Stickers

Tonight I went to Michael's to get some items to make a present for my friends and while there my mom and I saw that some of the American Girl stickers were on sale. My mom let me get several to put on a frame this week that will hold pictures from all my American Girl trips. Since I get out of school a lot earlier then my siblings she has been letting me get different things to keep me busy during the week.

Present from LA

Tonight my brother came over after coming back yesterday from California, and he brought me back a gift from the American Girl LA store for my birthday! I got two different shirts for my dolls that say LA on them. I was really excited to get these because for his work he travels to different states and when he was in New York he refused to go because he said that he did not want to make his co workers wait on him (they were only in Manhattan for the night). I was OK with him not going to the New York store because I have gone there three times before and have a shirt from there but I have not been to the LA store but want to really bad! He said it was really cool in there and that California "revoked his man card" for going into the store :)

The black on I also have from when I went to New York last year but I don't have any like the red shirt which is awesome! He also got the that the birthday goodie bag sack that has the sparkly stars on it instead of being plain and a bunch of the stickers that they give out sometimes. I get happy with anything from American Girl! I keep waiting for when they will announce when the Houston one will open!!!!!

My mom told me that when my brother got to the store he called her to ask what I wanted and he kept talk back and forth between her and the sales worker to find where the shirts were and stuff. He asked a bunch of questions like "Do you have anything else that says LA on it?" and she said "No" and my mom told him to say "Well New York at least had hats for adults". He also told her that I had 21 doll and he said her face was shocked. Which reminds me of when my mom placed the reservation for my birthday dinner at American Girl the lady asked how old her daughter was and when my mom said that I was turning 19 she was also shocked. Its sad that I am used to it by now but I don't care! Oh and I also got stuff from Bath and Body Works and a gift card for there from them too.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today was my 19th birthday! This morning started off early so that my family could help at function for Homeless and low-income families in Dallas. So all morning it did  not feel like it was my birthday at all! What was planned for my birthday was that we would eat a nice dinner as a family and not do a big party because I am going to go to the opening of the American Girl store in Houston when it opens. It stink that they don't have an opening date yet.

Because I knew that I was going to be going to Houston I "knew" that I was not going to do much or get presents from my mom because when I go to Houston I will get my 22nd doll! But little did I know that my mom scheduled for dinner at the Dallas American Girl Bistro! She tried to invite my friends even without me knowing but most had college finals so they were still away at school or graduations/proms.

It was cool with me because then my sisters were able to go. I was given $50 to spend at American Girl which I bought McKenna's School outfit and the white capri pants. We also did the cake and I got a goodie bag (which I was excited about). The goodie bag came with a tee shirt for dolls, a fake balloon, a book (kind of like the table talkers at the tables) and a small doll sized bag and stickers for the doll. The cake was yummy like always!

A girl that I used to play softball with was working in the Bistro which was interesting because I have never "known" anyone who worked there before. It was a lot of fun being silly with my sisters and being able to go to American Girl again!

 Maddie got this frame for me at Micheal's for today!

When we got home we had more cake but this time it was a cookie cake. Then later my best friend came by and we were able to catch up on everything! Oh and I my mom also got me a charm from James Avery for my charm bracelet. The charm is of a birthday present.

Dance Moms

 This is Paige from Dance Moms

 This picture is of Hannah from Dance Moms Miami

 This is a picture I took from one of the episodes. It is hard to tell but McKenzie is holding an American Girl.

I love to watch any show about dance and because of this every Tuesday I sit infront of the tv and watch either Dance Moms or Dance Moms Miami. I was looking at the pictures on their website and found some familar faces! American Girl dolls! I don't have a picture of it but an online video of one of the girls rooms shows her having about 5 dolls on her shelf including Lanie.

Braids

I went and saw the hunger games at midnight when it can out. I did my sisters hair like Katniss' for the premiere. Monday I figured out how to do it to myself and then yesturday my roommate was trying to do the waterfall braid on her hair. the only problem is she cant french braid. While she saw trying to figure it out I decided to try it out and luckily i have my favorite doll right by my bed to try it on! I was able to figure it out in less than 5 minutes and it was really easy on Samantha. Then I did it on my roommate and it looked awesome!

Trying the hairstyle on Samantha first was like when I was in 6th grade and I did a "How To" project and my topic was french braids so I was able to do it on Samantha and show the class. I learned how to regular braid when I was about 5 years old on my cabbage patch doll named Baby Kay-kay at my grandparents lake house. She did not have much hair but it was enough to do a small braid.

Mary Casanova

 Right when it was are turn it was time for her break. We had to wait 10 minutes for her to come back.

 My sister held Jess for me!

 I loved that they had American Girl embroidered on the table cloth.

 Here are some pictures of the new outfits. I could not get a picture of all the outfits because we were in a rush.

 I have not read this book but I plan to over summer!

Here is the page she signed when I first saw her so I also had her sign the back on the authors page.

For the pictures you can tell that on Saturday I went to see Mary Cassanova at the American Girl Dallas Store! We got there and bought McKenna's 2nd book then got in line to get them signed. I brought 6 books: Jess, Ceclie, Chrissa, Chrissa Stands Strong, McKenna, McKenna Ready to Fly. These are all the books she has written for American Girl so far. For Chrissa's and Jess's book(s) I had her sign the back authors page and for the other ones I just had her sign the front. They also gave out bookmarks that she signed but I did not take a picture of it. 

She went on the American Girl cruise with her husband. The only time she did not have to be ready for pictures or autographs was when she was in her room! But she said that everyone was respectful of her time. She said that there has been rumor of another American Girl cruise since the first one sold out in 48 hours! I hope they do, because even if I don't get to go I like seeing pictures from others trips. TO say the least I enjoyed it a lot and spent 7  minutes talking with her which is not a whole lot but compared to the others it was.