Welcome home Harper

Hi everyone. Sorry that this is so late. I was having computer problems. That is what happens when my mom touches my computer. (: Today I have a continuation to yesterday's photo story "Rebecca’s birthday". This photo story is inspired by Smalldollsinabigworld’s americangirlartist. She is so creative and unique and I LOVE her work especially when it comes to photography and photo stories so I got her permission on making a photo story similar to one she has recently done. You might catch some similarities and differences between mine and hers but today I present to you “Welcome home Harper”.

“Pastries are ready sir”. Grace said placing her baked goods on to the table. Coconut ran in barking like crazy and jumped on Samantha.“Good. Uggh! Coconut not now!” Samantha responded in an agitated voice. “Rebecca help me!’ Samantha demanded. “But I'm checking the mirror. Don't you want every detail perfect?” “Aaahh! Coconut!” Samantha ended up on the floor with the eager puppy on her lap. “Come hear Coconut” said Rebecca rather annoyed.

Rebecca sat down next to her fallen sister as Coconut ran over to her.

“You okay Sam?” Grace reached over to help her sister on the floor. “I just want everything to be perfect”. “You need to loosen up”. Kailey said. “I’ll go help with the table now.” She spoke awkwardly.

“Maryellen. How is the bed set?” Maryellen spoke without turning around. “All set Sam.” Samantha started breathing heavily "Good.We need everything to be perfect. Keep at it."

Samantha turned over to Rebecca. “Rebecca, can you please make yourself useful?”     

“A few days ago I was a star.” Rebecca responded under her breath.

There was a sudden knock on the door. Samantha turned around instantly. “She’s here! She’s here OMG she’s here! Rebecca, bring Coconut into the other room and everyone else line up like we discussed!” She she sprinted towards the door in excitement.

Meanwhile…

Harper looked down to her directions. “This should be it.” She spoke to herself. “Here we go.”

She knocked on the door three times. There were butterflies in her stomach. “Here we go”. A girl with a warm smile appeared at the door out of breath.

“Hi. I’m Samantha but you can call me Sam. Come on in”. Samantha gestured for the girl to come in.

Samantha stuttered “I don't know if you already know this but I am your sister”. The girl looked confused. “What do you mean?” “Let me take your bag. I know that you know that you were adopted by Hannah and quite a few years ago, she adopted me. You also kind of have 4 other sisters”. Alright then. Close your eyes and follow me. We kind of have a surprise for you” The girl hesitated but eventually shut her eyes. "5 sisters?" She said surprised. "Just follow me" Samantha said starting to giggle.

“Surprise! Welcome home Harper!” Harper stood in shock with a huge smile on her face. She began to cry. “Thank you so much” She wiped the tears off of her face. “This is amazing”

Coconut started barking like crazy. “Oh my gosh! You have a puppy?!” Kailey smiled “No, we have a puppy well actually we have three puppies and two horses but this one just couldn't wait to see you.”

Coconut eagerly jumped onto Harper. “Hello little guy. Hello. Wait, Is it a boy or a girl?” Kailey responded “Her name is Coconut and yeah she is a girl”.

Maryellen stepped forward. “Hi. I'm Maryellen Larkin. I was the youngest in the family until today. I can't wait to see you all these cloths in the closet next to us. "The two girls hugged and Harper spoke “It is wonderful to meet you Maryellen”.

Grace stepped forward and Maryellen stumbled backwards almost falling onto her back. “Hi i'm Grace Tomas and I came a week before Maryellen. Do you like to bake?” Harper looked forward to Grace and said “Definitely! I love to bake. Especially cakes and cookies. My favorite part is getting to decorate them.” Grace’s face lit up with excitement “We are going to be great friends.” The two girls hugged as Rebecca approached Harper for an introduction.

Hello. Im Rebecca Rubin and I was the middle child before today. Hannah adopted me 2-3 years ago but time really flies here. Do you like to perform on stage like singing and dancing?” Harper gave a half smile and told her “I can't sing or dance but I do play the violin or at least I did before I moved here.”

“That will do” Rebecca smile and went in for a hug.

“Wow. It is so sweet. I am so glad to be a part of such a nice family. And to think, before today, I didn't even know I was going to have any sisters never mind 5!”. Harper said with tears still in her eyes.

Rebecca stepped back to let Kailey wheel over. “Hello.” She gave Harper a shy smile “I'm Kailey Hopkins. I love to surf and spend time at the beach. That might come as a shock due to my state right now but this is only temporary. Soon enough, Hannah will have enough money to give me the needed surgery at the American Girl hospital. She kinda used my surgery money on you but it was definitely worth it.” Kailey raised her arms for a hug and Harper gave her one starting to feel bad.

Coconut interrupted their hug with her extreme barking. “If all of your pets are like this then this must be a fun chaotic house”. Harper giggled as Kailey wheeled back.

She was approached by Samantha when she said “And you have already met me. Once again I'm Samantha Parkington. How about we give you a tour of your new room.” Samantha lead Harper over to the closet.

