American Girl Doll Easter Party

That's right...we threw an Easter party for the American Girl Dolls! In December when we did the Christmas one, I got the idea to do an Easter one too. I mean what could be more fun than miniature Easter baskets and mini eggs and little girls with their dolls right? I was so thrilled when I found these little tiny baskets and little tiny plastic eggs! We also did a little craft, had mini cupcakes, decorated bunny cookies, and decorated mini cookies (for their dolls of course). The highlight was the Easter egg hunt though. It was so cute to watch the girls all run around with their dolls and their little baskets getting the eggs.

Decorating and eating cookies

The dolls all had their own table with everything doll size!

I did a little photo shoot so each girl will get some pictures of herself and her doll.



Photos were done for each girl



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Twists!

Oh my goodness...what an experience we just had. The plan with Alex's hair has always been to get twists. We didn't know what we were doing in the beginning and his hair got so dried out we had to shave it a year ago. We have deep conditioned it twice a day now for a year, and it is super healthy and  not dry at all. So we took him into a hair salon that specializes in black hair. The people who own it are actually from Haiti! It was so neat because Cecile the owner was so positive and excited about meeting Alex. He kept saying how happy Alex must be to be with his mom now and have a good life. I think it was neat for him to get to hear that from a fellow Haitian.

Anyway...the appointment was supposed to take 2 hours. We got there at our scheduled time, but had to wait almost an hour and no one seemed to mind. It was very much like being in Haiti where there isn't a huge concern or any concern whatsoever for time! The whole process took until after 9:30!! And we had the girls there too! But it went so well. There were between 20-30 people the whole time in the studio and in the back room. Kids all over, a baby playing, everyone seemed to know each other and was taking care of each other's kids. Including ours. The girls were running around, carrying babies, and acting like they were just part of the group. It was awesome! One of the girls who worked there asked me if I had ever seen my daughter dance (Karis) because she had quite the moves! I was like, "Oh yes, I've seen her dance!"

There were large trays of meat that they were also barbecuing behind the shop. The girls were out there too playing with the children. The discipline strategy was quite different that what our kids have ever seen. The kids would do something wrong and someone who pop them on the hand or arm or leg, the kid would cry, and then move on. Hailey goes, "These people are strict!"

Twists!

A highlight was several of the BSU players came including Doug Martin who is going into the NFL! So we got pictures with him. Also another player was there whose hair was in twists so he showed Alex how his would eventually look. We are in the beginning stages so we have to twist every other day, but eventually we won't have to do much at all so it should be really easy to maintain. What an experience it was!

Not so fun combing out all those curls!

I was shocked how much hair he had!

This was before!

Doug Martin!

Love the outfit...swimming suit top and a sundress pulled down as a skirt!

Lots of work!