Brett and I were pulling out all the stops to give Kylie a very special 6th birthday. She's been asking for months for an American Girl Doll. They are $95 so we wanted to make sure that she was ready to be responsible enough to take care of one. She did prove herself responsible so we decided to surprise her with a trip to Chicago to go to American Girl Place on her birthday. Here she is reading the card Brett and I gave her, telling her about the surprise.
Kylie was thrilled and very surprised! Step one accomplished. Matthew was a good little boy, of course and was excited for Kylie as well.
The next morning, her actual birthday, we drove up to Chicago. The trip went smoothly, other then issues with the Ipass, which happens all the time - so frustrating. We get there and get parked. Then we head into the store and Kylie picks out Kirsten, the pioneer era girl. She loves her, I love her, everyone is happy. Kirsten is being retired this year so there weren't a lot of clothes to pick from which was too bad since Kylie had a lot of money from her b-day and her allowance. So she picked out a few outfits and then went upstairs with Brett to look for more clothes (the upstairs is the non-historical girls area). Matthew and I did some shopping and returned the Kirsten doll that I had ordered on-line as a precaution, in case Kirsten was out of stock. After making our purchases and finding Brett and Kylie, we left the store and walked around Water Tower Place for a little while.
We were fortunate enough to meet up with Grandma and Grandpa Mathews for lunch at the 95th Floor of the John Hancock tower. Such a fancy place. Food was ok but the view was excellent.
We were happy to see them and they were happy to be able to see Kylie on her birthday. After lunch, we walked around the area for a little while. Kylie and I were going for tea at the American Girl Cafe so we said our goodbyes and went back to the store. Matthew and Brett walked around, found a park to play in and then waited for us in the store.The tea was very elegant. They served plenty of food, little scones, breads, finger sandwiches and cinnamon rolls. Kylie had hot chocolate and I had water. Kirsten, who had her own chair at the table had air. There was a harpist playing beautiful music and many, many excited girls and their moms. Seemed like every girl was celebrating their b-day.
We also had dessert that was pretty yummy too. And the waiter and I sung to Kylie.
After tea we found Brett and Matthew and started our drive home. Kylie thanked us many times for "the most wonderful birthday of my life!" I hope she remembers this day forever!
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