[The Giver]
Once again, my suggestion for the perfect gift has been universally acclaimed as the best, most thoughtful, and age appropriate gift.
Thank You.
[/The Giver]
[gloat]
I got Claire two AG dolls, 8 outfits, three suitcases, and a bed for $150 at a garage sale this summer!
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She does have a wave, when you take the braid out.
Always order by phone, they have unpublished specials that can get really good, the only way you know is by calling in with credit card in hand.
Medea,
Thanx for the tip. My 14-year-old has a Samantha doll and her bed and some of her clothes. She wants more furniture and is quite enamoured of the stable Illumi-Room (or whatever it’s called). That one has a horse that goes with it so there’s something “living” there. We both agreed that the 2 “bedrooms” were very strange. Maybe that’s where the Brownies sleep??
Inky-
I sure Mia will like her doll. They really are very life-like and she will hopefully give hers a nice personality in her passion plays. Good luck!!
MomCat
Oooh…I have to see her…I’ll let you know the next time I’m in Oakland.
I had Barbies by the ton. And my Barbies were BAD.
They got kidnapped and tied to chairs. They were hookers and drug addicts with eating disorders and tried to commit suicide. They got raped and killed. They cheated on their boyfriends with their friend’s boyfriends. They got drunk and partied all the time.
…and damnit, I feel old now. When I was into American Girl stuff in elementary school, it was just Kirsten, Samantha, and half of Molly’s series. How in god’s name do they have so many of them now?!
Mia’s stories with her stuffed animals and dolls sound similar to the ones I made up (though she sounds more advanced–I didnt get into the real Russian potboilers until I was eight), so her creative bend may be more verbal than kinetic or visual. Get her a tape recorder so she can record her stories and then get them typed up. Or buy her one of the “create-a-book” kits, some create published quality books. I know you have the doll for Christmas, but she’ll have a birthday soon, or you’ll need a little sweetie gift.
Oh, and don’t feel too bad that the alligator you gave her is the “evil” animal–kids need to act out fears and angers and stuff, you should be glad you gave her something powerful enough to act as her catharsis point. She may feel it’s “safe” to use the alligator for this purpose, because she knows the one who gave it to her is a powerful friend.
:eek:
Did you also own the ‘Trailer-Trash’ Barbie? <NOT by Mattel!> Barbie in checkered halter top, high-cut Daisy Duke shorts, too much makeup, cigarette dangling from the mouth, toddler on the hip and wide black roots in her blonde hair. The cover of the box states, “My Daddy says I’m the best kisser east of the Mississippi.”
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She’ll love to meet you Guin. She’s a wonderful person. She’s also way more responcible than me…thats why she holds on to my bills and my ID. She keeps them under her bed.
momcat, those rooms just scare me. Creepyest things… the pets help… a little. Its still a box with no windows or doors.
Same here!!! And I knew about Felicity from going to school in Williamsburg. But sheesh…I feel old now. sigh
I wasn’t the only one!!!
Occasionally one might end up sleeping her way to the top of a corporation… but that was as good as it got. (And then it was time for the designer drugs).
I was a good girl, I needed to act out somehow.
-amarinth
My fiance’ recommends a treasure trunk/chest full of costume thingies, such as magic wands, tiaras, swords (plastic), a cape, jewelry, veil, feather boa, fru-fru skirt, some hats, fancy shoes, purses, and a few other costume thingies. She said any little girl with that much imagination would go ape-sh*t over this. Get some of the stuff from a thrift store even- used halloween costumes.
Shameless plug- See’s now has the See’s Barbie, with Barbie selling See’s candies- NOT “sold in (toy) stores”.