A great way to enjoy rainy days

If you have a little girl, and have not yet checked out American Girl , I highly recommend it. For the past couple days we've been playing the games on-line. Bella has been loving Samantha's scavenger hunt game. It's great that they can learn something while playing games in the historical girl section, and the coconut games are so cute and fun. It's so fun to sit with the kids and play; even Elijah likes them! The American Girl books are just great too. They are short, entertaining, and educational. When we read through the Molly series, we started discussing war and soldiers, which is especially great since we have a family friend that is in the army and Jeremy's younger brother is at USMC boot camp. We are currently reading Kit, which is so fitting because it's opening up discussions about today's economy. (something they hear a lot of every time we watch the presidential candidates) The movies are wonderful, and completely appropriate for children. (something that can be hard to find these days) We own Felicity, Samantha, and Molly, and will be buying Kit when it comes out on DVD too. I'm also very impressed with their other products. The girls have their bath and body items, which are good quality and smell great. Normally products marketed to young girls smell way to strong and leave a rash. We also own a couple of the other books American Girl has put out, and they encourage girls to be confident, develop lasting friendships, and encourage relationships with their families. We do not (yet) own any of the dolls they offer, but Bella is making her wish list off their site this year. (I've heard they are great quality) Genna was given the American Girl 300 Wishes game for her birthday from a friend; it is such a neat game and a great way for girls to get to know each other more. (or even for mothers and daughters to get to know each other) I am just so impressed by what this company has to offer young girls. Our only dilemma is deciding which historical girl we are going to read about next!