Dolltown May 2017

Bunny is left with an almost empty china egg, after the little children scooped until their bags were full...

Now what? No worries. There is an unending supply of candy eggs as long as we keep Bunny around in Dolltown.

We give him carrots. He gives us candy...

And chocolate. 

Here come the boys...

The girls won't be far behind. They were hunting for eggs together in the forest.

Okay, so the Disney Princesses don't do more here than pose for the camera.

But look how happy they are!

I'm sure they are a part of some adventure involving princes, castles, and happy endings.

But they were kind enough to take a few moments, and come to the Dolltown River for some photos with Bunny.

I bribed them with new dresses. That works every time. Or it would if I had new dresses for them every time! 

I am testing dresses from Prairie Moon in different sizes. We have enough girls for a dress to fit someone!

However, once again, these Princesses are odd ones to dress. Their proportions are surprising!

They are the only ones slim enough in the torso to wear these, but two of them are too long!

Too long for active Dolltown activities...tree climbing, puddle wading, frog hunting.

But not too long for a princess dress, when I think about it! So we are good.

And...Merida, Rapunzel, and Snow White are happy!

In April, the Little Darlings, the Sashas, and friends were exploring a birchbark canoe, and all its fascinating contents.

Then we brought more of the children to the river to see the canoe, the gold fish, the beads...

And there was a picnic!

But before we had time to post all those photos, Easter arrived and all the Dolltowners spiffed up for a big egg hunt at the river with Bunny!

There were lots of photos of the spring celebration and we just got them all posted.

NOW we can get back to our canoe story...with more children coming to see the treasures!

The Little Darlings had just headed off into the forest, and these boys arrived.

And Asia brought buddies Gabby, Lilac Moon, and Oiya...

(These girls had just returned from an adventure at Aunt Jackie's)

A picnic basket full of dolly food from Paris!

We received this delectable gift from Auntie April at Christmas time!

That's Fashion Doll Stylist April... Not only did she send us a box of Christmas goodies and a beautiful paper model of the Eiffel Tower, she included something to look forward to...in the spring.

At least that is the fast talking I had to do at the time. I didn't want the picnic basket emptied and the food eaten under the Christmas tree!

The Dolltowners argued at first. The sign on the basket said it was for Dollies Only. So, why can't the Dollies decide when?

In the end, I won out and this picnic was tucked away for months. And now...our first big outing of the year.

Bring on la pizza! That's pizza in French.

The three little Amigas brought the picnic. Then left.

We only have a few photos. I didn't want to miss out on the macarons and got stuck in the line up. Very popular, those macarons!

Conner is all a twitter!

She is getting ready for a trip to France with April...

April, Fashion Doll Stylist, is returning to her Paris apartment for several weeks. And she is taking Little Darling Conner with her!

April doesn't need to take many doll models with her. She works with her Paris Divas when she is there. April and Conner traveling light. They are planning their wardrobes carefully.

For April, that's three black tshirts, two black jeans, a black jacket with big pockets (for Conner and some chocolate), and black flats. Now, that may not be completely accurate, but what I gather is...black wardrobe for April (it's Paris, right?)

Conner, on the other hand just had a brand new dress made for her. Very pretty, Conner! And she gets to take all her new shoes (April makes her shoes...what?). She has a very French red beret! Conner has been very excited and she is sharing her plans with Birdy, Faith, and the girls. 

"We are going to doll museums and bridges with love locks, and I get to see the real Eiffel Tower!"

Of course her Dolltown friends here asked to go along in her suitcase and Conner laughed and laughed. "It's not that easy!", she said. Then she blew us lots of kisses and promised to send lots of photos!

It's Faith!

Faith is our May girl. She is wearing a new pretty gingham dress by Susan Elizabeth, all the way from the UK.

And the dress came with pantaloons, and a great big bow! The girls were so impressed with this bow, when they changed out of their Spring Celebration dresses, they all chose to wear hairbows with their outfits!

The girls are all meeting at the picket fence. And then they are on their way garden shed, where the Eiffel Tower model is waiting for them.

Will the model be easy...or challenging?

-Our Eiffel Tower cardboard model was colored beautifully back in January. It was a welcome gift from April and arrived in a box of other goodies at Christmas.

After the Little Darlings added their favorite colors to the flower and butterfly designs back in winter, we put the model away until spring arrived. Then the children could assemble the Eiffel Tower outside.

We decided to put it together in front of our Garden Shed where all the children come to play.

Vikka has once again set up our diorama, with a little advice from Garden Fairy.

And no sooner had Vikka announced her completion, than our May girl, Faith, and her buddy Jiyoon arrived.

Faith will be deciding how the next step in handled....

Here is a photo of Conner tucking in after a long day of traveling with April to Paris.

This is the longest trip any of our Little Darlings have taken, for sure!

Well, except for Lula's journey to Australia and back with Lani!

And, of course, Maggie's travels to London with Tasya!

Oh wait! How could I forget an en masse secret trip to Paris last year! I think I have blocked that!

Oh that April!

 (I better hang on to the Little Darlings here in Dolltown! They seem to like world travels!)

Conner is sending our girls her Paris travel stories...

On her first night, she sent this photo and she said she is in the arms of Mme. Rose, the resident bean bag lady.

"You cannot imagine how comfortable I am in her arms. Good nite!"

But let's start with Conner's arrival at April's apartment!

Well, look at these two!

Phoebe and Fancy Nancy spent an afternoon trying on clothes. How fun is that?

A friend came by with a suitcase of Bratz dolls...a dozen! And with them...clothes! And accessories!

We sorted everything, then set aside the Bratz, who are all in great condition but most need a serious hair brushing and conditioner treatment.

We picked through accessories and chose a few for our Dolltowners to use. Bags! Backpacks!

And the clothes! Some are too skinny for our tiny dolls. But some...

Look for yourself at these two trying on some of the duds.

What a pair! Fancy Nancy, who loves bling...and Phoebe who pays little attention to clothes, because she is usually immersed in her books. But she doesn't mind if we play with her and dress her like a doll. Wait! She is a doll!

Here's our powerhouse trio, Scout, Lula, and Evie. They have big plans to save the world from... well, you name it. These girls have it covered! From climate change, poverty, to bad haircuts...

These girls are meeting up at the Picket Fence with some of the boys before they head up to tackle the Eiffel Tower model building.

They are impatient, which is sort of their middle name. Where are those boys?

The first to arrive is Badger, formerly known as Brian, until Scout got a hold of him last year. Badger thinks Scout is "the best thing since sliced bread" (Badger is a Vintage).

Since the other boys aren't here yet, Scout decides this is the time to fix that haircut we gave him soon after he arrived. (We were part way through it when Scout said it was time to get the food to the Food Bank. "But Scout...!")

Let's see what happens this time. 

This is our Breyer Year of the Horse.

He was noticed not long ago, in a Hiya Dolly photo.

No wonder! He is a beauty! I got him off his home shelf for a few photos in the garden.

Well! Out came the rest of the Dolltown horses for a little photo action!

"Is it a Horse Show?", they asked.

Even Garden Horse joined them, who is really supposed to be a zebra, I think.

One of our Lizette Ellowynes, Heather, came out to the garden too. 

And one of my favorite Dolly Facebook Groups, Timeless Treasures, set an interesting challenge for this week...Golliwog dolls!