J.J. comes over

Yes, I realize that there has been a terrible lack of posts. But you know the holidays. Even a doll has to prepare for Thanksgiving. Mama is visiting relatives for a big feast. Us doll sisters just can't sit around on the big day! At the end of this post is a plan that all of us decided on. But for now, here's some pictures!

One of Mama's besties, J.J. came over not too long ago. And she brought all the Gold Valley Dolls! 

Arizona here! May I introduce...

Stephanie Antoinette!!

*applauds*

Stephanie is a new arrival from France. Luckily for us, she speaks a fair amount of English. Every week we talk to her, the more she improves in her speech and grammar. Jubilee and I have been helping her. She's very nice, and even Ivy loves her.

Oh, you be quiet! Ivy again. That's enough for Ari anyway. ;) My blog anyhow.

 New faces, and old friends. Here's the well loved Sunny. She's been going over fashion changes. Her vest looks rather cute, but I'm not quite sure what to think of the green eyebrows.


I like them.


Of course you do! You'd be rainbow colored if you could help it. :)

 Isn't Jubilee so chic?
My sister is a pro at fashion.
Yes, and she always looks adorable. She went preppy that day. Elizabeth went casual in softly worn denim.
:D

Ari and Joy!
Meeeeeeee!!!!!!
YES YOU!!!
Can you see a the pic of Elliebob on the bulletin board? In case you were wondering, the photo next to that is not Mama. :)

 I don't really know why this is here. I love Mama's camera's macro setting. :D

I'm not even sure if my blog posts are interesting anymore so...
SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!
Tell me what you'd like to see, and I'll try and do it. :)


So! Let's get to the Thanksgiving plans.

Mama leaves.

Start cooking Thanksgiving feast!

Play in some leaves outside

Have a mini dance party.

Eat Thanksgiving feast! YUM!

Watch a movie while falling asleep

Get up and rampage the living room.

Play a game on couch.

Mama comes home. 

:)

I don't know about you, but it sounds fun to us. XD

Don't forget! Suggestions for this blog. :) Anything! :D

Ivy                             and       
Arizona

True Friendship Can't Be Broken Part 2

Now I continue my story. :)

The next day, I began to reconsider my decision. It would be pretty hard to find another bestest best friend. So, I decided to have a short chat with Julie. I walked fairly quickly, 'cause I was dying to talk.

But upon arriving, I spied Julie and that new Kanani girl was there. They were chatting like BBFF. Then, all the anger came back! I had a strong dislike for Kanani. She was stealing my first friend away! I stomped up to the grass, then stopped abruptly.

Julie saw me, and rushed up to me. "Want to join Kanani and me?" She asked. "She and I are having the wonderfullest time! Oh Ivy, it's been just groovy with her. I've never had so much fun in my life! We were sharing secrets just now. You don't know how good it is to have a friend like Kanani Akina." She grinned happily. I scowled. "Then you just make her your bestest best friend forever!" I said.

Before she could say anything, I turned and ran. Tears streamed down my cheeks. I was sorry for my mean attitude, but I just couldn't forgive Julie and Kanani just yet! I only ran a short distance. I could still hear the two girls. There was silence for a minute, then Kanani whispered something. Then there was giggles. They were laughing!

I sighed, and sunk to the grass. Suddenly I heard a footstep in the grass! I quickly wiped my tears away and turned my head to see Julie! "Oh, hi." I acknowledged her quietly. "Ivy, you know, she's not my BBFF." I didn't look at her. "Didn't you know she's only my sister?" I turned. "Your sister?" I repeated incredulously. "Yeah. You know sisters are usually only honorable friends. Only a few become best friends." I smiled. "I didn't know. I'm sorry," I apologized meekly.

 "That's okay Ivy!" Julie wrapped her arms around me. We shared a long friend to friend hug. When we were done, I felt much better!

 Kanani grinned. "Now I have to find myself a BBFF!" She giggled.

 Here are the three of us! Friends. I even forgave Kanani!

