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| This is the doll that looks like you. One of her first AG dolls! |
I promised Lexi, or bribed Lexi, that if she was an excellent girl on the trip I would take her to Seattle and buy her American Girl Doll #19. It's from the Truly Me collection. It's not available in Canada and she really wanted it. So on Tuesday we drove to Seattle, went to the Lynnwood Mall and she got #19. She doesn't have a name yet. I thought she could call her "that's enough" but she doesn't see the humour in it. She has loved American Girl dolls since she was 8. She really looks after them. We took one of her dolls to Indigo on Broadway a few months ago to get her ears pierced. It was $16, includes earrings and she used her own money to have it done. Cec has a great tool that would have worked just fine but we had to go to the "beauty salon" to get the ears pierced. They have a book of hair styles and stylists that do dolls hair. They have hearing aids that can be put on your doll, a hospital if your doll is sick, breaks something or loses an eye! There are details on the website how you get your doll admitted to hospital. When they are discharged they will wash her, brush her hair, give her a certificate of good health, a get well card, a hospital ID bracelet and a doll hospital gown!
A school teacher in the US started the company. The original dolls were women in American history. They are from different ethnic backgrounds and come with a book about their life. They have made several movies about the lives of these dolls. The clothing is from the period of time they lived. They are empowering to girls. Every year on January 1st they introduce the doll of the year. Lexi's birthday is in March so for the last three years I've purchased the doll of the year for her birthday. As it's no surprise, this year Cec and I went out in the snow on New Years Day for door opening at Indigo on West Broadway so we could get the special surprise that came with the doll of the year! I have no idea what the surprise was. She got her birthday present three months early.
This morning I got a text message from Lexi "Samantha is retiring". I wondered who Samantha was thinking it was maybe the gymnastics teacher. No, it's an American Girl Doll. I returned a text saying "I hope she enjoys her retirement as much as I do".
Cheryl collected Barbie's and still has them in the original boxes. Lexi said she wants to keep these dolls for her daughter like her mom did for her. I don't know how much longer she will play with them but it's sure been a pleasure to watch her these past few years.
