Dolltown July 2017

Here's Uley in the rose garden, before the classroom opened up so the friends could get busy on the Eiffel Tower. You see Uley in a poster on the chalkboard in the classroom. He's pretty excited when he sees himself up there!

Birdy and Rosa get going on the model, with Uley and Will, using the drawings on the instructions to make the top of the base, and put the feet on the tower...

We are getting there!

The Eiffel Tower arrived at Christmas, in a package from April, Fashion Doll Stylist...

In January we got it out and colored it, over several sessions. Then we put it away until warm weather arrived.

We started setting it up in the Play Yard, then moved it into the classroom when the weather turned rainy.

And the last batch of tower builders got the base finished, ready for the next level.

Now we can see all our coloring work coming together! Exciting!

And our gang of three, Evie, Lula, and Scout, have brought their boy buddies to help...

The Little Darlings have been called in to get changed. It's time for the last of the Eiffel Tower to go up. And then there will be a group photo!

The girls are hanging out with their friends, the Paola Reina Amigas, from Spain.

(Well, our Amigas came from the shop in Canada, in lovely boxes and in pretty clothes.)

Pearl and Chantal are chatting up Quilla, with her golden hair.

"What?", Pearl says to me. "We're busy!" 

Now that's not like Pearl... Does it have to do with the fact that last month I let them choose their own dresses? And Pearl had never worn the little bumblebee and ladybug dress before?

Maybe she doesn't want to change!

Faith arrives in the Classroom to finish up the top of the Tower. So far the tower isn't even as tall as the girls!

But the next part is going to soar above them. How will they manage?

Jiyoon and Chantal are here to get the next stage going with Faith. And then Xennia and Tink come to help. Excited!

Their Dolltown classroom teacher, Sky joins the girls to help if needed (she's taller). But soon after Birdy and Rosa show up, she's called away to look after the little girls.

And Chantal and Xennia leave as well, to gather the rest of the Little Darlings and their friends who helped with the build.

So there's lots of coming and going (as usual in Dolltown), but the action on the Tower doesn't stop.... 

Okay! The beautiful Eiffel Tower in Dolltown!

We have 6 posts on the building of the Eiffel Tower...at least!

And more posts on the Eiffel Tower's arrival at Christmas...

Also, there's all our January posts when we took the tower out of it's package and the girls colored all the flowers, butterflies, and birds!

Now it's done and it's time for photos in the garden!

All the Little Darlings in the summer garb with the pretty Eiffel Tower!

Here's Faith Chantal, and Jiyoon, who began the build, and were there to put the top on!

We took lots of baby photos the other day...and we posted a few of the baby photos with our Vintage caretakers, Cindy and Darlene.

Then it was on to the Eiffel Tower garden photos!

But we need to pause while we sort out a mystery with those Little Darling garden photos. 

And in the meantime we are happy to post a few more of the baby photos!

First, the whole group is here, and we are keeping an eye on them because Cindy and Darlene, their caregivers, are getting their baths ready. Some of them are taken for their baths and Vikka steps in to babysit the rest.

We have pictures here of the tiny Berenguers changing into adorable new outfits! With Vikka helping!

 And the big Berenguer baby has a little fun. Although she keeps that funny expression the whole time!

We heard a buzz over our heads, during our garden Eiffel Tower photo shoot...

What is it?

Wait! Is that Conner we can see peeking down at the girls?

(Oh boy. I have a feeling April, Fashion Doll Stylist, is behind this! What has she pulled off now?)

It is Conner! Welcome dear Conner! Come for hugs! And photos! And a good catch up chat!

A visit, lots of chatter and laughter....

And Conner was gone!

The boys didn't even get to see her! They'll be sorry!

Here is the note that Conner sent us after she got back to Detroit, where April awaited her return...

"To Birdie, Xennia, Pearl and all my other Dolltown friends...

I would like to thank you all for the warm reception you showed to me during my very brief visit there yesterday. I really enjoyed the festivities celebrating Dolltown's very own Eiffel Tower.

Birdie, I think you guys did such a great job at putting together our tower!!! It looks even better in person!

And Xennia.....so very good to see my BFF!!!! I've really missed you! Well, I'm really happy we were able to celebrate this event together!!!

I am also grateful to my American friends for getting me a last minute flight on Dolly Express Airlines. This was my first time on a private dolly jet and I was amazed how fast they got me to Dolltown and back in time to help April finish the Ken doll fashion report!

Even though my visit was brief, I am so happy we could all share this together! This is such a splendid moment. Big kisses. I'll be back in touch soon!!!!!"

Well, it was wonderful to see Conner, and we gave her lots of hugs! Enough hugs to last Conner for months! Or at least until the next unexpected trip she makes to Dolltown on the Dolly Express! Got a bathing suit, Conner? I think we are going to the beach soon! lol (or...mdr!)

(And thanks April! I know you were behind this trip, and made it possible for little Conner to take time from her design work, at your Design School for Girls! It was exciting!)

So exciting that the girls have insisted that we get our airplane down from its high shelf. Fine...

But don't even think you are leaving the skies over Dolltown!

And we all need a safety lesson!

You hear me?