That day, I learned that true friendship cannot be broken. I know that Julie and I will always be friends, no matter what.

The End.

A rainy day

-sigh- Rainy days are so dreary. Well, Tuesday was a rainy day where we lived.

I was so sad and disappointed. I was going to go out on a 'safari', and it rains! So frustrated. I leaned heavily against the screen with a sigh. The rain fell softly on our patio, and trickled off the overflowing gutters on our roof. Maybe the sound was relaxing to some, but it made me want to cry.

Then Jubilee came and put her arms around me. For a couple short seconds, I ignored her presence, until she whispered, "Ivy."

I turned my head. "Ivy, you like to find beauty in small things. Won't you try to find joy in those same small things too?" She squeezed my hand, and I smiled, ever so slightly. "How is there joy in rain?" I asked, quickly wiping my smile off my face. Jubi grinned. "Look at the polka dot pattern it gives! It's very beautiful. Ivy, you fashionista, I know you love polka dots." I smiled, and unconsciously stroked my polka dot shirt.

I looked at the little dots on the cement. "And, right now, the plants are singing for joy because of the rain. Can't you hear them, Ivy?" I looked at the red lilies swaying in the breeze, and the lantanas vibrating. "Why, they are singing!" I said. Jubi smiled. "Just because we can't have fun outside doesn't mean we can't have fun inside!"

For the rest of the afternoon, we played with my activity book and stuffed dog. It was fun, I agree. And don't YOU agree that Jubi is the kindest and most thoughtful friend there ever was? Friends through thick and thin! :)

~SuNsHiNy IvY

Landscaping update

Now that Mama's finally back (with her Blogger password), I can give you an update!

 Side yard 1!

 Rose bushes, red lilies, and yellow lantanas.

 Yayz!

 'Member what this used to be? Dirt! Now, purple crepe myrtles, red lilies, and some other plants I don't know. ;)

 Our Japanese maple. Complimented by yellow lantanas, boulders, rocks, and bark. :)

 This is right next to the hose. You can just barely see a bit of concrete.

 Nandina! I Love These.

 A pathway from the second concrete. Purple lantanas, nandinas, a bamboo-like-bush, and a fern. Thing.

A quite unfinished side yard! XD

So as you see, it's quite unfinished. But, to a doll, (and to anyone) it looks great, right?

Yay!

I'll come back later with some doll pics of Julie and I. I love my friend!

~Sunshiny Ivy

Welcome Summer and Bring on the Heat!

Bring on the scorching heat, it's summer! Woo-hoo!
In the mornings at 7:30 it's already 80 degrees! Ouch! But I'm cool with it. How can anyone mind when it's summer, and therefore water time?
Yep! I am using too many exclamation points. ^-^

Ha ha ha, well, this morning, we took some pictures for our Blogger readers, and here they are:

My 4 special friends and I. Marie and I forgot to look at the camera, silly us!
Now here's a funny picture below...

3 Friends guild! Except none of us looked at the camera. Whoops. XD Joy was looking at a dragonfly, Jubilee was getting squished, and I forgot that Mama was taking the picture. Hey, that's my banner! Do you like it? I worked hard on it.

HAPPY SUMMER EVERYBODY!

Yeah.

Low exposure. It was way too bright outside! You can see that Jubilee and Marie are still sticking with their barefoot thing. :)

Yep, put on your sunblock folks, for it's time for some fun in the sun! Hooray!

Holding hands. Awwwwwww. :)

Oh, remember how Joy was looking at a dragonfly? We snapped a pic of it before it flew away! Really!

How pretty!

Anyway, I must go. I gotta put on some shorts for wading! Since I'm a doll, I can't swim, but I can wade! So...see you later!

~Sunshiny Ivy

Pics of my Presents

At long last, I found time to photograph my gifts. I can't believe I just said a super fancy sentence.

Anyway, here you go!

 This is the heart-shaped basket I received from Jubilee.

 It's a perfect seat for Joy and I's dolls!

Marie made this creature. I bet you've guessed it! Yep, it's a tribble from Star Trek! Yahoo! With a strange rosette... :)

 Fidelia made this cute little chick.

