American Girl!

We got up this morning, packed up, said good-bye to Nan, Big, and Grandma and hit the road. 

We stopped at the American Girl store in Orlando. We had reservations at the AG Bistro last Saturday, but had to cancel when we rearranged our plans. We weren't able to get another reservation that worked with our time frame but we still stopped to shop. I had hoped there would be some availability but the bistro was packed at there was a 2 hour wait for the salon!

The girls each picked out something. Charlotte wanted "a sparkly outfit for me and Grace." The ONLY outfit that they had in Charlotte's size and for a doll was a pair of Christmas PJ's. Thankfully they had a sparkly polar bear on them. There were a couple of really fancy, sparkly dresses that she really wanted them but they didn't have them to match.

Julia almost had a meltdown trying to pick something out. It was just a little overwhelming. You could hardly move in there! She couldn't decide which pet she wanted or if she wanted a chair for her doll to sit at the table with her. She finally decided on a chocolate lab that she named Flash.

We left the AG store and went to get some lunch in the food court in the mall. Big mistake. It was PACKED. If it was this packed 4 days after Christmas I can only imagine what it was like before Christmas. We left and got lunch at the Orlando Ale House which is owned by the same company that owned Stuart Ale House which was one of our favorite restaurants in Florida.

We were expecting to have to drive through some rough weather, but it didn't start raining on us until we got to Enterprise. We always enjoy our time in Stuart, but thankful to be our home in our own beds tonight!