Where did they go?

What are they doing with that ladder?

See Conner beside the gang of three? In her pretty white-with-pink-flowers-dress....

That April designed and made for her?

And to see the amazing Ken Doll Fashion Report that Conner went back to help with, click here!

It's the little Amigas!

The Paola Reina Dolltown girls, Undeen, Quilla, and Ling, were really happy this week to get dressed for summer and spend time in the garden!

Undeen got a makeover...a change of hairdo.

We cut her black hair streaked with green and purple! And gave her a short purple bob.

Almost a pixie wig!

She is very cute, and we are happy...

And she got tiny earrings! And so did Quilla, with her golden hair...

Now Ling wants earrings too!

Amigas! 

Miley had to see it for herself...

She has been busy following other stories in Dolltown, like Undeen's makeover, and the Ellowynes' disappearance.

She was sorry she missed Conner's appearance on the Dolly Express jet! 

But when she heard the boys were coming for photos, she got herself dressed and invited her buddy Floora to join her in the garden.

They wanted to see the action when the boys joined the girls at the completed Eiffel Tower. Some of the boys haven't seen it since it was in pieces.

And Miley finds it funny to watch the boys trip over each other to stand beside their favorite girl!

It is kind of funny...

And Miley has dressed in the Kim Lasher outfit she arrived in two years ago. For some reason she thinks it looks...French! Floora wears her pink tutu, suitable for all occasions when you are a ballet doll.

So, Miley, Dolltown Reporter, wouldn't miss the boys joining the girls for a tour of the completed Eiffel Tower. Miley and her friend Floora keep an eye on the action...

That's good! It's all I can do to take the photos.

Faith and Chantal are here first. That means that Douglas is coming... But who else will show up? Will it be Geoff?

Geoff has taken a shine to Faith and she is not sure what she thinks about it. 

But Douglas and Chantal have been friends forever and they are very comfortable with each other!

So, here are the photos...

Lula and Owen have been buddies for years.

(Yes, it has been two years since they have been in Dolltown!) 

When Lula Star got to go to Australia with Lani, Owen really wanted to go too. But Lani only had room for one in her camera bag. So Owen had to watch from Dolltown, as Lula climbed mountains, swam in blue oceans, hung from bridges, and hunted for Tasmanian Devils...

I can't remember Lani talking about hunting for Tasmanian Devils. Maybe that was one of Lula's adventure stories. And maybe because Owen really wanted to see one. He was impressed!

Lula is happy to have Owen here to help her climb the Tower. It was a goal of hers, to make it to the top of the Tower, the whole time it was being built. If I had known...

Evie is telling Scout and Badger about Lula's climbing exploit, making it to the top of the Eiffel Tower model.

Of course she wants to try it! Evie is competitive, and admires Lula's courage. I had to talk fast to convince Evie not to climb to the top, just in case. 

And I was helped by the interaction between Badger and Scout.

Badger is always sent into a kind of delirium when he is near Scout, a fact that Scout exploits shamelessly. She leads him around like a puppy. (She once called him her rescue boy!)

Evie is not getting much encouragement for her climb!

Awww. So sweet!

Miley, our Dolltown reporter is impressed.

But this photo here shows Scout's attitude toward her wishful beau...

Scout is a realist, not a romantic. (Not that we have seen anyway.) She recognizes how useful Badger is. Packing food to the foodbank, digging in the community garden...

She is a bit of a clothes horse...but it must be cotton, linen, or silk, and from eco conscious companies. And she'd rather wear a real flower than jewelry that turns her vinyl green. 

So, "Thank you", she said aloud to Badger, before she asked him to help her sort doll clothes. She wants to give some away to homeless dolls.

Wait, what? Homeless dolls? Where?

Give away doll clothes? No way! Do you know how hard I have worked to get those clothes for you all? I work my fingers to the bone. Something you dolls wouldn't know anything about, would you?

Where'd they go?

Miley couldn't wait to come to the garden and watch the goings on as the Little Darlings bring their boy buddies to see the completed Eiffel Tower.

She brought her friend Floora, our Ballet Doll. And they chat...about shy Faith, Lula and Owen climbing the Tower, and Badger bringing Scout a flower.

They also gossip about a few scenes we didn't show, like Chantal and Douglas getting affectionate. (What?)

And Floora got down to do some floor exercises (of course!) before more Little Darlings arrive with their boy friends.

Now, here's a trio we can trust will not climb under the Tower, or climb to the top!

Zoey and Pearl bring Chris to see the completed model. Chris was there at the beginning of the building of the Tower,

He helped get a sturdy base built, so the rest of the model building was successful.

And Chris may have been in on the decision not to use glitter until the Tower was built.

Here Zoey and Pearl tell him the story of the rest of the building, and he inspects the work.

"Well done!", he says to the girls.

This little visit started quietly enough!

Will came to see the completed Eiffel Tower model. And he chatted with Miley.

Then the boys Uley and Bobby arrived to check out the Tower. 

Xennia breezed in, climbing up to kiss and hug Miley, and Tink joined her.

But the affection didn't stop there!

Will was subjected to hugs, and the boys were surrounded...

Awww, so cute.