all her 5 year old american girl wishes came true...

so i mentioned in one of the previous posts that olivia made the invitations to her birthday party this year and promised some juicy details about this anticipated event, here you go...

birthday parties are a hot topic around our house starting in august/september. as soon as school starts olivia knows that her birthday is coming "soon." (the word "soon" is relative ya know!) anyway, starting in about september she started thinking about what kind of party she wanted and she was pretty stuck on an american girl party. there were some moments where we thought an art party would be more fun, but american girl trumps art around here these days. i explained to her that in order to have the party at the american girl store that it would have to be a very small party with just a few friends. she was totally fine with that and decided that since her best friends are her cousins that it would be fun to invite the girls of the family to celebrate. we had such a GREAT evening. olivia had a blast, felt so special, and i am pretty sure all of her american girl dreams came true- i hope so anyway. :)

here is how the evening played out...

olivia and emily all dressed in matching outfits ready for the big night!! thanks to moonbeam for the personalized matching shirts. so cute!! abby and kk had them too!!

then it was off to the american girl store for some browsing, we had plans to shop later in the evening. the girls were so much fun to watch as they ran around with so much excitement oooing and awwwwing over all the clothes, furniture, and accessories.
then it was time for some dinner in the bistro upstairs. we had a great table by a big window and of course there were chairs and place settings for each of the dolls. emily had a special birthday crown too!
a birthday dinner wouldn't be complete without cake and ice cream AND the birthday song. olivia was beaming as they brought out her cake and sang to her. she LOVED having a BIG cake with 5 candles.
what else could she possible wish for?

one of the main reasons that olivia wanted to have her birthday party at the store was because she wanted to have emily's hair done. abby, kingsley, and olivia all took their dolls- emily, ella, and maryanna to the beauty salon and picked out pretty hair styles for their dolls.
olivia loved watching emily in the chair.
and even had to sign for her when her new duo was complete. (this place thinks of everything!)
and here she is!! looking just like olivia don't you think? well, except for emily's headband is not falling off her head. ;)

it was getting late, but we were still having too much fun for the night to be over, so a little shopping was in order. b gave olivia some money that she could use to buy some new clothes for emily. olivia had a great time running around and picking so many new things out for her doll.
look at all those bags!!! she was in heaven!!!

and to end the evening we took a group picture to remember this special night and all the memories that we made together.
(in the picture-- b, rara, nana, mommy, abby with maryanna, olivia with emily, and kingsley with ella)

it was a great way to celebrate olivia. i am confident that she will never forget this experience and will cherish that she shared it with the ladies who love her the most in the world. thank you to b, nana, rara, abby, kingsley, and ella and maryanna for making olivia feel so special on her birthday. it was a blast!!