18 inch Doll Tank Pajamas

Just the perfect outfit to wear to bed at night! Your 18 inch Doll will drift off to dreamland in these comfy cotton PJs. Cute, too. A big dark heart on the tank top matches the sprinkle of tiny hearts on the pajama bottoms.  Emily Rose doll clothes and furniture are designed to fit most soft-bodied 18 inch dolls. Visit Emily Rose today to order this beautiful Tank Heart PJ’s set.

Emma & Rebecca working hard on the red carpet.

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Movie Review

By Rebecca, 9

Kit Kittredge is a girl who is worried about her friends, family and how to make her dream of becoming a writer come true. Abigail Breslin plays the part of this ten year old with great empathy, kindness, sensitivity and perseverance.

Set in the 1930′s during the Great Depression, the movie Kit Kittredge is about a young girl’s determination to become a reporter. When she encounters “hobos” (wandering people who have lost their homes, jobs and families because of the financial impact of the Great Depression), she decides to write about their lives. Kit thinks it would be a great angle to tell their story from a kid’s point of view.

Kit’s family is also affected by the hardships. To help keep their home, Kit’s father goes to Chicago to seek work. Kit’s mother begins to rent rooms in their house to various individuals such as a mobile librarian, a dance instructor, a magician and Kit’s classmate Sterling and his mother.

We also meet two hobo children who work for food doing repairs around the house. Unfortunately, many people in town believed that hobos were responsible for a rash of robberies. It was exciting to see how Kit recorded evidence from each robbery, which in the end actually helped to solve the mystery of the thefts.

Parts of this movie were very moving. I was touched by how much Kit loved her father. Breslin was great in portraying Kit’s shock when she saw her father eating at a soup kitchen. I loved the friendship between Ruthie, Sterling and Kit. Ruthie remained true to their friendship, never turning her back on Kit even during rough times.

There are many light and funny moments too. For example, the boarders had fun putting on a magic show. Joan Cusack (the Mobile Librarian) was very amusing and believable in the role of the scatter-brained librarian. And Grace, the dog that Kit adopts, occasionally stole the show with her sweet and loving doggie expressions.

The many twists and turns in the plot kept me guessing. This is a great movie, with a beautiful setting and terrific actors. You’ve got to see it!

What do you think about this “retirement”? What will you miss the most from the Felicity line?

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I find myself slipping in to daydreams as the summer creeps toward us. Dreams of wonderful days spent bonding with Emily, going on picnics, doing fun crafts, visiting interesting places. The truth is that these dreams aren’t very realistic. Emily travels a lot during the summer visiting Grandparents, plus her annual visit to some of her Dad’s family in Kansas City, and she is getting to the age where she wants to hang out with her friends most of all (especially as an only child). Also – I have to work. I’m sure that you are like me and the weekends sometimes come as surprise with a long list of errands and house-keeping issues to complete. Fun gets pushed to the back-burner.

I have decided that I don’t want the summer to slip past me without having made the most of Emily’s time off of school. So I did for my personal life what I do for my business – set some realistic goals. I figure that if I have 3 or 4 realistic goals that I keep in sight I am less likely to drop Emily off on the first day of 7th grade year thinking, “where has the summer gone?”

So here are my goals:

• Go to the beach at least 2 times before Emily leaves to travel.
• Start some kind of project together that we can work on independently and put back together when we are re-united
• After school is out – let Emily stay up an hour later every night during the week and make that hour a Mommy/Emily hour with her choice of activity (let’s face it, it will probably be re-runs of Glee musical numbers but at least we will be snuggling )

Do you have some summer goals relating exclusively to your kids?  Please share?