As soon as I told the girls that I was going to get Grace, Isabelle was elected to come with me. "We have to make sure she'll be a good fit with our doll family!" she told me. "And besides, someone should be there to officially welcome her!"
So it was decided. Early that morning, Isabelle got up with me, and bundled up in her pink winter coat and sparkly boots. ( It was barely above zero degrees outside...yikes!!) I made sure Isabelle remembered her scarf and mittens too!
Finally, after a long drive, we arrived at AG Place Boston! Isabelle was excited to be out of the house! We spotted Grace in her patisserie right next to the doorway. Isabelle rushed over to introduce herself. "Hi Grace, I'm Isabelle! It's nice to meet you! I think you might be coming home with us today!"
Grace smiled shyly and said, " Hi Isabelle, it's nice to meet you too! Yay!! I would love to come home with you, you seem very nice!"
Isabelle looked around Grace's patisserie. "Wow! This is so cool!" she exclaimed. Even though she missed the store having her own display from last year, she still enjoyed looking around at all of Grace's amazing things!
She moved over to where Grace was standing with her pastry cart and little puppy Bon Bon, and sampled some of Grace's treats. "Mmmmm..Grace these are delicious!!" Isabelle exclaimed happily as she sampled a macaroon. "You are a very good baker! I'm sure all the other dolls will be impressed!" Grace smiled, pleased at Isabelle's compliment. "Merci Isabelle!"
Once Isabelle was satisfied that Grace would be a very nice doll to add to our family, she helped me carefully look through all of the Grace's to find the perfect one! "Phew, these are a little heavy!" she said. Finally we found the perfect Grace and Isabelle helped me take her off the shelf.
Now that we had Grace picked out, Isabelle wanted to look around the rest of the store. She was a little tired from lifting all the boxes, so we went over to where Samantha was standing in her pretty new pink dress, serving cool drinks. Seeing Isabelle she offered her some pink lemonade. "Mmmm thank you!" Isabelle said "That's just what I needed! Did you know that doll boxes are kind of heavy??"
She then moved over to where another Samantha was standing in a pretty mint dress. She admired Samantha's painting. "That's a beautiful painting Samantha! Saige would be very impressed!" Samantha smiled "Thank you Isabelle! I enjoy painting!" Before leaving Samantha's display, Isabelle told me that our Samantha and Nellie would love both these new dresses. I agreed!
We spotted Kit in her new outfit and went over to say hello. "Hi Kit!" Isabelle said "Your chicken is so cute!!"
"Thank you Isabelle!" Kit said happily "I think he likes you!"
Next we went over to look at Addy in her new sewing dress. "This dress is so pretty!" Isabelle told Addy "I think Kirsten might like this one" she said to me. I told Isabelle I thought Kirsten would look very pretty in this dress! I think we are going to surprise her with it!
Kaya was also wearing her beautiful new dress, and Isabelle and I went over to admire it. "This is so pretty! Our Kaya will love the red!!" she exclaimed
Next, we went upstairs to the My American Girls. I told Isabelle she could pick out something special for helping me today! She was thrilled! "Ooooh what should I choose??" she asked as she saw all the pretty new outfits to choose from. She went a little crazy when she saw this new sparkly red jazz dance costume. "I love this!!!" she exclaimed "The gold shoes look just like mine!!"
She also fell in love with the new ballet set. She was especially thrilled that the shoes that come with the tutu set are "pointe" shoes!! She's been anxious to do pointe with me! (Soon Isabelle!)
Finally Isabelle came to the new peach spring dress and decided that she wanted this for her Easter dress this year. "I think I'll take this one please!!" she told me. She loves the pretty peachy pink lace on the dress, and the ballet-like shoes it comes with. I told her it was a good choice, and promised her I'd come back for her dance costumes!
All too soon, our wonderful trip to get Grace came to an end. We went back downstairs where I paid for everything, and then we went over to take our picture with Grace! Isabelle loved her adventure, and we can't wait to bring Grace home with us so we can have more adventures together!
The End
