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Anyone who knows me in real life knows I am not a girlie-girl. At all. My youngest niece is nearly five (in seven weeks or so), and the GIRLIEST-GIRL I've ever met. She got approximately ten million Barbie items, and each Barbie set comes with a thousand teeny tiny pieces. "Blush and Bashful - my two very favorite shades of pink" kind of describes B to a tee.
She wants to play Barbie *all* the *time* - which seems to consist of her playing with all the "real" Barbie dolls, where you get to play with the cardboard cut outs of Barbie from the playsets packaging. Thankfully, I was occupied trying to put some of her new items together, or just wrangle them from the boxes. So "playtime" was mercifully short. She constantly wants someone to play with her, but she doesn't let you actually *do* anything. Its more she wants a suitably appreciative audience. Tiresome, but she's also only nearly-*five.*
Mattel's motto seems to be "when in doubt, tie it down, tape it down, wire it down." She got the Scuba Barbie (with dolphins - and the Barbie and dolphins have spots that change color in warm water - bathtime fun!), the LifeGuard Barbie (whistle and stopwatch included), Barbie's pool (which Santa brought, and must go back to Santa because it arrived with two left sides, and no right side of the pool - B was *very upset* - poor mite). The Barbie kiddie pool - with one adult barbie and twin girls - blonde and brown haired. She also got a livingroom set, complete with flat screen TV with remote, and the computer cabinet and desk chair. She seems to have gone from Playskool directly to Barbie without even a pause anywhere else. Barbie is *IT.*
Her older sister got another American Girl doll - and some American Girl furniture to go with the doll, and a wider range of type of toys. My folks gave them each a Nintendo DS and a couple of games - one of the games G plays online, so she was excited she could take it with her wherever she went.
L fussed a bit, napped a bit, and teethed a bit. He wasn't much for presents, but his folks and big sisters were more than happy to help him delve into his riches. Then dinner with my folks was a nice, low-key affair. It was fairly relaxing all day.
I hope you all had as lovely a day! I think it is time to crash, now.
She wants to play Barbie *all* the *time* - which seems to consist of her playing with all the "real" Barbie dolls, where you get to play with the cardboard cut outs of Barbie from the playsets packaging. Thankfully, I was occupied trying to put some of her new items together, or just wrangle them from the boxes. So "playtime" was mercifully short. She constantly wants someone to play with her, but she doesn't let you actually *do* anything. Its more she wants a suitably appreciative audience. Tiresome, but she's also only nearly-*five.*
Mattel's motto seems to be "when in doubt, tie it down, tape it down, wire it down." She got the Scuba Barbie (with dolphins - and the Barbie and dolphins have spots that change color in warm water - bathtime fun!), the LifeGuard Barbie (whistle and stopwatch included), Barbie's pool (which Santa brought, and must go back to Santa because it arrived with two left sides, and no right side of the pool - B was *very upset* - poor mite). The Barbie kiddie pool - with one adult barbie and twin girls - blonde and brown haired. She also got a livingroom set, complete with flat screen TV with remote, and the computer cabinet and desk chair. She seems to have gone from Playskool directly to Barbie without even a pause anywhere else. Barbie is *IT.*
Her older sister got another American Girl doll - and some American Girl furniture to go with the doll, and a wider range of type of toys. My folks gave them each a Nintendo DS and a couple of games - one of the games G plays online, so she was excited she could take it with her wherever she went.
L fussed a bit, napped a bit, and teethed a bit. He wasn't much for presents, but his folks and big sisters were more than happy to help him delve into his riches. Then dinner with my folks was a nice, low-key affair. It was fairly relaxing all day.
I hope you all had as lovely a day! I think it is time to crash, now.
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