 Naomi and Peace made this cat. :)

Joy made this hen. :D
I love all my presents!

~Sunshiny Ivy

What I did on my B-day

I'm gonna tell you all about my special day, starting with the very beginning.

 As usual, Mrs. Buchanan dropped off Jubilee and Marie promptly at 8:30 am. Marie greeted me quickly and cheerily, then ran inside to find Joy. I waved to Jubilee who had just hopped out of the car. "Hi!" She yelled.

"Hi!" I shouted, and grinned. She looked so small from across our long lawn. She then wasted no time in skipping across the dewy grass to give me a hug. "Ivy!" She squeezed me. "It's been a day Jubilee!" I laughed, and then I gave in. "Okay," I said, "I missed you too!" Us two are like sisters. Not to forget Julie of course! I do miss her. :(

We went into the backyard, and I showed her the progress. "Cool!" She said. It was just then that I noticed. Jubi had no shoes on! "Jubi!" I exclaimed. "Did you forget your shoes at home?" She laughed. "Goodness no! Our family has decided to try going barefoot everywhere for a week." She grinned. "Well in that case," I kicked off my own shoes. "There!"

 After a while of being outside, we went into my room to make posters. I felt silly for still having that "Happy Spring!" poster on my wall. I grabbed paper, pencils, a ruler, and some scissors. Jubilee grabbed my Reese's puffs cereal for snacking.

 In no time, I had the words "happy summer" written on my paper. Here's my half-finished post with a flower.

Jubi quietly wrote, "get ready for some fun in the sun!" Here's her poster half done. Needless to say, our posters look awesome now. :D

After we finished that, it was lunchtime. Mama said to me, "C'mon, we're going somewhere." I put my camera down in its place (unfortunately) I was curious, but said nothing. We all hoped into the van and drove to Chili's. By now, I was really interested! We were escorted to a big table where all the Rose Hollow Dolls were waiting!

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY IVY!" They shouted in unison, including Jubi and Marie.
We had a GREAT time, even though I didn't bring my camera. :)

Oh well! I had a fun time.
Gotta go! I'm going to start working on a new post about summer. Summer IS right around the corner...literally!
And I'm looking forwards to it. Because on the 21st, I'm going with Mama to see Elliebob and Julie! Yayyyyy!

~Sunshiny Ivy

Birthday

I didn't want to say anything but...this upcoming Tuesday is my birthday! I wonder if anybody remembered...
I hope so!
I'm really looking forwards to it. I didn't really want any presents, just a get-together with all my friends! I wish I could see Julie though...I think she's vacationing or something.
And guess what?
This Saturday, we're continuing our landscaping journey. The landscaper guy is going to rototill the backyard and put in grass!
Well...see you gals later.

~Sunshiny or not, Ivy

School's Out!

I FINALLY finished my schoolwork! I'm headed home for lunch on the shuttle. I thought I'd type a post of this morning.
While Mama prepared breakfast, Jubilee and I went into our backyard. I cautiously stepped onto the concrete.

"Come on Jubi!" I laughed. "It's dry!" Jubi grinned, and then slowly slid onto the dried cement.

"Cool!" We said simultaneously.

 I went over to the side, and edged onto our new porch. I held on to the pillar cautiously, and kept an eye on Mama. I didn't want her to see me!

 Jubilee stepped on too. Look at her other pictures. Don't you just adore that Bohemian style?

 Then, Mama stepped up. "What are you doing?" She asked.

Jubi and I looked up. I winced. "You promised that you would wait for Fidelia and Marie to step on the porch." She put her hands on her hips. "Ivy, get off right now."

 Well, I didn't want to get off. I slowly moved my feet by centimeters. Mama grabbed me, picked me up, and placed me right on the old concrete.

 Jubilee wasted no time in hopping off too!

The two of us ran inside very promptly! Can you see the corner of Jubi's dress?
I suppose we ARE naughty, but what can I say? We're dolls!

~Sunshiny Ivy