Wellie Wishers Birthdays

As the birthday months were approaching we came up with several ideas for parties but never quite seemed to land on one.  Ada has been asking for a Wellie Wisher doll for about a year and Ruby started saying she would like one too, so it dawned on me maybe I could talk them into taking a birthday trip to the American Girl Doll store instead of having parties this year.  I thought it would take some convincing and I would have to really talk it up, but they were both on board as soon as I mentioned it.  They were so excited to go to Dallas, pick out Wellie Wishers at the American Girl Doll store and stay in a hotel.  Let me tell you the birthday weekend trip is the way to go.  Oh my word, SO much easier than two parties.  And cheaper too....even with the long AG receipt!

We drove up to Dallas with some Wellie Wisher crafts and pop rocks to keep us entertained.  First stop was the AG store where we looked at EV.RY.THING and picked out Camille (for Ada) and Ashlyn (for Ruby).  They also choose a few accessories to go with their dolls.  I found a 20% off coupon in a catalogue I had brought along in the car- perfect timing!  After shopping we had lunch in the cafe with the dolls.  It was cute.  Somewhere along the way Ruby commented, "I can't believe this is real!"  Precisely what Mom and Dad like to hear when planning an excursion like this!

We're here!

First things first...

 find our dolls!

Then check out everything else in the entire store!

Open those dolls up as soon as they're paid for.

Speaking of paid... $$$

Lunch at the AG bistro

with seats for the guests of honor

and sweet treats

for these goofballs!

Next we checked in to our hotel and went swimming for a bit before dinner.  We surprised the girls with dinner at the Rainforest Cafe.  Ada was a bit nervous with the hooting and roaring animals and thunderstorms at first, but she warmed up and enjoyed it.  They got fun balloon animals and a chocolate volcano dessert to top off a pretty fun day.  We came back to the room to find some cute pjs for the dolls!

fancy pool, fancy hotel

Them: Where are we going for dinner?

Us: It's a surprise.

Them: I hope it's McDonalds!

Us: We could have saved a lot of money.

It was better than the golden arches!

The next morning we went to ... park in downtown Dallas, took a trolley ride around town, and had some yummy food truck lunch, followed by a stop at Trader Joe's before heading home to Waco.  It was a super fun birthday trip for everyone involved!

trolley ride

food trucks