Busy Busy II

After a hot 15 min. shower, I got dressed in my red dress that I bought with Joyce.

I wasn't too concerned about Jubi, as she tends to get worried easily.

I pulled on my warm fuzzy socks. They feel so warm in wintertime, and I love to wear them every single day.

Marie followed me, wearing a peasant top and jeans. MY jeans. Oh well, I guess they fit her fairly well.

I hopped up on the bed and started jumping. "Come on, Jubi!" I laughed. "It'll make you feel better!"
"No thanks," She replied. I stopped jumping and stared at her. "Well, what's wrong?"

"Do you think Spicemuffin still remembers us?" She asked quietly.
I did a double take. "Of COURSE she does?"
"Then where's our Christmas decorations?"
I thought about this for a moment. We...we'd never had Christmas decorations!
"We'll have to MAKE some, then!" Marie yelled excitedly.
"YEAH!" We all said, breaking out in white paper fury. We all made pretty snowflakes! Do you like them?

I hung my glorious 3d snowflake on the roof. And yes, we really did make this. I thought the snowflake would convey a definite message of winter and Christmas.

Marie and Jubi placed their snowflakes on the table. I love Jubi's snowflake the best! Marie's is also very cute, and mini.

Snowflake goodness! I think the horses like the snowflakes. Storm and Zephyr (my lizards in the box) definitely love the holiday cheer on top of their cage.

The last thing to do was put up the one decoration we DID have: a Santa Claus figurine. We decided to put it on top of the shelf. Perfect!

I looked around. Something was missing. I snapped my fingers. A CHRISTMAS TREE! What's Christmas without a tree?
But where will we get one?

Busy Busy!

It was a frosty December morning. All us dolls had finished our schoolwork at the Academy on Monday morning. We were on Christmas break, FINALLY! This Tuesday morning, Marie and I were coming out of gymnastics class.

"Hey Ivy!" Jubi greeted me as I came in.

"Hiya!" I replied, coming to sit on the bed. I placed my grips bag down and waved to her. "What's up?" She asked. I grinned. "Marie can't learn her backwalkover!" I giggled. "She gets scared and don't kick over hard enough."

"That's not true!" Marie protested, coming in through the door. "My back isn't flexible!"
"Well, that's true enough!" Jubi put her voice in, trying to stop the argument before it started.

"I'll say!" I laughed. Jubi smiled. Her little statement had effectively calmed the situation. Marie took a seat in the wicker chair. "So, whatcha doing, Jubi?" She asked.

"Reading," Jubi replied. "Well, just paging through Licorice's fun book. It really is a fun book!" She laughed, and the rest of us laughed. She put her book down on her lap. "Guys, there's something I want to talk about...um...about..."
"Hold on," I said, getting up. "The sweat is starting to get really cold! Why don't you let us clean up first?"
She shrugged. "Alright."
But when I looked back at her as I left, her face held a worried and sad look. What was my friend worried about?

Lookin' a lot like Christmas

Hey, it's Ivy here, a little patch of sunshine in a wonderfully cloudy world! Well, at our house, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And I LOVE it!

Here's a fun bokeh effect:

If you don't have a DSLR, bokeh can be tricky. I do mine by standing a far way off, and then zooming in. Next, I place my little dolly hand (if you're a human, it's much easier) in front of the lens. I press the shutter halfway down, letting the camera focus on my hand. Before I take the photo, I just take my hand away. Ta-da!!

Here's our tree before lights and decorations.

And here's our tree, all decked out in sparkling yellow lights! Yay! We have an angel topper on it now, and angel and globe lights wrapped around it.

Ha ha, I noticed Spicemuffin didn't have anywhere to put her (extremely noisy) jingle bell wreath, so she wrapped it around this artificial flower arrangement. Hee hee!

Well, this little dolly will have to snap more photos, but she needs help with the giant camera. I still have to wait just a little while for Spicemuffin to feel better, so sit tight, lovely followers!


With Christmassy love...

Christmas Fog!

Fog, fog, and more fog!

Don't you love it? MMMMM! Breathe in that fresh moist air. It's like a humidifier, but cold.

I love the fog though. It reminds me of Christmas. Christmas fog!

What do you think of the fog? Methinks it's very cold and chilly, but cool. Super cool. But, since one of my sisters has my jacket, and I'm not saying who, I'm going back inside.

Here's a picture to show us all the wonders of fog. I can look at fog whenever I want now! It's positively lovely, fog is.

Have a nice foggy Christmassy day!

Love...

Christmas is Coming!

It's an exciting time here at our house. Christmas season is here. I know, it's still November! Everybody is saying it's Christmas, but if you are going to be literal...Well, let's just say it's not even December, much less Christmas.
Ok, Jubi says I'm being a wet blanket right now. I'm not entirely sure what that means, but I think that refers to my previous statement.

Anyway, today was our day to put up the decorations. Spice has been making these awesome giant 3d snowflakes to hang on the bookshelves! What decorations have you been putting up?

The tree will be set up tomorrow evening, and we are super hyped up about that. I just LOVE Christmas trees, don't you? My favorite color of tree is white, but we have a green one.

What's your wish list, and what are your traditions this year? :)

Happy Thanksgiving to You!

Happy Thanksgiving, my doll friends! I hope you had a good one. We enjoyed a good time with my sisters and a few doll friends while Spicemuffin spent time with her family and extended family.
Things I am thankful for:
Family
Plenty of food
Friends
Apple Pie
Autumn
Leaves
Cool weather

Have a wonderful day, everyone!!

The New Floor

"Hi Jubi!" I greeted my favorite sister. "Aren't you cold? I asked. A tee-shirt in November! Brrr. It made me cold just thinking about it.

