The Coast

 

My parents, Ken, myself and Miss M all loaded up in my parents van and spent the day playing on the coast. First we went to the aquarium. Miss M loved the otters and the sharks. It was all really cool. Then we stopped and had a quick bite to eat at a neighborhood seafood shack, and then we loaded our stuffed selves back into the van and drove to the beach. There was lots of foam on the sand, which Miss M loved to jump into. We had a blast.

And Then We Played Outside

 

Miss M loves to play outside. Most two-year-olds do I think. So between bouts of sprinkling rain, we went and played outside. We found a ball and kicked it back and fourth. There may have been a few rounds of ring-around-the-rosie. Then the rain started back up again, so we skipped our way back inside.  

A Dolly For Miss M

Okay - so the title is a little elusive. I knit the dolly for Miss M for Christmas. In the hurried bustle of the season, I only had time to make Cindy-Lou-Who (as she was later named) a quick sundress. A couple months of hard playing later, and that sundress was history. I decided to hit up ebay for a dolly dress solution. Low and behold, someone was selling an arsenal of American Girl style doll clothes for $1.99. I bid, and no one else did, so it was mine.



 The package arrived yesterday afternoon, and Miss M was entertained for hours making outfits. The small fasteners were a little tricky, so I had to help. But as a girly-girl myself, I don't mind dressing up dollies. I certainly have enough practice under my belt. I believe the doll clothes were made from the Felicity patterns that the Pleasant Company used to produce. Do you remember Felicity? They don't make her anymore. I had Addy and Samantha myself, but I always had a soft spot for Felicity and her wildly political tea-refusing ways. Miss M definitely likes the Felicity-style clothing, and I think Cindy-Lou-Who looks smashing.