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Apr. 3rd, 2011 01:28 amThis completely rotten miracle baby of a tyrannical youngest child girly girl (did you get that?) of ours is going to have the Most. Epic. Birthday. EVER.
We've been doing our normal "shop gradually over months prior" sort of gift buying but somehow stuff has just accumulated to this disgusting, INSANE extent that makes me actually sort of embarassed in a "wow...I sure am privileged and first world and not in the throes of natural disasters or war..." sort of way.
Stashed in my closet and Grant's shed we have:
-a new ($20, Target) 18" doll for her...JUST THIS would make her whole birthday, it's a friend for her other 18" doll "Allison" and she has been drooling over the American Girl (similar but way more expensive dolls) catalogue for weeks now, hoarding it under her little bed to browse through at night when she goes to sleep
-2 more outfits for 18" dolls
-a double set of pajamas, one in her size and one in 18" doll size
INTERMISSION: I never had dolls as a kid. I actually found dolls creepy and scary due to movies like Child's Play and my paternal grandmother's truly creepy, scary decorative antique ones...Annie never had baby- or other kinds of dolls because I just never thought of it, and she didn't ask. I think my mom got her one that fell by the wayside forgotten? Annie has since gotten a single American Girl doll and some Groovy Girls, like in the last couple of years, but they mostly sit unplayed with because Annie is kind of past "playing". She sort of likes "collecting" now, that's about the extent of it. The 18" doll Elise has now is one Grant Sr got Annie and Annie passed on to her. But Elise has been FREAKING NUTS about baby dolls and any other type from day one, CANNOT have enough, etc. This is why I spent like 40 hours making her a waldorf doll for her last birthday. And she does love that doll (though I kind of hate a lot of aspects of how it came out). But she pines and longs after other dolls and plays with all the ones she has every single day. BACK TO THE LIST!
-a little $3 small (like my hand sized) baby doll that I'm hoping I can give her in exchange for one of the more disgusting, filthy baby dolls she clings to and tries to get my niece Elizabeth to handle (and eat) when Laura comes over
-a 3-pack of Tinkerbell "pillowbooks"...they're big plush throw pillow looking things that are actually fat overstuffed cloth books. She's crazy for Tinkerbell for who knows what reason.
-a giant Tinkerbell storybook THAT COMES WITH A LIFE-SIZE TINKERBELL CARDBOARD CUTOUT. Both of these are *freaking ridiculous* and only in my closet because they were available at BJ's for $10 apiece when I was there without her grocery shopping. I am a sucker when I imagine her thrilled reactions.
-previously owned 6" GORGEOUS curly haired porcelain doll in elaborate gown, still in the box, that I found at Goodwill FOR $4 before any of these other doll-related purchases and then forgot all about until I was digging through my closet tonight.
-little mermaid bathingsuit
-and, oh yeah, did I mention, the brand new bike?
That is really the thing that puts it over the edge, isn't it? Her 2 year old trike is rusted to the point of not being usable anymore, and she generally rides Isaac or Jake's bike whenever we go around the neighborhood or over to the Villages/park with bikes...so she really IS due for a new one and started asking when she could get a new bike of her own she could ride like 8 months ago...but on top of everything else that is INSANE. OH YEAH! Also:
-small doll seat for the back of her bike, like how she has a child seat on the back of my bike. This is going to make her SO DAMNED HAPPY that *I* get inordinately giddy about it everytime I think of it.
I'm trying to consider what I could separate and stash away for Christmas.
Anyway Her Majesty wants a castle cake and a party that involves her friends Naja and Georgia, and her cousins Brian and Elizabeth - DRIVEN BY LAURA "cuz Brian no drive car, he too small" - here at our house. I'm happy to oblige.
She's running around the house in pajamas, all clean and shiny from the bath with her wet hair in a poneytail right now :D
This has been a great kid day.
Jenga with Annie.
Starbucks with Jake.
Bike ride with Elise and Aaron.
Grant and I taking Annie with us to get that aforementioned bike.
