Happy New Year! As you can see, it’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post. I’ve decided to take a step back from doll blogging. I still love to photograph my dolls, but I’ve found I much prefer sharing my photos on Instagram. I enjoy that it allows me to make quick, frequent…
The 1998 American Girls Calendar, Twenty Years Later: March and April
Goodness, where have the past couple of months gone? Here are the 1998 calendar pages from March and April: The March page features a scene from Happy Birthday Samantha, when she accidentally stumbled upon Cornelia speaking up for women’s rights. It is a great calendar page for Women’s History Month! April’s scene features a…
The 1998 American Girls Calendar, Twenty Years Later: February
Goodness, where has February gone? I was surprised when I realized there are only three days of February left! The 1998 American Girls calendar features Addy in the month of February and gives information about Black History Month. It even includes photos of influential Black Americans. I love the illustration of Addy helping her mother…
The 1998 American Girls Calendar, Twenty Years Later: January
I saved pretty much all of my American Girl memorabilia from my childhood and I am so glad I did. This is my 1998 American Girls calendar from when I was 7-8 years old. It is twenty years old this year, so I will be sharing the calendar page from each month throughout the year,…
Sharing is Fun
When Addy got her Ida Bean doll for Christmas, I’m sure one of her favorite things was to share Ida Bean with her best friend Sarah. After all, don’t we get so much more enjoyment out of things we get to do and share with other people? Addy’s character is so generous and giving that…
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! I’ve been absent for the past couple of months for a variety of reasons, I can’t exactly put my finger on one thing, but I have been thinking a lot about what my doll collection means to me and why I have it. The answer(s) are fairly easy: dolls have become sort…
Melody’s Bedroom
Melody spent some time hanging out in her bedroom today since it was a little rainy. She decided to turn on the radio. The song was catchy, so she grabbed her tambourine… …kicked off her shoes… …and danced and sang along!
Nanea and The Honolulu Helpers
Spoiler alert: I will be mentioning some of the events in Nanea’s books if you haven’t had a chance to read them yet. If you’ve read Nanea’s books, you know how determined she was to help the war effort. Part of the reason she wanted to come up with service projects to do with…
Welcome, Nanea!
I am so glad that I added Nanea to my collection this past weekend! She is so beautiful and I love her time period so much (she is my fifth girl from the forties!). I’ve known that I would get her ever since she was just a rumor. I won’t review her here, since there…
156th Anniversary of the Battle of Athens
I live in Iowa and therefore experience virtually no Civil War-related local history. However, on August 5th and 6th of 1861 the one and only battle along the Iowa border took place, the Battle of Athens. Athens is a town in Missouri right across the river from Iowa. It was also the northern most battle…
Meet Sarah!
Meet Addy’s best friend, Sarah Moore! Ever since I got Addy, I knew I wanted her to have her best friend Sarah. Sarah is such an important character in Addy’s books. She is the first person Addy meets in Philadelphia and becomes her most loyal friend. Sarah is patient, kind, encouraging, and always wears a…
American Girl Benefit Sale 2017
This past weekend I attended the Madison Children’s Museum Benefit Sale for the third year. We had a blast, as always! We had 8:00 tickets, which was the absolute perfect time for us. We had to leave the house at 3:00 am, so really we don’t want any earlier than that! We also got in…
She'll Go Down In Herstory 