Coconut ran over to the closet and sat with her tongue sticking out. “I have never seen so many cloths on one place before. In fact I don't remember wearing any cloths other than the one I have on.” Maryellen squealed in excitement and then apologised.

Rebecca opened the second door to the closet. Harper screamed with joy. “Oh my gosh! This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen!”

Harper rushed over to the closet full of shoes in excitement. “Well, you’ve seen nothing yet” Grace shouted. Harper looked at Grace and Squealed louder than before.

Harper turned around to see the biggest fanciest bed she had ever seen with an adorable stuffed animal and a new pair of pajamas.

"Hannah told me that you love stuffed animals and that your favorite animal is a panda so I got you this. Grace handed over a stuffed panda. “Oh my goodness thank you so much” Harper was now full on sobbing from joy.

“We also heard that you came from the truly me adoption center so we got you his poster. Kailey and I are from the American Girl of the Year adoption center and Rebecca, Sam and Maryellen are from the Historical adoption center that was renamed by the time she adopted Rebecca”.

Harper held the panda tight and said “Thank you. Thank you all so much. This is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me”.  Maryellen giggled “My turn.” Still hugging the panda, Harper turned to the table full of pastries and drinks.

“Awwww. That is so sweet.” Harper said with her face nuzzled into the head of her panda. “We didn't know which drink you like so we got  you a few different choices. Grace also made you some fresh macarons from scratch.

“Oh and my present for you is this doll. I heard from Hannah that you had quite the collection of dolls at the adoption center” Harper laughed and said “Thank you so much. You all are so thoughtful.” Harper didn't reach for the doll because she still wanted to hold on to the panda.”Lets get to eating! Once you eat one of Grace's pastries, you will never go back!” Rebecca said while suddenly sliding over to the box.

“Rebecca!” Maryellen said almost whining. “Let Harper have the first one”. Rebecca shoved one in her mouth. “Too late” She said still chewing.

Later that day…

Harper was relaxing on her bed when Rebecca came in.

“Hey Rebecca. What’s up? I am loving this book from Samantha”.

Rebecca set down a bag from American Girl and Harper jumped out of her bed. Rebecca told her it was a little present to her new sister.

“Aww Rebecca that is so sweet. You didn't need to get me anything”.

Harper gasped. “No way, no way, no way!!!!!!!!!!”

Harper pulled out of the bag a pink camera. “This was the best day I have ever had! And now this?! Oh my goodness! This is amazing!”

“Am I dreaming?” Harper asked with bliss.

Harper set the camera down gently on the table and gave Rebecca a huge bear hug. “Thank you so much.”

Welcome home Harper.

Fun fact: Every character trait that Harper has is based on me for example my favorite animal is a panda. How many things did you learn about me today?

Rebecca's birthday -A photo story

Hello everyone. Do you know what day it is today? Today is Rebecca's birthday and all of my dolls are celebrating. I hope you enjoy my photo story for Rebecca’s birthday.

Samantha told Rebecca to meet her in the classroom to help her with her Math homework.

“Sam?” Rebecca shouted “Sam?” She asked again “SAMANTHA!” Rebecca said in frustration “Uggggh! That girl is never on time”. Rebecca looks down realizing the note Samantha left on her desk.

Through her sloppy handwriting, Rebecca read the note. It read “Dear Rebecca, meet me in the courtyard -Sam.

“Why on earth would she want to meet me the courtyard?” Rebecca spoke to herself in frustration. “Wait a second, is it the 4th already? Oh my gosh, they remembered”. A huge smile formed on her face as she left the classroom on her way to the courtyard.

“Hello?” Rebecca gigged knowing what was about to happen “Sam, are you here?”

“Surprise!” All of her sisters shouted in unison. “Happy birthday Rebecca”

Rebecca had a bigger smile on her face than ever. Everyone had on birthday hats and there was a big buffet of ice cream on the table.

Rebecca then turned over to Samantha who appeared to be reaching to an ice cream Sundae but her arm passed the delicious treat and to the crown that mysteriously sat in the middle of the table.

Samantha picked up the crown and approached Rebecca.

“Rebecca Rubin, you have been my sister for about a year now and I am proud to be able to celebrate this special occasion with you and all of our other sisters so I hereby bestow upon you the honorable birthday crown”.

She then placed the crown on Rebecca’s head.

“T-T-T-Thank you Sam” Rebecca sputtered in with joy. She then stepped forward and gave Samantha a hug.

“I want in on that” Grace shouted with a huge grin. “Me too” Maryellen said “Me three” Kailey said.

Group hug.

She was so excited that she hadn't realized yet that Kailey was in a wheelchair! “Kailey, What happened to you?!” Rebecca asked in shock. “Oh this? Its nothing big, I just, I just can't walk anymore. Hannah doesn't have the money for it right  now but she will soon. My arms aren't that useful either but don’t worry about me. Today is your day! Let's have some fun!”

“Let them eat ice cream!” Maryellen shouted

“We have all different flavors” Grace gestured to the ice cream like a model on “The price is right”.

