McKenna’s Exclusive Warm Up Outfit

American Girl of the Year McKenna exclusive warm up outfit

Pin itAfter hearing reports that even though some of McKenna’s collection were on backorder, they were still shipping, we decided to go ahead and order her a few weeks ago. McKenna’s starter collection arrived with McKenna, her meet outfit and her accessories – her practice outfit and her warmup outfit were on backorder, scheduled to [...]

Happy Birthday Kit

American Girl Kit collage

Pin itIt’s time to celebrate another one of our favorite American Girl historical character’s birthday – Kit Kittredge! Kit’s birthday is listed as May 19, 1923. In celebration I put together the collage of some of my favorite Kit moments in Doll Diaries history. The very bottom photo is from our trip to American Girl [...]

American Girl Books Giveaway to Kick Off Readapalooza

InnerStar U book Behind the Scenes

Pin itUPDATED WITH WINNERS!! The winner of the three McKenna books is Christina from http://bigworldandmypower.blogspot.com/. The winner of The Hidden Gold is Jen. The winner of the ISU Behind the Scenes book is Kaylee and the winner of The Smart Girls Guide to Liking Themselves is Agbittybaby. Summer is almost here and one of my [...]

New American Girl Historical will be Caroline Abbott

American Girl Historical Character Caroline Abbott

Pin itUPDATE 5/14/2012 – American Girl posted on their Facebook page today that the new historical character for 2012 will be named Caroline Abbott along with the image below: And here is the cover of her craft book: Obviously no photo of her but the flower basket is interesting. UPDATED: We have a possible new [...]

How to Make a Gymnastics Vault for Dolls

How to make a gymnastics vault for American Girl dolls

Pin itOf all the furniture and accessories that are available for dolls, the gymnastics equipment for American Girl of the Year McKenna has got to be my all time favorite. So, I might be a bit biased – I was a gymnastics coach for many years (26 to be exact) and my daughter has been [...]

McKenna Visits the Fairy Garden

American Girl McKenna in the Flower Garden

Pin itFor Mother’s Day we went to my parent’s house and had brunch with the whole family. Not only was it a gorgeous day with great company, it gave me the opportunity to take some stunning photos of McKenna in my Mom’s gardens. McKenna is wearing the Flower Garden dress we gave to my niece [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

Flower Garden dress

Pin it McKenna and all the Doll Diaries dolls (and humans) wish every Mom a Happy Mother’s Day today!! McKenna is modeling the American Girl Flower Garden dress that we got my niece for her birthday.  She is also getting a trunk from Springfield Dolls filled with goodies from American Girl and Springfield Dolls. Enjoy [...]

McKenna’s Arrival

American Girl McKenna Arrives

Pin itEveryone was wondering what Elle was up to in a photo I posted recently, and now we know! Elle ordered McKenna!! That’s right, McKenna. First, she was getting a little worried that McKenna might be sold out by Christmas and second, she figured with the Olympics and McKenna’s movie coming up that we could [...]

A Silly Short Video Story by Nat

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Pin itYou asked for it!! More videos! Natalie has a pretty silly sense of humor and decided to make a video story featuring Chrissa and Matilda this afternoon. **No dolls were harmed in the making of the video!! What do you think? Natalie really had fun making the video and will definitely make more in [...]

Matilda and Chrissa’s Olympic Excitement

A Girl for All Time Matilda and American Girl Chrissa

Pin itToday is such an exciting day in my world – the Olympic flame was lit earlier today in Greece marking to official countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. England’s own Matilda is doing a little time travel from her Tudor era to now so she can get in on the excitement – [...]

New Books Coming This Fall from American Girl

American Girl Doll Star

Pin itIn addition to all the excitement for the new Historical Character release from American Girl this fall, there are also some really fun titles being released for the Innerstar U line, the activity books and of course, mini dolls, too. Here is what is showing up in the Amazon listing so far – I [...]

Sharry’s Jiffy Pop Popcorn Craft for Dolls Tutorial

Julie and Ivy have Popcorn

Pin it Back in Julie’s day they didn’t have microwave popcorn, they would buy something called Jiffy Pop (you can still buy it at the store) and either pop it on the stove top or over a campfire in the summer. It was basically a disposable pie plate filled with popcorn kernels and covered with [...]

Chrissa Wishes You Happy Cinco de Mayo

Chrissa Cinco de Mayo

Pin it Chrissa says “Happy Cinco de Mayo!!” Madelon sent in this photo of Chrissa dressed in her hat and serape that she got at a craft fair. I think Chrissa looks like she is ready for fun! If your dolls are having a Cinco de Mayo fest today, don’t forget to make the pinatas [...]

American Girl Kicks Off Read-a-palooza

American Girl Summer Reading Program

Pin it This just in… from a press release American Girl sent out earlier today… For more than 25 years, American Girl’s award-winning books have helped millions of girls discover the joy of reading and have earned the trust of parents and educators. This summer, to celebrate books and encourage girls to keep their reading [...]

Happy Birthday Julie

Julie

Pin itOne of our favorite American Girl Historical Characters, Julie, is celebrating her birthday today! When Julie was released a few years ago I was fascinated by her! Julie’s birthday is May 1, 1966 which means she is the same age (give or take a year or two) as most of my friends and me. [...]