One Last Christmas Post

Anna gave the girls some very generous gift cards to the American Girl Doll Store for Christmas.  It was not a surprise that, when asked what they wanted to do the day after Christmas, the girls' desire was to immediately spend their dollars and check out the brand new Bay Area AG store.

  

Not that we shop at this extravagant store on any type of regular basis, but it might be fun to have one a little more nearby than LA or Seattle!  The girls do love it and the family in our life has been generous to treat them so much over the past 2 years!

 The above picture is to satisfy your burning curiosity about what the ladies room at an American Girl Doll Store looks like! :)  It is very pink.  And it does have these clever hooks, in the stalls and by the sinks, that kids can hang their dolls in.

We didn't want to make a long drive for just a trip to the mall, so this day had another fun destination too-- Christmas in the Park in downtown San Jose.  Christmas in the Park takes about an hour to walk around.  It is 100 trees decorated by local schools and businesses, an ice rink, rides, and over 30 of these "booths" that feature animated scenes of iconic Christmas (The 12 Days of Christmas, a Gingerbread House, Santa's Workshop, The Nutcracker, a Nativity, and a choir singing the Messiah, to name a few).

 The girls loved this Caribbean Christmas scene with frogs singing reggae music and playing steel drums.

 This was probably my favorite scene-- Downtown San Jose's Circle of Palms all dressed up in lights for Christmas.

Having read the book together last year, this was a fun stall too-- Scrooge and Marley's shop from A Christmas Carol.

This Christmas in the Park was a fun find!  We'll keep it on the list of fun outings to take during Christmas Break and maybe revisit it some year.