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DD(7) really wanted an American girl doll for her bday. So we took her to AG in Chicago and planned it for the weekend the magnificent mile was having lights fest. They have stuff going on all day, a radio Disney stage set up, booths, and all kinds of fun stuff. Then there is a parade at night where Mickey and friends come from Disney World(of course!) and light up the mag mile. We always watch it on tv so it was fun to get to see it in person. It was freezing out. SO cold! I think it was the coldest its ever been in the history of that parade.haha We have a 1 1/2 yr. old too and he was a trooper!
ANYWAY being as oblivious as I am I didn't even realize there was a contest. Looking back, it was everywhere. I guess it just never clicked. A week or so later I was on FB and the magnificent mile posted that there was still time to enter their photo contest for a chance to win. I thought "what the heck, may as well enter I have tons of photos from that day". So I entered this pic of dd and kind of forgot about it. A few days later I saw she was one of the top 20 finalists. Then the voting started (didn't even realize it was going to be a voting contest). BUT many many votes later by friends, family, and lots of strangers we won!!! It was a long process of waiting for the announcement, as there was someone who had cheated in the last few minutes of the contest. They went up by hundreds within minutes. So the announcement was delayed by a few days(talk about stressful! I could hardly function.lol) Then they announced it via instagram just before Christmas!!!!!
DD is very excited. At first she was very concerned with what happened with the person who cheated(I didn't ask any questions, so I don't know) since last she knew they were in first. We didn't want to get her hopes up. It was a good lesson for her on why cheating is bad too. She is SO EXCITED and the number one thing on her list is to meet anna and elsa. We went when she was 3 with our whole family but we didn't do much princess stuff because she was the only girl. So lots of princess stuff this time hopefully! Along with some Mickey and Jake for our son
We had to fill out a questionnaire from Disney where we picked a few dates and ranked hotels in order of preference so now they will match those with the dates and we'll see what they decide! I CAN"T WAIT to get all that info. from them!!! That American Girl doll paid for herself x 100!lol
*tried to post the pic and I can't so I'll post it in a bit