Thursday, July 27, 2006
July 7th 2006 Blaynes NYC Trip
Running With Scissors
by Juli of Sew Weird Designs
all! I know you are all anxious to hear about Blaynes trip to the American Girls
Store but I am afraid I have some bad news. She did take a lot of pictures but
accidentally deleted them. She had a great time and picked out two dolls, Felicity
and Elizabeth. They went to the store on Thursday evening to make lunch reservations
only to find out that there is a 5 month waiting list. Can you imagine! Luckily
while she was standing there they had a cancellation. The host told my sister
she should play the lottery because that NEVER happens. The next day they arrive
at the store early and Blayne makes her purchase. They proceed to the restaurant
for lunch with the dolls.
The bus boy takes the dolls from Blayne and sets them in the little seats, positions
their hands on the table and places tiny tableware in front of them. I worked
in the restaurant business in NYC and I can tell you there was not a single
busboy I knew who would serve dolls. Most busboys in NYC restaurants come from
South American and have a macho attitude; this would be so humiliating to them.
Can you just imagine writing home, “Hey mom I landed a job working at
a restaurant serving dolls for spoiled American children”. They must think
we are loco!
Wednesday it
is Lilly’s (7) turn to visit her aunt in NYC. This will be her first time
flying alone. She is very excited and asks me everyday how many more days to
go. I’m a bit nervous for my sister since Lilly is my clone and a handful.
She has to be watched every minute to make sure she doesn't get into trouble,
like me. My sister has never had children and has her work cut out for her…boo
hoo! Now she will get to see why I am turning gray. I love my sister to death
but I really don't care for her unsolicited advice on parenting. HA! lets see
how well she does with the demon spawn! (throwing my head back in a evil cackle)
Oh maybe I should pack a bunch of chocolate in Lilly's bag and forget to pack
her Ritalin....oh the ideas are endless.
Lilly is going
to see Tarzan on Broadway, visit the set of the new Spiderman movie and go to
the world’s largest Build a Bear store. In case you are not familiar with
Build a Bear, it is a store where you pick out a stuffed animal shell (un-stuffed)
and walk it through the process of stuffing it, adding a heart for love, sewing
up the back and grooming it. Then you pick out clothes and accessories for an
additional charge. There is a Build a Bear in Grand Rapids, Michigan where we
spend every Christmas and Lilly already has 3 animals. For this trip she is
going to take one she already has and to groom it and some new outfits. Like
the American Girl store they also have a restaurant and theater with little
seats next to the full size seats. I guess serving dolls would be bad but to
serve stuffed animals! The busboys could never go back home after that job.
No wonder we Americans have such a bad reputation of being obnoxious.
