American Girl Birthday!

On Friday afternoon, Dana came and picked us up!  We were surrounded by some happy, squealing girls!  They were so excited!  We reached the hotel and checked in.  Laurel and Ava got to walk the pink carpet, doing their best princess wave and they checked in by themselves. :)

Then we headed to the room where another surprise was waiting!

 Laurel is saying, "Ummm..... do we get to keep these beds?!"

We didn't tell them until the end of the trip that they did get to take the beds home!

We left and went to the American Girl Store.  You would have thought that we were taking them to Disney World.  They were so excited!  There was so much to see. They did not know where to start!

 The store is so beautiful!  It was like walking through an American Girl museum. 

 Laurel got "McKenna's" ears pierced!  I have to insert a sweet story here.  When we got home from this little trip, Savannah asked her daddy if he could pierce her doll's ears.  She has a Target doll, which she loves very much!  Her daddy got a drill and pierced her doll's ears also. 

After we left the store, we went upstairs in the mall and ate at the food court.

Then they were begging to ride the carousel!

Then we just walked around the mall and acted silly!

We got back to the hotel around 9:00 and changed into our swimsuits to go to the indoor pool.  But before we went there was a knock on the door with another surprise!

They delivered cookies for the girls and their dolls.

The girls swam until 11:00!

We had some worn out, happy girls.  These girls will forever remember this trip!  Happy 10th birthday, Ava and Laurel!