Tessa’s first CTA ride.
Tessa going to the American Girl store.
Tessa at the American Girl Beauty Salon. Her doll has the red dress on.
Tessa with her doll, Rebecca (or Becky), after the doll’s hair was styled by the experts.
Tessa and Becky on the mega-tron inside American Girl.
Tessa with Woody, who is made of Legos.
Tessa with the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups outside the Hershey’s store.
Weighing in at 5 pounds, this candy bar at the Hershey’s store was pretty difficult for Tessa to hold up!
Tessa was drawn to the horse-drawn carriages. She got to pet this horse.
Uh, she was also drawn to shoes in every store.
Kelly is in trouble with this one!
Such a diva!
She loved the tackiest, sparkliest, highest-heeled shoes!
Tessa’s first taxi ride. (She was talking on the phone to her dad and sisters.)
Over the weekend my cousin Kelly, her 6-year-old daughter Tessa, and friend Misty came from Green Bay to visit me in Chicago. Tessa got an American Girl doll for her birthday recently and wanted to visit the store to get some accessories and things for her doll. She had saved up her money and gift certificates and everything to do this!
To get to Water Tower Place, where American Girl is located, we took the Blue Line to the Red Line. This was Tessa’s first train ride in Chicago. She was born in Washington DC and I have been on the Metro with her there, but she was very young. I wondered if this was the first big-city mass-transit train ride she could remember and enjoy.
Once we got to Water Tower, Kelly and Tessa were kind of on their own. Instead of going to American Girl, I opted to get a relaxing manicure and pedicure and Misty decided to do some shopping on her own. We met back up and did some more shopping. Then picked up Tessa’s doll at the American Girl Beauty Salon where she was getting her ears pierced and her hair styled (I’m not even joking about this). Then we did more shopping. And then Kelly called me into the American Store again because Tessa’s photo was appearing on the big screen in the store! And then we did more shopping. And then we did more shopping. And then we went to dinner. Long day, but fun day! Tessa had a great time, I think we all did. We sure did crash when we got home, though! We had grand plans of wine for us and a bath in the jacuzzi for Tessa and we all ended up just going to bed!
The next day we made a trip to the Lincoln Park Whole Foods (3rd largest in the world) and then Kelly, Tessa and Misty were off for their long drive home. What a fun weekend! Thanks for visiting me, Tessa! (And Kelly and Misty.)
