The Dollhouse

Well, I think Grandma Faye will be pleased. She really is wiser than we've ever given her credit for, you know. For she was the mastermind behind the Dollhouse - the one that provided hours of enjoyment to you kids when you were little, and does the same for the many kids that pass through my house these days (even in it's slightly delapidated stated).

So, yesterday McKinley and I spent hours (literally) searching the town for all things needed to complete Nonnie's most recent endeavor - "the Dollhouse renovation project".

After trips to 2 Walmarts (one of them twice), Toys-R-Us, Target and Hobby Lobby, we acquired enough new pieces of dollhouse furniture to furnish 3 bedrooms, a nursery, living room, kitchen and dining room. We salvaged what we could from the old pieces (which included an entire bathroom, complete with toothbrush and toothpaste!), and Nonnie even had to get creative and "build" a bunk bed and a twin bed (I was quite impressed with the completed products I might add!). There's a whole new family, including 2 girls, one boy, a baby girl, a mom, a dad, and a grandma! (We'll be on the lookout for a grandpa). And, the Dollhouse has now been moved from it's less than glamourous location in the gameroom to a very elite piece of property known in our tight little circle as "the hidy hole"! (McKinley spent an hour sorting through and boxing up the previous contents of the hidy hole, and Papa moved the house in.)

The Dollhouse is the one childhood toy that every child (male, female, youngest, oldest) seems to want to play with.....which Grandma Faye obviously knew all along! Can't wait to see them all play with it - and Roxie, I wish you and yours were here! EveyLynn and Briceson will surely love it!

Now, here's where you all come in....the place still needs some decorating, so I'd like you to print some miniature pictures of your kids, put them in little "frames" (1 inch or so) and I'm going to hot glue (again, inspired by Grandma Faye) them to the walls in the "foyer"! Roxie, stick yours in the mail when they're done. Lindsey, you can send pictures of George and Ralphie!

I love you!
Mom