Saige Sleepover

The American Girl store had a premier screening of the new movie Saige Paints the Sky and Marina was dying to go. We invited her best friend Madison to join us and it turned into a sleepover. Last night, Madison came to our house, the girls played and watched the movie Brave together. They slept pretty well but they woke up before 6:00 am. I tried to convince them to go back to sleep, but they wouldn't. I knew they'd be tired later.

After breakfast, we headed out the local water park. Marina hadn't been there before, so she followed Madison's lead. Most of the slide held one or two riders, so the girls rode together and I rode behind them. Madison convinced Marina to try some that scared her a bit, but she loved them all.

After lunch the lines for the slides were longer, so the girls kept themselves to the kid's playground and the wave pool. While in the wave pool, Marina got hit in the face with water. The early morning wake up was showing. So we decided it was time to go. On the way home, we picked up so cold drinks and we relaxed for a while.

The girls got ready to go out. Since the main event of the evening was the American Girl movie, both girls brought their favorite dolls. Marina has two outfits for herself and the American Girl dolls. So she and Madison wore them for the evening. Madison brought her doll, Caroline, and Marina brought McKenna.

Before we checked out the activities at the American Girl store, we had dinner. The waitress gushed over how much they looked like their dolls. That pleased both of them. They both ate well despite telling me they weren't hungry.

Our next stop was the American Girl store. Marina and Madison both hammed it up on the red carpet and they tried out several of the Saige related activities. Two of the horses used n the movie Saige Paints the Sky were also there for the girls to meet. The horses were very tame and both girls were able to pet them.

We spent some time in the store during a sudden rainstorm. Both of them are dying to get the Saige doll. While we were in there, the women in the salon offered to fix up the hair of Caroline and McKenna before the show. They were thrilled.

Once Caroline and McKenna had their hair done, we headed for our seats to watch the movie. By then it was pretty late. While both girls watched the movie, it was clear that their early wake up and busy day were taking their toll. Marina was emotionally tired and Madison was spacing out. Somehow they managed to make it through the movie and we headed home.