American Girl 2014

Sarah's friend, Grace, celebrates her birthday each year with a trip to the American Girl store in Dallas. We've tagged along for the past two years, staying in the Galleria hotel with Grace and her mom. It's a treasured time and experience for all of us.

The hotel has an American Girl package that gives each girl a bed for her doll (that she gets to keep) and cupcakes and milk before bed. I think they have seven dolls between them now, so the rest sleep on the window seat!

Ethan and the Bee

Ethan won his class spelling bee and got to represent his class in the school spelling bee. He was in the front row, so it was great for pics! He got his practice word: FAKE and aced it.

Then during the first round, he got his real word: PLANET. He spelled it: P - L - A - N - T ... E. Wrong. According to spelling bee rules, once you say a letter out loud, you can't take it back. As soon as he said the "T", he knew he forgot the "E", but since he couldn't go back, he added it on to the end. Poor guy. He was the first one out.

Still a handsome good sport though.