It's been a very busy week, with school starting and all that, and my dolls are settling down for a very relaxing weekend. Kit hasn't even gotten out of bed today! She's been reading her favorite book, Meet Kit, with her doll, Kitty.
After awhile, she fell asleep!
But Kitty kept reading!
Then she fell asleep too. What do your dolls have planned for this long weekend?
Before I begin, I'd like to apologize for not having the next few parts of School Days up yet. I promise they will be coming soon, though. Okay, on to the great birthday... As you may know, my dolls are, like me, huge fans of American Girl dolls. They each get their own dolls when they turn 10. Well today it was Beckie's tenth birthday!!!!! Beckie woke up at the crack of dawn and ran to the kitchen, as if she expected to find presents, or something. Well, what was sitting on the table? A doll!!!!!!!!!!! Julie, to be exact! Rebecca has been begging for Julie ever since she saw her in a catalog.
"Yesssss!" Screamed Beckie, swooping Julie up in her arms.
They're just so cute together!
After posing for some pictures, Beckie looked at the time. "Oh no!" she cried "I'll be late for school!" she started to hurry off to change into some school clothes.
She turned back.
On the table there was a beautiful new dress!
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" She squealed. "I love it!"
She held the dress up to her. "It's perfect!"
She changed into the dress and posed for a picture. Then she hurried off to school. Sadly, she had to leave Julie at home.
When she got home, there was something on the table... is that... A doll bed?!?!?!?!?!?!?! IT IS!
Rebecca loves it...
Julie loves it...
What a great birthday!
After Julie took a "nap" Rebecca ran off and sat in her reading chair to read Meet Julie. Have a happy birthday, Beckie!
One day, Kit walked into the kitchen, where Felicity and Katelyn were hanging out. "We should do something today." She said.
"Like what?" Katelyn asked.
"Like... Baking cookies!" exclaimed Kit.
The girls pulled out their cookie recipe cards and examined them.
"This one looks yummy." Said Felicity, holding the Holiday Nut Ball cookie recipe.
"So does this one." Said Katelyn, grasping the Sugar and Spice cookie recipe.
So the girls got out the ingredients...
...And utensils.
Kit measured...
...And poured the sugar.
Felicity poured in the molasses.
Katelyn sifted...
...And poured the flour.
And finally Kit poured in the baking soda.
They all took turns stirring, then rolled out the dough, baked it, and waited, and waited, and waited, until finally, ding the timer went off and they pulled out the cookies.
All three girls reached for the platter and grabbed a warm cookie.
Here's the locker I made for my doll. A shoe box makes a great locker, I taped the locker picture from the American Girl Doll School craft book to make mine, but if you don't have that book you can draw one on. For the decorations, I cut out pictures of Katelyn's doll friends from old AG catalogs and taped them onto the locker. If you want you can write their names on the pictures too. Postcards and Greeting cards make great posters for dolls, and then you can also write encouraging sayings on scrapbook paper for fun decorations.
Today Kit and Beckie decided to Go Green and take nature walk. They started walking on a path that I recommended to them. It was very pretty, they told me.
Along the way, Kit found a tree that she just loved. "I have to climb that tree!" She cried. "Oh brother..." sighed Rebecca. But you have to admit, Kit looks great up in that tree!
Rebecca thought the leaves to a bush were very nice, here's a picture of her with them.
A little further down the path and Beckie thought she heard something... It was a stream! They decided to take a break and sit on the rocks by the shore, here they are talking to each other.
Finally the reached the end of the path, where they laid out their blanket and had a delicious picnic.
"Yum!" says Kit.
So, I'm finally getting around to doing a Meet my Dolls post, how I got my dolls, how old they are, stuff like that. Anyway, here it is!
This is Elizabeth Jane Cole. She was my first American Girl! I got her in 2007, when I got a magazine advertising the dolls. I looked through it but couldn't decide which doll to get. Then, when my best friend got a doll, I knew I really wanted one. NOW! My mom gave me an advance on my allowance so I would have enough to buy Elizabeth. I was so happy she came, I love her she is a beautiful doll. Elizabeth is 14 and my oldest doll.
This is Felicity Augusta Merriman. She was my second doll. After I got Elizabeth, I really wanted her, because they were best friends. My grandma said she'd get me a doll for my 8 birthday, but on Christmas morning, she was sitting under the tree! My grandma got her early! I was so happy! Felicity is a beautiful doll, I just love everything about her, to her dark red hair to her sparkling green eyes! I love her! She is 12.
This is Margret Mildred Kitteredge, but we know her as... Kit! She was my third doll. When my dd had a conference in Chicago, he, my grandparents and I went to Chicago to celebrate my 8 birthday, late (it was half a year after my birthday, but I didn't mind!) I had saved up my money and bought Kit, who at the time looked the most like me. My dad also bought me the outfit to match Kit's, so we were twins! I took Kit everywhere with me that week! I'm so glad I bought Kit, she is so cute and unique! She is 10.
This is Rebecca Kieren Rubin. She was my fourth doll. As soon as Rebecca was released, I knew she was the right one for me. She was just so beautiful! I saved up my money and bought her. She is the prettiest doll ever, with her brown curls and bright hazel eyes, I just love her so much! She is 9.
