My first...ahem...My daughter's first American Girl Doll...

Just recently, my sister and sister-in-law took our little baby girls out to American Girl Place. I've been dying to go there for a long time. My sister is still freaked out by Chucky so I pretty much had to force her to go with us.

We immediately went to the Bitty Twins section to see which ones our daughters would like. I picked twins that look like my daughter and her older brother. My sister and sister-in-law just gone one doll.

I'm so in love with it and my daughter has this look on her face of awe. Here's a baby her size she can actually grab and hug without someone telling her to be careful. She gets jealous when I play with her dolls.

Did I mention that the girls are all under 1 year. Well my daughter will be 1 on April 4.

We just could not help it. My daughter's godmother (sister-in-law) bought the dolls for her Birthday. I really want a doll for myself.

Afterwards, we went out for lunch and then to Starbucks. We had lots of fun just being with the girls. My husband took our son out for a guys day out. So they had their own fun. It was great to hear my son talk about the fun he had with his daddy.

I know this is an extravagance for a little girl. She does have other dolls from all sorts of price levels...mostly on the cheaper side. But I do want to give her one doll. I wanted the Cabbage Patch doll as a girl but we couldn't afford one. That's okay..I took the knock off. Nothing wrong with that but I would like to do this for my girl.

My son is down to earth too. He doesn't need the labels and I do shop for him at Target regularly for clothes...I mean he does outgrow them pretty quick to spend top notch dollars. My daughter wears my son's clothes so she gets the boys hand me downs. I do buy some girl clothes but for the most part she has worn her brother's clothes.

I will teach my kids that it isn't all about labels but if I can get them one thing I will as long as it is within my means. So for all of you out there that say I'm teaching my kids something wrong...think again. I don't think I need to feel guilty for getting my kids an item with a label. For every one label I get them, they have many more non-label items.

My kids also will learn the value of money early on so they can appreciate how it works. My children know that we don't always go out and buy stuff and my son sometimes plays with something at the store and drags it around but when it is time to go he puts it back. Sometimes we ask him if he wants it and he says no. My daughter is still to young.

Well that's my post. Kind of all over the place.

A wonderful weekend

I couldn't believe the weather on Saturday and Sunday here in NJ. It was wonderful that I just had to take the kids to the park. My son had a blast going up and down the slides. He loves slides.

We put my daughter in the swing and she started to get sleepy. She was sporting her new coat since her old one was getting small on her.

I've been busy at work so it was nice to get out on the weekend to release some of the stress.

Oh well...going to bed now.