Pink Glitter Pumpkins

May 12

May 12 Hilton Cool Springs

Back in June of 2022, we took a trip to Dollywood with my family. Then we headed to Nashville to celebrate birthdays for both Melody and my niece Caroline. We did the American Girl Party, and we stayed at the TownePlace Suites and had the American Girl Hotel Experience too. However, we did have to find a hotel to stay in between those two trips. It didn’t make sense to drive back to Huntsville just to drive back to Nashville the next day. So we booked a room using our Hilton points in Franklin, TN. We decided to stay at the Hilton Cool Springs.

Feb 26

Feb 26 Doll Clothes Storage Idea

Brittany Payne

Kids, Crafts, Randomness

A big problem area in our playroom is the amount of toys Melody has and her inability to really find all the things. One of those things would be all of her American Girl doll clothes. She has a bitty baby, all of the WellieWishers, and a TrulyMe doll. With all those dolls comes a lot of clothes. And she rarely change their clothes because she has trouble finding all their outfits. And when she did find the outfit she was looking for, all the others were left in the floor. So I started researching ways to better store the clothes. Here is what I came up with!

Aug 23

Aug 23 American Girl Birthday Party

Brittany Payne

Kids, Parties, Vacations

Back in June, we visited the American Girl store in Franklin, TN to celebrate both Melody and my niece’s birthdays. Their birthdays are one year apart but two dates apart (May 25 vs May 27). So this was their birthday present from my mother in law. I recently wrote a post all about our hotel experience of this trip. Now I want to share the party part.

Jul 31

Jul 31 American Girl Hotel Experience

Brittany Payne

Kids, Vacations

Back in June, we got to take part in the American Girl Hotel Experience at TownePlace Suites in Franklin, TN. It was in celebration of both Melody’s and our niece’s birthday, Caroline. Their birthdays are one year apart but two dates apart (May 25 vs May 27). So this was their birthday present from our mother in law. We also celebrated at the American Girl store, but I will speak to that later. Today I want to share all about our hotel experience.

Mar 20

Mar 20 Doll Shenanigans

Brittany Payne

Randomness, Kids

For Melody's first Christmas, her Nannie gave her an American Girl doll. It took her about 6 months to really become interested in her doll, but when she did, she became obsessed! She now sleeps with it in her crib at night, and it goes with us on almost every trip. Well prior to us moving it to her crib, each night we would take turns setting the doll up so that it appeared she got into certain shenanigans each night. We did this most nights for about 6 months or so. Some nights we didn't do anything too fancy. And a lot of nights it was a real stretch to come up with anything! Well below are some of my favorites!