"No. I'm just checking out our new wood flooring."

"It's nice, isn't it?" I smile. "What do you think about it? Be honest!"

"I LOVE it!" Jubi grinned happily. "I'll show you how much I love it." She laid down on the floor, and spread her arms out. "That looks slightly unusual," I giggled.
"It's definitely not as soft as the old carpet," She admitted.

We both sat down on the wood floor. "The only thing is...I can't safely practice my gymnastics in here anymore. And if it's not safe, Mama won't let me do it for sure." I sighed.
"Don't worry! Mama will give you a place to practice."
"I was hoping she'd buy a gymnastics mat."
Jubi threw her head back and laughed. "You're funny, Ivy!"

"The good thing about this floor is," Jubi said, "is that there's more room to play in!"
We both stood up and looked around. Yup. It WAS really really big!
"Let's play then!" I suggested. We held hands, and thought of something.

"Let's play our flower girl story," I said. Jubi nodded. "Okay, flower girls it is!"
There's nothing like a big room and a powerful imagination.

Or in our case, there's nothing like a good friend and sister.

Big hooray for Thanksgiving! What are you all doing? I honestly have no idea what we're doing. :)
Until next time...

A Beautiful Day

Well, this was supposed to be uploaded in October, but Spicemuffin's family was redoing the front room, and the computer was shut down. But I'm back now, with a long post!

A couple of days before the 31st, I slipped into my jacket and stepped outside. It was a wonderfully cloudy morning, the kind Spicemuffin and I like. Well, she likes rainy mornings best, but I can't walk in the rain.

I walked over to the neighbor's house, and found two of the most impressive pumpkins I've ever seen! We didn't have these in China. I wonder what Kylie and Jessamine will think when they see their first pumpkin!

Then, all of a sudden, this cat appeared. At least it wasn't a black cat. I think that cat lived there. He had a collar, but I didn't know his name.

"Um, hi kitty!" I said to him. I tried my utmost to seem very friendly, for this cat was every inch as tall as me! Such a big cat.

He looked at me as if to say, "Kitty is NOT my name".
Well!
I walked away from that situation slowly. -meow- said the cat.

I walked back towards our house, and stopped over by the lamp post to rest. It takes a whole lot longer to get anywhere if you're only 18 inches. Imagine  how long it would've taken for Sierra or Taylor to walk that far!

I visited the leaf pile, which was rather small at the time. I sat in it, believing it was a bad idea to jump. The leaves were nice and crispy!

I think my boots go wonderfully with the leaves. They would be better if they were a nice chocolatey brown, but oh well.

I continued on my walk, and visited these nice evergreen bushes. They remind me so much of Christmas. And I LOVE Christmas! <3

"What was that?" I could've sworn I heard a noise.

-meow-
Oh, that cat. That's just creepy, Kitty! I told him to stop following me. I don't think he quite understood what I meant.

However, one can't let a cat ruin a good morning's walk! And it was a LOVELY morning. The clouds were shadowing the sun as to make a nice, cool day without any vinyl melting!

"Okay, kitty, I'm going home now. Scoot!" I said. -meow-

It was nice to take a seat on the couch after that nice long walk!

After I put some cocoa on the stove, I sat myself back down. As it was quite warm and toasty, I decided to take off my sweater.

Right sleeve...

left sleeve...

Ah! That's much better. I better get that cocoa now before it scorches!

I hope you enjoyed my little post. Have a nice day!

Short Stopmotion + Videos

Hey, it's me, Kylie!

Wanna see a 15 second stopmotion? It's about fall!

Also, here's a video of Jubi and Marie visiting the rats!

Be sure to check out our channel!
bye~

Arizona's Zone: Why Not? Part 13

To read part 12, CLICK HERE.

~*~*~*~
I sat on the curb long after the officers were gone, and let a few tears run down my face. Nothing was going right! I beat my fists on the sidewalk. What would Natalie and Grace say?

Natalie would say, "Don't worry. It wasn't your fault." I sighed. Not helpful. Grace would say to me, "They were there before, but they aren't there now. They have to be somewhere." I brightened. 

Yes, they must be SOMEWHERE. But where? I thought over my possibilities. They could've run out of the house while I was getting the police. Eagerly, I ran across the street, dodging cars.

I searched around the house for tracks, being sure to stay on the pebbles around the house. Nothing. All the mud around the doorways held no tracks, and neither did the dust under the windows.

I thought again. What was my other possibility? They must be hiding in the house somewhere! I immediately ducked into a nearby bush as I heard the creak of a door opening. My heart was beating a mile a minute.

A figure came into view. It was the man with the gun! I held my breath, praying he wouldn't see me. He instead took off in the direction of the woods behind the house. I breathed a sigh of relief.

Then a disturbing thought entered my head. Where was Willow?! Silently, I entered the house through the door the man exited. "Willow?" I called. No answer. Finding a downward flight of stairs, I thought it logical to go downwards in search of a missing person.

The stairs led into a basement. To my right was a closet. I opened the door, wincing as it creaked. I soon forgot about the noise in a heartbeat. Inside was Willow! And she was tied to a pipe!

"Willow!" I exclaimed. I immediately untied the ropes, and hugged her tight. "Ari!" Willow cried. She was so thin, and weak. "Come on, we're getting out of here," I said, helping her up. 

Then my heart stopped altogether. The back door squeaked open. I froze as I heard a man grumble to himself. I looked for escape, but the stairs were the only way out of the basement. Adrenaline rushed through me as I heard him step onto the staircase.


Stay tuned for Part 14!