American Girl Cafe

This is a belated post about Joy's belated birthday party. So at least I am consistent.

A few weeks ago, Joy politely reminded me that she never got the birthday outing she has been promised. So we made the closest reservation possible for the American Girl Doll Cafe, grabbed her best buddy, and headed out for some over-priced, but super adorable fun.

Getting there was not fun. The subways were a mess, and then my gps didn't want to play nice, and of course it was raining, but despite having to dodge a very sincere street preacher collecting money for a soup kitchen by selling hats and yoga books, we managed to make it only 15 minutes after our reserved time. 

The set up was adorable. The dolls had little high chairs, and their own dishes (that the girls got to keep). The napkin rings were hair ties, so of course they had to match. The food was actually quite tasty, and there was plenty of it. And the dessert was so cute- little flower pots full of chocolate mousse.

After lunch we wandered the store for quite a while. There were plenty of things to look at and some fun interactive displays. The girls picked a present for their dolls. Surprisingly, they went for backpacks. Joy got the school set for Anna Patrick, and her friend picked the NASA set for her doll. Function over fashion- I love it!