka me) on beautiful new outfits. They spent the entire hour and a half home (in traffic) playing delightedly with their new purchases.
I love the names!!!!
Right? And if the 1950’s American Girl sharing their grandma’s name isn’t enough, she’s also a polio survivor, so I’ve been able to talk to them a lot about their great-grandma. I really love how compelling the American Girl stories are and how much history my girls are learning from them.