St Louis part 2

The big trip to American Girl, how it came to be... So for months Cara had been saving her money (from the tooth fairy, doing special chores at home, birthday money, etc) and had never found anything special at the store to buy. Then one day we were reading about a new American Girl coming out named "Caroline Abbott". Right then and there Cara knew she HAD to have this doll, sight unseen, the name was good enough. So we patiently waited for the September release of the doll and in August they finally released pictures of her and low and behold she looked just like Cara, big blue eyes and long blond curls.  Cara could  not wait to go buy her!  So we thought it would be much more special to Cara to head to an AG store and let her pay in person since she had worked so hard at saving her money!

Picking her box!

Will looking not even one bit enthused to be shopping at American Girl!

Taking her big purchase to the register

Mommy helping her count her money

Mommy gave her a little bit extra so she could get the book set and accessories set too

Beautiful Caroline and Cara Abbott

Caroline's display in the store.  Caroline is from 1812 so we are excited to read her books and learn of her life back then!

Big purchase complete!!

Later that evening Scott and I went to a venue called "The Palace" to see Steve Vai and we were pleasantly surprised to see his opening act was Beverly (the rocker chic from season 1 of "The Voice")

Steve Vai jammin'

A really cool rock harpist (who would ever think of playing harp with guitar rock)

Really cool venue, very neat and clean (and smoke free!)

What a fun little weekend getaway!  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Fox for going with us and staying with the kids so we could both go to the concert!