Happy New Year!
For such an occasion, a collection update is a must. Today, Ded Moroz (Father Frost) brought a wonderful little fairy riding a shiny horse to Anechka. (more…)
Hooray! Today, Grandpa Barbie from the Happy Family series arrived directly from England. I wanted him almost 2 years ago. We ordered him with Grandma from a friend in Canada, she bought us these dolls, but we never had the opportunity to receive them. This continued for almost a year, and then, when we got tired of waiting and asked her to simply forward the dolls to us, it turned out that her elderly mother, due to dementia, had sent these dolls to some other children in the village at an unknown time. My disappointment was immeasurable. So much time was wasted waiting foolishly. It’s clear that we don’t want to have anything to do with this woman anymore. And now my husband and I are forced to hunt for these white and black grandparents on eBay, and they are quite expensive there because shipping from the States is very expensive. So far, we have only managed to acquire the white grandpa. I ordered him from England at an acceptable price, relatively cheap and with very fast delivery. I didn’t even believe he would arrive by the New Year, but he did, so meet Grandpa Steve.
Today, Saint Nicholas brought Anechka a cool doll with sad eyes under her pillow; we named her Cynthia. She looks older and more serious than she is, but I think she’ll fit in with the rest of the little ones.
Today my dear little sister congratulated me in advance on St. Nicholas Day. She gave me a rock-style Barbie, which my daughter named Heidi, and a very cute and unusual Teresa from the “Fashion Fever” series, which we both named Solya (Solomiya). And also in a thrift store she found and bought me a cute
I found a doll for Anya – Belle, the princess from her favorite fairy tale. She’s Chinese, of course, but with a very interesting face, and we got her at a great discount because of a dented box. We kept her original name.
Today I bought this little one for 5 hryvnias with a bicycle, mostly, of course, because of the bicycle. The girl herself isn’t very good quality, especially the arms and legs. I named her Tina.
Today I crochetted a warm sweater-tunic for Barbie. I found the description online.
We found another nice little toy store in the neighborhood. We bought relatively inexpensive dolls, an Aliee doll from an unknown company and a Beach fun baby from Baby World. We got the little girl with a crib mainly because of the crib and also because of the short haircut. So, despite the wardrobe, this girl will be a boy for us, because we really lack boys. Welcome, Igorek! And we named the second girl Bonnie, she’s in a funny swimsuit, with a shirt to protect from sun and wind, and a flying saucer to play with at the beach.
Today I bought Anya some funny little figures – Karen with her bridal party. Moreover, we already have the bride and groom from this series. I don’t think any other names besides Faith, Hope, and Love are suitable for them.
One of my long-held dreams has come true! I found and won a 1995 Whitney articulated gymnast doll, one of Stacy friend, on eBay myself.
This freckled marvel has haunted me since childhood. The thing is, when my sister and I only had Barbie, I didn’t know Stacy, Skipper’s little sister, even existed. And then in 1995, our dad bought Ken and this girl. Our parents put us in a cruel dilemma – one of the dolls had to be given to Daddy’s goddaughter, even though we really begged them to keep both. I would never put my daughter in such a situation. Knowing that the husband is more needed in the family, we still chose Ken, and Whitney went to his goddaughter. There was a sad destiny for this doll. Little girls broke her arm and lost it somewhere. Such an attitude towards my dream dolls was like a knife in the heart to me.
To get rid of “childhood psychological trauma,” I promised myself that I would definitely find and buy the same doll for myself. However, I have never seen even regular Stacy dolls in any store in Ukraine, not even talking about the articulated ones.
And so, 14 years later, I fulfilled my promise, which I am very, very happy about. The doll is new, has never been taken out of the box. After 14 years of standing in a straddle position, one of her legs has gone numb. It’s now very difficult to make both legs move equally, but I think I’ll manage. The girl came with a gymnastic log, heart-shaped glasses, and a hairbrush.