Julie

Since yesterday was a holiday and Ashlyn was off from school, I decided to have a little mommy-daughter (plus Carter) date and go down to the American Girl Doll Store at The Grove. Ashlyn was SO excited. She has been saving her money for a good 5 or 6 months waiting for something she really really wanted to buy. For a while I thought she would save it forever. But no. She finally found something worth spending it on. And spend it she did. Down to the last $5.00. And she was more than happy to do it. I've never seen her part with money so easily. But she came home with Julie's pet bunny "Nugget", pj's for Julie, a breakfast in bed kit for Julie, and a sweatshirt and pants outfit for Julie. Boy oh boy...this Julie is one lucky doll.

Ashlyn standing in front of a basketball outfit she is debating about buying for Julie. Julie does like basketball after all. But no, it didn't make the cut this time. Perhaps next visit.

This is Kanani. The new doll of the year.

After leaving that store we headed over to The Gap so she could spend her gift card she got from Pop for Christmas. She got two pairs of jeans and a new shirt. Then I told her I'd take her to lunch, but she chose to get a pretzel instead. So we got a pretzel, sat and chatted while we ate it and then headed home. I just love hanging out with this cute girl. She is getting so old and so fun to be with. She has lots of stories to tell. She's so patient and kind and never gets upset when something doesn't go her way (like for example, we couldn't go on the trolley at The Grove because I had Carter with me and couldn't unload and hold everything by myself. I felt bad, but she just said, ok, and then went on talking about her new things she got for Julie). I'm so proud of her and look forward to many more mommy/daughter dates in the future.