Dollympics 2014- Opening Ceremonies

Hello, people of the world. My name is Lissie Merriman. Along with my team of trusty mini reporters, I will be covering the Winter Dollympics taking place in Sochi, Russia.

 There is a total of 4 events in this year's Dollympics: figure skating, skiing, snowboarding, and speed skating. Three countries will be competing for gold: United States, France, and Russia.

Last night, exactly one night after the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies took place, the Dollympics Opening Ceremonies took place three blocks over.

 A ballet dancer opened up the show.

 She leapt and spun across the stage, smiling at the audience.

 After her reverance, the graceful dancer flounced off stage.

 A singer took the stage next. She sang the three national anthems of the competing countries.

 The Parade of Nations ended the extravaganza. US came out first. From left to right- Lanie Holland (Skiing), Saige Copeland (Figure Skating), Alex Saratoga (Speed Skating), and Ruthie Smithens (Snowboarding).

 France was soon to follow. L to R: Marie-Grace Gardner (Snowboarding), Cecile Rey (Figure Skating), Claire Dupont (Speed Skating), and Marie Charlier (Skiing).

Last but certainly not least, Russia marched onstage. L to R: Molly McIntire (Figure Skating), Caroline Abbott (Snowboarding), Felicity Merriman (Skiing), and Addison Blanc (Speed Skating).

This year is going to be an exciting year for the Dollympics. Throughout the week, the scattered events will take place. Who do you think will take home the gold?

New Year's Eve!

Hi everyone! I'm Cecile! I'm new here, so this is my first post! I'm going to tell you about my New Year's Eve!

Momma and I went to Momma's friend Zoe's house. I was going to visit with Zoe's dolls Julie, Ivy, and Marie-Grace.

 Zoe's dolls were getting ready for the party when I knocked on the door.

 Julie answered it.

 "Hi Cecile!" she said.
"Hi Julie! Thanks for inviting me!" I replied. This was going to be the best night ever!

 I hung up my coat...

 …and helped Marie-Grace cook. I told Marie-Grace about my sister Marie-Grace. They had so much in common, including their name!

 We had a delicious dinner of fruit salad and Crystal Light.

 We played go fish until,
"It's five minutes till midnight!" Ivy cried. We turned the TV to the ball drop and poured the sparkling grape juice into our cups.

"Five! Four! Three! Two!" we cheered. "ONE! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!"

I had so much fun at Zoe's house!

Cecile (no siggy yet!)

Decorating for Christmas

Yowzers! It's been awhile! Last time we posted, we were at Camp Doll Diaries for the summer, and now we're decorating for Christmas! Hey, that's a funny story!

 Caroline and Felicity journeyed into the basement to find our tree.

 After freeing Felicity from her wiry mess...

 …Ruthie and the minis set the tree up.

 It took awhile, but it was all worth it!

 Then Molly and I went to get the ornaments and decorations. Lissie tagged along.

 And we decorated the tree!

 After all of the ornaments were up, Felicity lifted Lissie up to put the topper on.

 It looked great!

 We all gathered around the tree, minus Zara and Aubry who were at cooking class. We sang tons of carols. Lanie, Belle, and Saige, the three singers in our family, did a trio to a song called "Night of Silence". They were soooo good!

 Like, ten minutes later, Zara and Aubry came home. They had stopped in the basement on the way up and got our stockings!

 We hung the stockings up on the footboard with care. We don't have a fireplace, so we hung up the stockings on Mommy's bed.

They looked great!

I had fun decorating for Christmas! I can't wait until Christmas! I asked Santa for a new dolly! And I can't wait to celebrate with my family!!!

The Movie Theater!

Whew! It's been awhile! But we're back! Mom's been telling our life through AGTube recently, so you might want to check that out HERE!

So today, basilmentos' movie "Midsummer Magic" came out! And guess what? We went to the
Re-Doll Movie theater to see it!

 Isn't the poster awesome?!?

 Alex is working there as a summer job, and she got us a discount! Awesome!

 We settled into our seats and waited, and waited, and waited, and...

 IT STARTED!!!

 Our favorite part!

 When it was over, everyone cheered. It was the BEST. MOVIE. EVER!!!!!!!!

 And there was popcorn!

Follow @dollsrunited!

Guys, if you have an Instagram account, can you PLEASE follow @dollsrunited? She has one of the BEST Dollstagram accounts out there, and her goal is 1,000 followers by the 4th of July, which is tomorrow! If we could get her 6, just 6 more followers, she can meet her goal! So please, if you have an Instagram account, follow @dollsrunited! Please? Thank you guys soooooo much! I know that we can do it!

Doll Diaries Week Two Weekly Recap!

Sorry this is so late! mom's wifi is down, so she couldn't post it. Finally, here is the Camp Doll Diaries Weekly Recap!

 "Alright," said Counselor Alicia. "This week is Time Traveler Week! All of you are to pick an era and dress up according to what they wore in your era. Here is a box of costumes!"

Pretty soon we were all in costume. Mary was from the 1940's, Saige from colonial times, Ruthie from the 1930's (go figure), me from pioneer days, and Caroline from Regency times (again, didn't see that one coming;)).And of course the minis were from colonial times as well.

 We had a hobo picnic to honor Kit and Ruthie. Ruthie told us stories from the Great Depression, including the time Kit pushed her annoying classmate Rodger into a ladder!

And then we caught fireflies!

 The next day I wrote a letter home.

 Meanwhile, the rest of the bunch was at crafts.

 Saige's pompom critter Watermelon is so cute!

This week's recap will be posted tomorrow in the form of a YouTube video. We'll post a link! And check Mom's blog; she has a special surprise (Hint: socks)

See you soon!