Cécile’s Christmas Tree

Four weeks until Christmas! I’ve decided to make my own Advent calendar of sorts, and each Friday until Christmas will be sharing a historical Christmas tree from the time period of one of our dolls. Christmas trees were a brand new fashion in the United States in Cécile’s time. The Christmas tree as we know…

Giving Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving! I thought long and hard about which doll to feature in a Thanksgiving post and decided on Kaya. My reason was NOT because of the Pilgrim and Indian First Thanksgiving story (wrong century, wrong tribe, wrong part of the country–not to mention that story is largely romanticized and misrepresented) but because giving thanks…

Snow Much Fun!

It’s the first snow of the year! I love snow and I can’t wait until Christmas!  I took Caroline and Emily out to enjoy the winter wonderland and my sister did the same with her Kailey. The wind didn’t make for such a good hair day, but the beautiful snow more than made up for it!  …

The Girls’ New Pet

Look at this cutie! My mom found him at JoAnn Fabrics (he was a Christmas ornament) and thought it would be perfect for her Lanie! I thought Kaya also might like to befriend a baby raccoon considering her affinity for animals, so they both posed for some pictures with this little rascal on a walk this…

The AG Generations

There are beautiful dolls in both American Girl’s Historical collection as well as the Girl of the Year line. We can’t help but notice, though, that there are some uncanny similarities between some of these beauties, which leads us to conclude that had these characters been real, there are some shared genes between these modern girls…

Rebecca’s Kewpie Doll

Rebecca badly wanted to win a Kewpie doll at Steeplechase Park in her summer story and I am surprised a Kewpie doll was never part of her collection. What a great opportunity for some doll related history! Since there is not one available through American Girl, I decided to purchase Rebecca her very own historically…