Emily Rose just celebrated her 12th birthday.  Now that she is getting older one of the things I miss is having a “theme birthday party”.  Don’t get me wrong we still have a great time on Emily’s birthday.  But long gone are the days of slaving over creating a “Blue’s Clue’s cupcake cake” or spending [...]

I would guess that the majority of our blog guests and readers are somehow related to, or very attached to, an American Girl between the ages of 6-12. Yesterday my baby turned 12. When I first started working on Emily Rose in 2006, Emily was only 8 years old and 12 seemed to me like [...]

It’s Emily’s birthday!!!  Come and join her birthday party sleep-over!  She has a treasure hunt, teaches you all a clapping game, opens her presents and has cake and movie time.