Girls trip!

This weekend, Alyvia, Nana and I took a trip to Chicago for Alyvia's birthday.  We left on Friday afternoon and drove up to Aurora.  On the way there, Alyvia said " So, are you excited girls?!  It's a girls weekend!"  She was so excited for her trip!  We checked into the hotel and then went and visited Grandma and Grandpa Schindel.  Livi is so good about visiting her great-grandparents, she really loves them.  She's not shy at all and is happy to visit with them!  I wish I had gotten some pictures of our visit, but I forgot my camera.  We picked up McDonalds and ate at their house. Then Alyvia wanted to feed the ducks, so Grandma gave her cheerios and down to the pond we went.  We went back to the hotel so Livi could swim and get to bed before our big trip into the city!  She had an ice cream snack while we were in bed!

chocolate face :)

Unfortunately, none of us slept very well, but we were up bright and early to catch the train into Chicago!

Maybe we got up a little too early?

Excited to ride the train with Nana!

We arrived at American Girl right as it opened at 9 a.m.

Posing :)

She picked "Kanani" about 2 minutes after we were there-no other doll to be looked at!

  

After we paid for Kanani, she shopped a bit more for another outfit,
a matching dress for herself and Kanani's case

Lunch at The American Girl Cafe-so fun!

Alyvia and Kanani pose for a pic together, Kanani got her own chair!



Matching hair do's...the napkin rings were ponytail holders!





After lunch, we headed back to Union Station and took the train back to Aurora.  We stopped by Grandma and Grandpa's house to show off Kanani and then we headed home.  We had a great trip and I hope Alyvia felt extra special for her birthday!  It was definitely a special memory for me :)