March 27th, 2020

Hello everybody! How are you? We are okay. Mom napped most of yesterday after she got out of work, so we didn't post. This are fine around here, but she is very good at worrying. 

We have been crafting though. Mom calls it anxiety crafting. She worked on Adelaide's Victorian underthings, but we're waiting for more fabric. We ordered it from Hobby Lobby, but it has ended up taking nearly two weeks! 

I hope everyone is having a good day! 

 

March 21st, 2020

Hello everybody! I'm sorry we're late. We napped a lot yesterday evening. Mom's been very worried about all the current events, and napping helps! 

Not much has really changed-- it turns out that Mom's introverted tendencies are a lot like social distancing. The only thing that has changed is her work places. The not-retail job hasn't changed too much-- much more into cleaning. The retail job (which we didn't have to go this weekend) has limited hours.

 
She did make some progress on Adelaide's Lady Sherlock outfit. She now has a chemise and drawers. The drawers didn't quite work out the way they were supposed to-- they don't fit around her middle-- but it doesn't matter. Now we have to wait for the fabric to come from the interwebs to continue. 

Mom is supposed to get out early for inventory from the not-retail job on Friday, so we'll have extra time to write it. (We're supposed to write it beforehand, but sometimes that doesn't happen!) I hope you all have a safe week!

 

February 28th, 2020

Hello everybody! How are you? I am okay. Mom has decided to start on a new sewing project, so she did something a bit simpler to see if she could do it. A while back, we were watching one of our favorite YouTube channels, Bentley House Minis. On the sidebar, the YouTube algorithm recommended a lady who was explaining how some historical Halloween costumes weren't close to what it really should look like. On a lark, Mom clicked and she's been sucked into Bernadette Banner and historical costuming (even though she has no interest what so ever in actually making anything for herself), and has subscribed to most of her friends' channels and Instagram pages. One of the things that got her interest was that Ms. Banner made herself a lady Sherlock outfit. Mom has got the idea that she will make a lady Sherlock outfit for Adelaide!

She wanted to see if she could handsew something, so a few days ago, she went to the fabric store and bought some red flannel. Adelaide now has some red pajamas! Mom says that her seams aren't exactly straight, nor the stitches small, but Adelaide says she doesn't care! The hand sewing part is still up for deciding-- it didn't take very long, but she says she spent a great deal of time worrying about keeping everything straight. But who knows! 

I hope you're all having a great week! Talk to you later!

February 14th, 2020

Hello everybody! How are you? I am okay. Last week, Mom went to the mall and bought some things for my 18 inch doll friends and I, so we have things to post about! This week's post is about something she found at her retail job.

Since it's Valentine's Day, she bought us a chocolate bar! It's just our size!

I decided that I would share it with Adelaide too. We've become very good friends with all the time we spend waiting for Mom to get out of work. She's a good sport about doing all sorts of things for my teddy bear friends and I who don't have opposable thumbs! (Mom thinks that's it's interesting that despite the fact that we're both nearly the same size, it looks like it's in the right scale for me, but it looks too big for Adelaide! We think it has to do with the fact that I've got much bigger paws!)

Talk to you next week!

February 7th, 2020

Hello everybody! How are you? I am okay. Mom had another off week at the not-retail job, so we didn't post last night. Sometimes napping is very important!

We did get some new things for our 18 inch doll friends. Adelaide likes horses so Mom gave it to her! 

I think Mom always wanted a music box carousel, so she picked this one to buy! There used to be jewelry boxes with tiny spinning ballerinas that Mom liked, despite not wanting to be a ballerina! I guess Mom's always liked things that move! This one doesn't move, but it does have a button that makes it play music.

Talk to you next week!

 

January 3rd, 2020

Hello everybody! How are you? How was your New Year's? Mom and I slept through New Year's Eve! (Technically, Mom had considered staying awake since she didn't have to go to work the next day, but got bored!)

Adelaide got a present after Christmas. Technically, it started as a present for Mom! When she was a little girl, she wanted the matching girl and doll pajamas for the American Girl dolls. (She wanted the Molly ones!) She didn't get them. This Christmas in the AG catalog, they had matching little girl, adult, and doll Christmas pajamas! But the adult ones were $60, which is a lot to pay for a pair of pajamas. But after Christmas, they were on clearance. So she bought a pair for herself and a pair for Adelaide!

Lark also got a little post-Christmas sale present too. The place that we get the subscription box-- Trillian and Company via Etsy-- had a little post Christmas sale. Mom bought Lark this one because she thought it looked like a Christmas sweater!

Hope you all are having a great week!

October 25th, 2019

Hello everybody! How are you? I am okay. Mom has had a long week though, so I am going to spend some time trying to cheer her up!

Last week, Mom, Shiloh, Adelaide, Mabel, Molly, Lark, Raven, and Wren went to one of Mom's friends' houses for a dolly meetup. They met some new friends!

Do any of you go to meetups? Mom likes going a lot! I've spent the time in the car, but I've never been inside!

Talk to you next week!

May 2nd, 2019

Hello everyone! How are you? I am okay. We had an interesting weekend last week. Mom and some of my friends attended a doll meetup.

Mom brought Adelaide, Joaquin, Zola, Ionani, Caleb, Wren, Raven, and Lark inside. Milton, Foster, and I waited in the car. Mom had an okay time. There was a raffle. Mom thought that she had a fair amount of tickets, but that there were a lot of people who had a lot more tickets then she did. But it turned out that she was a lot more lucky then she thought. She won THREE dolls! She even tried to pass on the last one, but they drew her name again!

This is a picture of them while they were still at the doll meetup. Everyone has now gotten used to our dolly-verse, so they've told us their names.

This is Andromeda. She is a SoulDoll/Volks hybrid.

