Strawberry Shortcake

One of the joys of having a daughter is being able to revisit my own childhood and its happy memories. It seems as though many of the toys I grew up with are making a comeback of sorts: My Little Pony, Cabbage Patch Kids and Strawberry Shortcake, just to name a few. Today, Borders at Columbus Circle was holding a "release party" for the new Strawberry Shortcake movie. We decided to stop by, expecting to wait in a long line to meet Strawberry and Friends. When we arrived we were pleasantly surprised with a full blown PAR-TAH! There was virtually no line to meet Strawberry, where they took a Polaroid and gave you a frame craft kit, little tables and chairs set up for the kids to make their frames & color pictures, yummy cupcakes from Crumbs bakery accompanied by milk in spill-proof cups, hosts from Radio Disney emceeing the event, and a HUGE pink carpet laid out with a plethora of soft Strawberry decorated pillows. They also gave away some free t-shirts, and, if you bought the movie (thanks, Grandma Susan!) you got another big goodie bag of fun treats. At noon they screened the movie, but we decided to leave by then.

Aunt Laura & Lexi with Strawberry Shortcake & Orange Blossom

Aunt Allie & Lexi working on a picture frame

Lexi & her aunts dutifully coloring their pictures for a free t-shirt

Happy times!