Both the kids have journals that they write in each night - recording a sentence or two in their own writing about the day - favorite parts, silly moments, or special thoughts.
On rare occasions (when I can keep my eyes open and focused after I put them to bed), I write in their journals - a letter to them.
Here is Mikaela's letter for our fancy girl's day:
Mikaela,
You and I had the best day ever today! I loved every moment of it.
Our day began with you getting ready in your fancy clothes. You took such time picking out matching outfits for you and Rosi (your doll). You finally settled on a pretty pink dress, complete with matching headbands. You woke so early - excited and ready!
Next, you packed Rosi's things (a bottle, and her pajamas should she get tired from her big day out).
And you packed a purse for yourself - glittery lip gloss, shiny lip gloss, and yes - more lip gloss!
You picked out a butterfly necklace to wear - because the pinks matched perfectly.
We began our day at the American Girl Store at North Point Mall. You are such an authority on shopping there - you showed me all your favorite things about the store.
You are such a careful shopper - you looked at each bitty baby outfit carefully opening the boxes, checking to see which books came, which accessories were included.
You narrowed down your choices to two - the "bugs and butterfly" set (http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/html/ProductPage.jsf/itemId/116608/itemType/FG/webTemplateId/3/uniqueId/193/saleGroupId/321) and the "beach" (http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/html/ProductPage.jsf/itemId/103244/itemType/FG/webTemplateId/3/uniqueId/193/saleGroupId/321) set.
We talked about each outfit - where would Rosi wear them? You waited until we had looked the whole store over TWICE! - and then swiftly decided on the bugs and butterfly set.
"Are you kidding me? Rosi is going to look so great in this - so cute!"
"Are you kidding me?" is your new favorite phrase - you sound so grown up each time you say it.
Next, we went to lunch. A special treat - we dined at the American Girl Bistro.
You were so excited! Rosi was seated first in her American Girl High chair, given her special doll menu.
You had a pink lemonade, warm pretzel bread, macaroni and cheese, and curly fries.
I loved how you counted the number of curls in each fry before you ate it.
You looked so big seated across from me at lunch today. We talked about our favorite parts of the American Girl Store. You were so excited that you called Nana to tell her where you were!
After lunch, we headed over to the movie - a PREMIERE!
We got AmericanGirl t-shirts, matching t-shirts for the twins and a book about the movie on our way in. I bought us a big popcorn and we were ready to see the show!
We saw "Kit Kittredge" - you had seen previews on television and kept telling me all the parts you already knew while we waited for the movie. (http://www.kitkittredge.com/).
The movie was so good! We laughed at many of the same parts. I loved looking over to see that you were giggling as well.
I hope today was the first of many special shopping/movie/lunch days for us.
Love,
Mommy
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