“Wow” Rebecca said in an excited tone. “You're right”  Maryellen told her “Take anything you want. It's your day which means you get whatever you want.”

“Wait, why is there pepsi?” Rebecca asked. “Oh, that is mine. What? just because it's your day doesn't mean I can't have a fun drink”. The girls all laughed.

“Would her majesty like to have a seat in her throne?” Samantha asked pulling out a chair for her sister. “I would love to” Rebecca said in a fancy accent. Kailey went into a laughing fit and Maryellen offered her some Pepsi.

“I think i'll take the root bear float” Rebecca sad again in her awkward accent. Kailey started to crack up again as Grace slowly started reaching for the jumbo ice cream sunday.

Kailey started to crack up again as Grace slowly started reaching for the jumbo ice cream sundae. “Sweet! I get the lemonade!” Shouted Samantha.

“Wait a second” Samantha said after a sip of her lemonade “I have some big news.”

She took a few steps back to say “Kailey, you know how Hannah hasn't been able to pay for you to go to the American Girl doll hospital?” “Yeah” Kailey said with a sigh. “I felt that I should tell you all while we are all together celebrating and…” Samantha paused for a second “We're getting a new sister!” Graced gasped “What is her name?” “Where is she from?” Asked Kailey “What is she like” Rebecca asked after almost falling out of her seat.

“Grace, catch me” Maryellen said over dramatically. Grace slid a chair from another table under the falling Maryellen. “The only thing we know about her is what she looks like. She came from the American Girl adoption center in Wisconsin and she will be here in a few days”.

“I can't believe this” Rebecca said under her breath. “I'm getting ANOTHER sister?”.

“Are you okay Rebecca?” Samantha said sounding worried “You don't seem excited. We're getting another sister!” “Yeah. I'm okay” Rebecca said quiet. “I'll be okay”.

To be continued

Review of the American Girl Canopy bed

Hi everybody. Today I have a new review for you today. Sorry I didn't post this yet but I have a review of the new Truly Me Canopy bed and Bedding. As you know, I got this in a bundle. To see my review of the petals and plaid pj’s, you can click here. To see my opening of Truly Me doll #59, you can click here.

This looks really complicated and I think this will be really hard to assemble but I bet it will be totally worth it in the end. This set comes with a metal bed frame with an attached canopy, a sheer fabric with bows, a reversible bedspread, two pillows, a white mattress with an attached dust ruffle.

This is the mattress. It is made of a soft and nice material.

This is the bedspread on top of the mattress. The bedspread is adorable and stretchy. On one side, it is a solid pink and on the other it is a blue with purple, blue and pink polka dots.

This set also comes with two pillows. They both have the same design. On one side of the pillow is a solid pink like on the left and on the other side, it is a white color and has the words american girl as a pattern as is shown on the right.

Remember when I said that this would take a while and it would be really hard? I was so wrong. This bed was really easy to assemble and it looks adorable. I absolutely love this bed and I am so glad that I bought it. I without a doubt give this bed a 5 out of 5 stars and this bed is actually less expensive than the other beds american girl has launched in the past.

AGSnapshots hairstyle on Grace

Hey everyone. I can't believe I only have 2 more weeks until my school trip! I have been waiting for this all year and I’m leaving the country for the first time. But i'll tell you about that later. Today I want to introduce this new hairstyle I sort of came up with. You might think that this looks similar to a hairstyle that Americangirlfan came up with recently but I actually did not get this from her. I was actually trying a hairstyle on Grace that was done by AGSnapshots but due to the fact that Grace's hair is layered, I was unable to complete it so I did a fancy way to tie it up.

AG snapshots has some great hair tutorials and I really wanted to put this on grace

What I did was I followed the steps for AGSnapshots video and then when it didn't work out for the third time due to Grace’s hair being layered and to do the crossing, I simply braided the mini braids. I also only made two braids instead of three then I just took a small section of hair in the middle.

I really like this hairstyle and I plan on using it a lot on Grace and my other dolls this summer.

I hope you enjoyed and have a great Saturday.

Review of the American Girl doll petals and Plaid Pj's

Hi everybody. As you already know, today I will be doing another review. Today I will be doing a review of the Petals and plaid PJ’s. This item is no longer available from AG but you always find it on Ebay. The reason I am making a review of these pajamas today is because I recently got this set in a bundle from AG most likely was set to sell out their last ones. Anyways, let's get to the review.

This is a truly me set so this is what the box looks like.

This is what the top looks like. It is a blue color with a darker shade of blue tank top and a flower design on it.

This is I didn't expect. I figured that there would be a blue tank top sewed into it or even a blue tank top to come with it but this I did not even consider.

And this is the back that will velcro open and shut.

These are the pajama bottoms. They have this plaid design that gave these pajamas its name. They are a silt material that will easily slip on and off of your doll. They look the same on the back as they do on the front.

And finally we have the pink fluffy slippers. The bows they have are such a cute touch in my opinion. They are a little hard to get on but they are SUPER soft.

Thanks for reading. Come back tomorrow when I will jump like a bunny.

April fools (: