Coming home, the first thing I’ll do is capture photos of our little critters because they’re always getting lost, and Anechka helps me with that. So, we currently have one pony, 8 dogs, 3 cats, and one bird.

Just before leaving, I decided to take a picture of Lucy – Yana, who will be staying home alone with my parents. The rest of the dolls will go with us. I already have a doll with that face at home – it’s Laura, but Yana won’t be upset either. She’s leaving behind a rather rich dowry here – things and furniture from the original Barbie house that I didn’t take with me. This doll was sold with a baby in a stroller, puppies, and accessories for them. She has an unusual “solid” rubber body. She can’t sit down and raise her arms, but her arms and legs are flexible. And compared to Barbie, her body is significantly flatter :)”

I bought a set with a bar for Barbie. The girls went to a new bar in the evening.

I crocheted for Tereza her first pink swimsuit. It looks good with her tan.

I crocheted a white dress, like the one Marilyn Monroe wore, based on a description from the internet.

My husband and I went to Kyiv to the German embassy to apply for visas. This was already our second trip – the first one went badly because of confusion with the documents. Even on our first trip, we stopped by the toy store “Budinok Igrashok” and saw a cute Nikki from the beach series there. But we were so upset then that they returned our documents, that we simply forgot to go back to that store and buy her. But this time our documents were perfectly prepared, and after receiving our visas, we went into a little shop and, in our joy, bought as many as two dolls – Teresa Fashion and beach Nikki.

Theresa has very unusual legs – they are completely plastic and don’t bend, but she has amazing core strength. Her arms only move up and down, unlike Nikki’s. The girls were named Rachel and Nikki.

Based on an online description, I made a beach outfit for Barbie.

Crocheted a swimsuit and a sundress for Evie. It turned out beautiful, but it’s very uncomfortable to crochet with satin yarn.

As a birthday gift for Mom, I embroidered a card with a kitten.

Here we are on holiday! It’s so great to finally get away to warmer place! And in the very first supermarket, I ran into Evie in a winter outfit.
Funny thing is, it cost half as much as identical Evies, but in summer clothes. Apparently, a seasonal discount. I certainly couldn’t resist the doll for such a funny price. We named her Polina.

And the second girl is quite an unusual personage. It was sold in a tube box, with no name or manufacturer written on it. But she looks very much like Sonya, just smaller in stature and even more graceful. I named her Dinka because of her curly hair.