Jena's newest obsession

I know that a few years ago (and still today) there was a HUGE American Girl craze sweeping the country. Fortunately, we lived on an island then and our girls were still pretty little so they A) had never even heard of American Girl and B) were too young to care. Besides, I am not a fan of most dolls because I think they are creepy (that's my secret phobia). On top of the dolls being insanely expensive (to me), they did not resemble any part of my daughters, so we skipped the whole thing. Until recently. A couple of months ago, we came across a doll at Tuesday Morning that Jena fell in love with. She'd saved up some money so we let her get it. It's from a brand called Karito Kids. It's along the same lines as American Girl (they come with a book, and some other things), but each doll is from a different country and actually LOOKS like she would be from that country!! Jena's first doll is named Ling and she is from China. She loves her, but really wanted to get Lulu, the doll from Kenya (which really resembles her). So on our last trip to Tuesday Morning, guess what we found. So, my mom shelled out $30 to bring Lulu home. Now, I still think that these dolls are CRAZY expensive (they retail for $99), but Tuesday Morning is an awesome place to get stuff for a bargain. Of course, now Jena is busy everyday sewing clothes and making furniture for her dolls. Soon, she's going to have to build them a house in the backyard because I don't know where to plans to put all of this stuff.

Wooden Doll Makeover

Back over the summer when we put together the cardboard dollhouse, we also made a little wooden family to live in it. Well over the past few months, the family (as well as the house, actually) have begun to look a bit unkempt. So I decided to give the whole family a much needed make over. They originally had fabric scraps for clothes. It was very cute when they were first completed, but months of my girls playing with them...well, let's just say that they looked unloved. I figured painting clothes for them would be much more durable in the long run. You can see a few pictures of what the family used to look like in their home here. We will do some house and furniture touch ups some other day.


I love the little old fashion butt flap on the back on the triplets' pajamas (not that my kids have any idea what those are).

A VERY short Grandma and Grandpa (or a very tall Mom and Dad). I told them that sometimes we shrink as we get older (tee hee).