Chinese Checkers with Isaac and Jake.
Cuddling with Elise.
And so on.
We've been doing our normal "shop gradually over months prior" sort of gift buying but somehow stuff has just accumulated to this disgusting, INSANE extent that makes me actually sort of embarassed in a "wow...I sure am privileged and first world and not in the throes of natural disasters or war..." sort of way.
Stashed in my closet and Grant's shed we have:
-a new ($20, Target) 18" doll for her...JUST THIS would make her whole birthday, it's a friend for her other 18" doll "Allison" and she has been drooling over the American Girl (similar but way more expensive dolls) catalogue for weeks now, hoarding it under her little bed to browse through at night when she goes to sleep
-2 more outfits for 18" dolls
-a double set of pajamas, one in her size and one in 18" doll size
INTERMISSION: I never had dolls as a kid. I actually found dolls creepy and scary due to movies like Child's Play and my paternal grandmother's truly creepy, scary decorative antique ones...Annie never had baby- or other kinds of dolls because I just never thought of it, and she didn't ask. I think my mom got her one that fell by the wayside forgotten? Annie has since gotten a single American Girl doll and some Groovy Girls, like in the last couple of years, but they mostly sit unplayed with because Annie is kind of past "playing". She sort of likes "collecting" now, that's about the extent of it. The 18" doll Elise has now is one Grant Sr got Annie and Annie passed on to her. But Elise has been FREAKING NUTS about baby dolls and any other type from day one, CANNOT have enough, etc. This is why I spent like 40 hours making her a waldorf doll for her last birthday. And she does love that doll (though I kind of hate a lot of aspects of how it came out). But she pines and longs after other dolls and plays with all the ones she has every single day. BACK TO THE LIST!
-a little $3 small (like my hand sized) baby doll that I'm hoping I can give her in exchange for one of the more disgusting, filthy baby dolls she clings to and tries to get my niece Elizabeth to handle (and eat) when Laura comes over
-a 3-pack of Tinkerbell "pillowbooks"...they're big plush throw pillow looking things that are actually fat overstuffed cloth books. She's crazy for Tinkerbell for who knows what reason.
-a giant Tinkerbell storybook THAT COMES WITH A LIFE-SIZE TINKERBELL CARDBOARD CUTOUT. Both of these are *freaking ridiculous* and only in my closet because they were available at BJ's for $10 apiece when I was there without her grocery shopping. I am a sucker when I imagine her thrilled reactions.
-previously owned 6" GORGEOUS curly haired porcelain doll in elaborate gown, still in the box, that I found at Goodwill FOR $4 before any of these other doll-related purchases and then forgot all about until I was digging through my closet tonight.
-little mermaid bathingsuit
-and, oh yeah, did I mention, the brand new bike?
That is really the thing that puts it over the edge, isn't it? Her 2 year old trike is rusted to the point of not being usable anymore, and she generally rides Isaac or Jake's bike whenever we go around the neighborhood or over to the Villages/park with bikes...so she really IS due for a new one and started asking when she could get a new bike of her own she could ride like 8 months ago...but on top of everything else that is INSANE. OH YEAH! Also:
-small doll seat for the back of her bike, like how she has a child seat on the back of my bike. This is going to make her SO DAMNED HAPPY that *I* get inordinately giddy about it everytime I think of it.
I'm trying to consider what I could separate and stash away for Christmas.
Anyway Her Majesty wants a castle cake and a party that involves her friends Naja and Georgia, and her cousins Brian and Elizabeth - DRIVEN BY LAURA "cuz Brian no drive car, he too small" - here at our house. I'm happy to oblige.
She's running around the house in pajamas, all clean and shiny from the bath with her wet hair in a poneytail right now :D
This has been a great kid day.
Jenga with Annie.
Starbucks with Jake.
Bike ride with Elise and Aaron.
Grant and I taking Annie with us to get that aforementioned bike.
Chinese Checkers with Isaac and Jake.
Cuddling with Elise.
And so on.
