Trip to American Girl–Chicago

My mom and I thought it would be fun to take Sami for a special day of shopping at American Girl in Chicago. We took the train in. We always meet my mom at her house first. It is just easier to start the day together. Sami was a little sleepy, but she was so excited to go she didn’t complain at all about getting up so early. Mitchell and his girlfriend Jorden offered to watch Skylar so Sami could have a special day all of her own.
On the agenda was getting Kirsten all fixed up. Kirsten was my doll-so she is pushing 20 years old! I loved her so much, but I loved her from a shelf. I was SO proud to have her I didn’t want her hair messed up or her clothes to get a wrinkle. After our first trip to American Girl when Sami was 4 I gave Kirsten to her. Sami has loved her in a different way. She took her braids out almost immediately. They make the hair for the dolls a lot better now…so poor Kirsten needed a hair appointment! Ha!
Sami chose to get her hair put back the way it was. All of the ladies who worked there kept commenting on how great the doll looked for being an original.
So Kirsten sat down for some pampering…

Sami really enjoyed chatting with the stylist, and she gave her a few tips and pointers on how to take care of her dolls hair. I think she looked pretty cute when she was all fixed up…

Speaking of getting fixed up. As you can see in the above picture her right leg is out of socket. Sami and I had been discussing checking her into the hospital. The only downside-it takes awhile to get your doll back. Usually about 3 weeks they said. Sami wasn’t too sure she could handle her doll being away that long, but after seeing the cute hospital down she will come home in she decided she would survive! Ha! So…we checked her in…

They all had on white lab coats, and the lady helping us had on a “doctor” name tag. I thought it was pretty cute! So we took of her dress and helped her into her gown.

By this time it was time for lunch! Sami and Nana had eaten here before, but it was my first time. It was SO fun!

Sami had brought her “My American Girl” to eat with us. I thought those little chairs for the dolls to sit at the table we SO cute! I bought the girls each one for home…but sadly they don’t fit our table!!!  

They bring the food out in courses which is always fun. While you wait they have little conversation starters. Nana and Sami had a lot of fun with those…

I asked the family next to us to take a few pictures of us all together…

Then they brought Sami’s favorite-the sticky buns!!!

Then it was time to shop!!! Sami was SO good in the store. She didn’t ask for ANYTHING. When Nana and I told her what we each planned on letting her pick out she got a little overwhelmed. It is a big store. She helped pick out an outfit for Skylar’s Bitty and finally decided on some things of her own. On the way out I realized we hadn’t gotten a picture by the star. Man has she grown…I didn’t realize how short her dress had gotten!

We walked down to the big Disney Store. We looked around while Nana ran down to the lego store. Then we took a taxi back to the train station. We were very squished with all of our shopping bags, but we made it work!!! Ha!
Poor thing was SO tired, but she never complained. Before we even left the station she had fallen asleep!

She has been playing with all of her outfits ever since!