Comments on: This, that and some other thing

By: chanie

chanie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:37:09 +0000

even better than sugar cubes — rock candy sugar cubes! they have them with the coffee at one of my favorite restaraunts, and a friend and i marvelled at how bringing out the varieties of sugar in these cute little bowls makes everying in the world seem fine. (light brown, white, and rock candy crystals – and sweetner – in small square bowls on a tray). so i bought them at the market and now have them with coffee and tea at home. small indulgences definitely help sometimes.

as for the dolls, my daughter has a lot of the american girl book sets and has read them repeatedly. she was talking with a friend of mine once about the books and when i pointed out that it was funny that she didnt even know about the stores/dolls/merchandising (we dont live in the US) – and my friend got all sheepish and said “she does now, i just told her about them.” my mom got her a small felicity doll, but otherwise, it has mostly meant her asking for more advanced historical fiction books.

By: rose

rose — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:06:44 +0000

My daughter was crazy for one of these too, but I, like Noah, thought she would ruin it. I told her if she earned her own money (she was 5!) she could have one because then she could treat (or mistreat as was her tendency with toys at the time) it the way she wanted. My sisters and mother conspired with her to pay outrageous sums for small tasks. She played consitantly with this one and the ones I subsequently bought her for the next 7 years. Less expensive outfits were abundant at craft fairs-and probably now on Etsy. Furniture was easy to find at unfinished furniture stores. I will say that as expensive as the AG merchandise was/is, it was of excellent quality.
She’s graduating from High school this year!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:16:31 +0000

I was “too old” for American Girl dolls when they came out. I wanted them. I still want them. I intend to buy them for Jack’s sister. :0)
You are a good mom for getting the doll your child asked for. My mom was of the school – why get one good doll when I could get three cheap ones? *Sigh*

By: Lisa V

Lisa V — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:17:27 +0000

We’ve only bought four of the dolls (for three girls) . Two were gifts from grandparents, and three were dolls the girls saved birthday, Christmas, toothfairy money to buy.

I always think it sounds weird, because, yeah, it’s a bunch of dolls. But I do have lots of kids.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:37:26 +0000

We have Kit at home, my daughter’s most strong Christmas wish. I balked at the cost for more than a year and then decided to give in. We have the Target knockoffs…and the AG really is much nicer. We had brunch at the Chicago store with her after she arrived with a good friend. AG is amazing for the detail.