There aren’t many people who haven’t heard of Little House on the Prairie in one form or another. Maybe you grew up reading the Little House on the Prairie book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder – or maybe you grew up watching the “Little House on the Prairie” TV series. Or maybe you are […]
Design your very own Dolls house with Lundby
Ok. It’s no secret that I’m OBSESSED with doll’s houses, Lundby doll’s houses in particular. I received my first Smaland house over a year ago and it continues to bring my family and I great joy, laughter, and enough creative brainstorming to outlast any other toy in our house. Here’s a bit of background info […]
New Barbie Dreamhouse
If you could live anywhere, and build your own custom home from scratch, what would your dream house be like? Me? I would probably want a renovated Victorian with easy access to the rails and a short distance from New York City. We’d have a wraparound porch looking out our wooded property, dark hardwood floors, […]
Lundby dolls houses: A modern twist on a classic play time, Part 1
When I was a little girl, I dreamt of having a doll house, but my mom (a single mother at the time) just couldn’t afford one. I’d visit friend’s houses, with their girly bedrooms all decorated with pink frilly pillows and their toy chests overflowing with the latest and greatest gadgets, but I always gravitated […]
Barbie Mariposa and the Fairy Princess
With two elementary school aged girls in the house, Barbie has become one of the most played with toys in our house. Frequently Barbie movies are playing on the television. Mariposa happens to be one of our favorites. When we were given the opprtunity to review the Barbie Mariposa and the Fairy Princess Dolls the […]
An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky (The Movie)
We reviewed the Saige American Girl of the Year doll when she first came out and my daughter brings Saige on trips and to special days at school. Now, American Girl has a new feature-length movie coming from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Will you see the movie with your kids? “An American Girl: Saige Paints […]
Monster High Viewing Party
Monster High recently gave my daughters an opportunity to host a viewing party for their all new Monster High Freaky Fabulous Double Feature. The first feature is the movie Friday Night Frights. The girls absolutely loved how the female characters came to the rescue of the boys and won the skate match. The second feature […]
Meet Saige Copeland: Girl of the Year 2013 from American Girl
Welcome, Saige Copeland American Girl’s Girl of the Year for 2013! This might have been the doll that got me interested in dolls when I was a girl. She not only lives in the Southwest, rides horses, and has auburn hair, she is also passionate about the arts in education. As a teen, I rode […]
American Girl of the Year 2013: Saige Copeland – An Interview with Author, Jessie Haas
My daughter loves American Girl and we’re very excited for the debut of Saige, American Girl of the Year for 2013. American Girl has been dropping hints that the 2013 Girl of the Year is from New Mexico and loves horses and art–now we finally get to meet Saige Copeland and learn all about her! […]
Tea with Marie Grace at the American Girl Place
For Christmas, my amazing sister-in-law gave my daughter an American Girl Doll, Marie Grace. My daughter had been requesting an American Girl Doll for the last year after seeing one at show-and-tell but I held off because of her young age and because, honestly, I was never into dolls as a child!
I recognize, however, all the fun and growth that can come from playing with dolls…
