My "American Girl" Goes to Paris!

 Today we wrapped up the end of the first week of summer break.  Simone had an excellent camp experience this week with hiking, swimming, games, and a new friend Kaitlyn.  But the highlight of the week was an adventure to the new American Girl movie premiere event -- Grace Stirs Up Success.  The theme of the day was pastries in Paris, and it was lots of fun!

American Girl did a nice job with the event.  In addition to the movie-- complete with lemonade and popcorn-- they did crafts and got adorable treat boxes with tiny chocolate candies and an Eiffel Tower cookie cutters!

Waiting for the movie to begin.

We met up with daddy after the movie and visited a real patisserie for the girls to taste macaroons -- a feature in the movie.

 They were more than a little excited to pick out their flavor.  And in the end we got a sample box of all the flavors!  Delicious!

So fun to watch their reaction to a case full of beautiful sweets!

A perfect end to a great day -- now for some much needed ...sleep!