Birthday Grace

Marina's birthday is in a few days and she is pretty excited. However, today she had an appointment that she was a bit nervous about. So I told her after it was over we could go birthday present shopping. That cheered her up.

So, after her appointment was over, we headed to the American Girl store where Marina chose to get Grace, the doll of the year. They had a special craft available today, but Marina chose to wait until after we checked out to create the craft.

After she picked Grace up off the shelf, we spent some time looking around the store. We ended up picking up matching pink berets for them as well. A few new items caught her eye as she wandered around.

After we bought Grace Marina put on her beret and we went to a doll friendly restaurant for dinner. We were both pretty hungry by this time. While we waited, Marina put Grace's beret on her.

When our food arrived we both enjoyed it very much. We shared our meals and had a great talk. We topped it all off with an indulgent chocolate dessert. By then we were full and tired so we headed home.