Build a Bear Workshop Panda

When it comes to toys, the only thing my daughter likes more than her BuildaBear animals is her American Girl dolls, so when she earned some money recently from helping her Grandmother in the garden, I wasn’t surprised when she asked to go to Build-a-Bear.
She had a hard time narrowing down her choices, but in [...]

List of Items to be Discontinued from American Girl

I just got a note from one of my American Girl Place personal shoppers with a list of the items slated for discontinuation soon.
Discontinuing May 31st are the following hard cover books:

Clues in the Shadows: A Molly Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)
Lady Margaret’s Ghost: A Felicity Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)
Midnight in Lonesome Hollow: A Kit Mystery [...]

American Girl’s New Character, Rebecca Rubin, Is Making Headlines

American Girl’s newest character Rebecca Rubin is set for her May 31st debut and the buzz is definitely building! Articles in major news outlets and more are starting to pop up and more sneak peek photos are showing up.
Here are just a few we have found:
USA Today – American Girl Dolls Up Jewish History: Kaya [...]

UPDATED-Pictures of New American Girl Rebecca

So a bunch of people got an email today from American Girl with a teaser picture of the new historical character, Rebecca.

Basically it is their sneak peek photo that gives us just enough of a look at her face to know she is going to have light brown hair, hazel eyes and a very cool [...]

All The American Girl Dolls

When I went to American Girl Place Chicago a few weeks ago, I took tons of pictures and it is taking me some time to get them posted. Here are some group photos of all the 18″ American Girl Dolls (minus Chrissa, Sonali and Gwen). They are all so cute – it makes you want [...]

Inside American Girl Place Chicago – Part 1

We went to American Girl Place Chicago this past weekend and these are some of my photos. I will be adding more.

Spring themed window display. I love how they transformed the Sweet Treats Bakery into and Ice Cream Shop.

Part of the mural (I guess that’s what it is called) coming down the escalator.

On the second [...]

American Girl Place Celebrates Julie’s Birthday

Over the weekend I was lucky enough to visit the American Girl Place Chicago at Water Tower Place and oh was it cool! I have been to the New York store as well, but the Chicago one was so nice!  When I got there they were celebrating the historical character, Julie’s birthday.

For Julie’s birthday celebration [...]