This is Eleanor. She is a Lee Middleton Reva Schick toddler.

And finally this is Ramona. She is a Paola Reina doll. Mom says she doesn't quite know what to do with everybody. But we'll figure something out. I hope you all have a great day!

March 22nd, 2019

Hello everyone! How are you? I am okay. This week Foster, Milton, and I have more friends come with us to Mom’s work.

Today it was Adelaide and our newest 18 inch friend, Joaquin.

Lark goes inside with Caleb. After work, she sits in the cup holder. I think she looks pretty comfy! Do any of you like car rides?
Talk to you next week!

September 7th, 2018

Hello everyone! How are you? I am okay. It was very humid for a while this past week, which made for an unhappy Mom. However, it seems like it’s over with for now, so everything is okay.

Adelaide and I got to sit outside on the porch with Mom and Oliver today. It was very nice. It was about 70 degrees and nice and sunny. We probably sat out there for two hours before we had to go in for supper. Do you like sitting outside? It’s certainly one of Oliver’s favorite things to do. What do you think?
Talk to you next week!

June 15th, 2018

Hello everyone! How are you? It has been very warm here in Wisconsin! It’s been pretty quiet though, so I like that a lot.
Mom thought World Doll Day was on the 13th, but it turned out to be on the 9th. She took pictures of a few of my doll friends with the idea that she would post them, but I guess she was too late. I thought I would be nice and volunteer that she could post them on here! I don’t care that they’re late!

This is some of my AG friends. This is Zola, Adelaide, and Shiloh.

And these are my BJD friends. This is Wren, Lark, and Raven. Neither Wren or Raven were keen on the picture taking. Lark had to hold Raven still!
So happy World Doll Day. I will have to remember to help Mom figure out the right day next year so she can post her pictures on the right day!
Hope you have a great week! Talk to you next time!

April 6th, 2018

Hello everyone! How are you? I’m okay, but Mom is tired. She types a lot quicker then I do, so I usually leave her to transcribing my blog entries. (Two paw typing is much slower than ten finger typing!)
It snowed again in Wisconsin. I thought spring had arrived, but Mother Nature had different ideas. It’s all white again! I want to start picking out plants and seeds—not shoveling!
Mom was looking through our tags to see what we could write about. I reminded her of our previous theme, words starting with the letters of the alphabet in order, and she thought we might start again at ‘a’. She just bought Adelaide a new purse, so it’s a good start!

Adelaide has been here for the longest of all the American Girls. She was the very first. Mom rescued her from a thrift store. She usually gets the new things first since she’s the oldest. (I usually get the plushie stuff first because I’ve been here the longest too!)
Talk to you next week!

February 23rd, 2018

Hello everyone! How are you? I am okay. We have had a very quiet week. Mom has worked most of the week, and Milton, Foster, and I have spent the day inside the house. We’re going to go to work with her again starting today.

Mom invited a new friend home this week. His name is Joaquin. He is Adelaide’s cousin.

I’m happy that’s there’s another boy here. (If you’ve noticed, there are a lot of girls here!)
Have a great week!

June 9th, 2017

Hello everyone! How are you? Things here are all right. At Mom’s retail job, they recently started carrying a brand of toys called ‘World’s Smallest.’ They had a yo-you and the toy that Mom bought the AG girls, my plush friends, and I. It’s called a Perplexus.

Mom says that she doesn’t have enough patience to solve it, but between all of us, someone here will!
Adelaide said she’s going to try. I think her fingers will help!

Do any of you have toys that are your size?
Talk to you all next week!

May 12th, 2017

Mom invited another American Girl doll home to live with us. Her name is Zola Yang. She says that she would like to be called Zoe. She likes taking pictures and making videos! She has a fancy camera and camcorder that she let us play with.

She is Imogen’s cousin. I do think they look alike!

Don’t you like Imogen’s new hat? I think it looks very dapper!

Since it seems important to Mom, here is Zoe, the newest AG friend, and Adelaide, who has been here the longest!
Zoe says that she is going to show us how to make a stop motion movie! We probably won’t finish it for next week, but we will keep you updated!
Hope you’re all having a great week!

April 28th, 2017

Last Saturday, Mom and one of her friends went to the Bay Area Porcelain Doll Show. It was more of a meetup for the people of the club, but it was still fun. Mom took Ash, Adelaide, Wren, Raven, and Lark. (Molly went with, but she had to stay in the car with us because Mom couldn’t hold all of them.) Mom bought a new dress for Wren.

Lots of people asked about Ash. They did all mention that he’s a bit short, which hurt his feelings a bit!
Mom buys the crochet dresses from the same lady year after year. This time, she got Wren a dress in a darker purple.

It is nice because she remembers Mom and the BJD family. She also had tiny dolls—like made of clay or something like that. When they came dressed, they were out of Mom’s price range, but it turned out that there was a very tiny teddy bear that wasn’t—but she’d already bought the dress. Oh well. There’s always next year!
Are there any gatherings like this in your area? I think it would be grand to go to more things like this. (Mom doesn’t always agree with me on that!) Talk to you next week!

March 10th, 2017

Hallo everyone! How has your week been? Things have been pretty quiet around here.
Mom said that we couldn’t afford a new TV for the bigger kids, but she gave me something that is pretty close—her old phone!

It doesn’t get any cell phone service, but it works just fine on our wifi! So now we can watch our own Netflix choices! Foster, Milton, Caleb and I were watching Netflix for a while, and then some of our AG friends came to see what we were doing.

Sometimes, human fingers, even if they’re doll sized ones, help, so Shiloh, Adelaide and Mercedes helped us with the apps.

We ended up deciding to listen to some music instead because we all couldn’t see the screen at the same time. We listened to it for a whole hour! I think I like the phone almost better than the idea of a TV! What do you think?
Talk to you next week!