Our Generation Gabe Arrives At The Doll House!!

Hi Doll Friends!

Our Generation keeps outdoing themselves. Just when I say/think "That's it, I have all the Our Generation Dolls I think I'll 'need'..." They go and come out with another adorable one! This time? Gabe the newest boy doll in their line. I ordered him, literally, the moment I saw him online. He's even cuter in person than in their stock photos! Perhaps one of the most handsome 18inch boy dolls I've seen yet, actually. Well done Our Generation!!

He arrived late last week but it was a busy weekend and so I didn't get a chance to post until today...

So handsome!!!

When I ordered him I thought I wasn't going to keep his name... But once he arrived I decided he just looks like a Gabe. One of my favorite angels in the Bible is Gabriel and this kid looks like he could be the modern kid version of him. Eh?

I love his hair! 

And he's outta the box!

The girls came to welcome him! I'm sure he'll be very popular... Hahaha.

Billy came along so the poor fella wouldn't feel totally alone with the girls!

I think he's going to make a great addition to the Doll House! Can't wait for the upcoming Homecoming Season so he can get dressed up and take one of the gals on a date!

Oh, and guess what? I checked back on Target online a bit later in the week and darn it if they didn't release a new girl that hopped in my shopping buggy and is on her way home... Her name is Lake and she's adorable!! I'd considered Kay earlier this year when I brought Juliet and Amy home... But I have so many red headed dolls in the Doll House already that I just never did make the purchase. I am so glad because Lake has the same sculpt and I love her eyes, hair and freckles!! Well, in order to get free shipping I had to buy something else and since I've seemingly thrown all caution to the four winds with regards to restraint in doll population... I ordered another doll I thought of last year too! So Manuella is on her way along with Lake. Hahaha! I think she has the same sculpt as well but I can't decide for sure. What do you think?

In any case they are all beautiful and I am excited for Lake and Manuella to arrive!

Better run!

XXOO
Heather

New My Life As Doll and Our Generation Boy Dolls!!

Doll Friends!

There are so many neat 18inch Doll items coming out right now that it's hard to keep track or to knwo which I want to buy more with my Doll Mad Money! Oy vey!! Ever since My Life As Doll released their first boy dolls, then Our Generation followed suite and finally American Girl Doll did, it's been so much fun watching the boy doll market take off! So I was in Walmart this weekend looking for the 'new stuff' and all I found was a whole lot of nothing on that score... Untill... On a shelf that wasn't even in the My Life As Doll section, I see this fella.

He's one of the two new boy dolls out from My Life As Doll this year and he has a man bun!?!?!

Both of the new boys do although I only saw one of the two on the shelf. 

Here he is next to another new release doll, a skater.

And another new one, I love the donut PJs! If the consensus on the Doll Groups of Facebook are any indication, My Life As might've bombed out on these new guys. Mostly I got 'that's horrible!' reactions... A few people mentioned re-wigging and I laughed because it's like going back to square one really... A few years ago the only way to get an 18inch boy doll was to chop off a girl dolls hair and customize her into a boy. Now... A boy doll is coming out and we are still talking about scalping the doll! I don't think I'll buy either of them any time soon. Perhaps if they get slashed to deep clearance this time next year I'll grab one or two and rewig them but for now... Um. No.

However... I've been shopping researching Target for new items in the Our Generation Dolls and low and behold.... 

Much like the Tyler Doll, they knocked this out of park. I think he is adorable. 

So.... yeah....

He's on the way to the Doll House... Teehee.

I may very well run out of August Doll Mad Money before the 10th at this rate but... Meh... You only live once!! Right? Can't wait for him to arrive so I can show him to you! I am not keeping his name Gabe.... I'll reveal his new name after he arrives... So I can make sure the name 'fits' after I see him in person. 

So... If you've been waiting on taking the plunge on an 18inch boy doll for your Doll House, there are so many great options now! The only downside of the boy dolls being mass produced now is that the sellers who's specialty was making custom boys have likely taken a bad hit. But... That's the free market for you. If there is a market for something, people rush to fill it. Isn't it grand?

Better run! Have about five different drafts I am working on currently... Let's see if I can't get another one finished this morning before I have to be a grown-up again...

XXOO

Heather

Our Generation Boy Doll Arrives At Doll House!

Hi Doll Friends,

When he first came out, I wasn't sure I wanted to get the new Our Generation Boy Doll Rafael. I have lots of boy dolls in the Doll House already. However, this past weekend my sweet husband gifted me with some mad money to spend on dolls and so off to the internet I went to browse. 

When I went to Target's website to see what might appeal to me there, if anything, and this little fella popped up at the top of the list of dolls. Suddenly, I had a moment of impulse purchase fever and before I knew it, he was in my 'cart' along with another item so I'd get free shipping... Does that ever happen to you? Teehee.

I am so glad I bought him!! He is so much more handsome in real life than he was on the website. To me anyway. His eyes are gorgeous!

Here he is in the box. When he first came out of the box, his hair was super stiff with some sort of gel... At first I was a bit worried that it was junk hair but then I searched YouTube and discovered that all you need to do is rinse out his hair with warm water and it washes all the 'traveling gel' out of his hair. So I did that and, sure enough, his hair is lovely.

One thing I found interesting was that he has the words "Our Generation" on the back of his neck, not Battat like other OG Dolls have. I think, now I am going to have to go look at other newer OG's to be sure? I might've only noticed because his hair is short?

I actually found two flaws in my doll... I don't really want to take him back because of such little flaws but, they are flaws. What are your thoughts? He had this little hard bulge in his torso, like a sewing pin or something got sewn up inside of him or something. Very strange. But I guess people do have scars too and I get a kick out such things so... 

He also had this little brown dot on his forehead, like when they were painting his eyebrows an errant drop of paint dropped by accident. Again, people do have moles so...

I am pretty sure I will keep him. I've decided to name him Tyler after one of my son's very first friends. They've been friends since the womb because his mother and I were pregnant together. I was trying to puzzle out a good name and then all the sudden when I was photographing him on the porch I thought "He looks just like Tyler!!" 

What do you think? Am I close? Eitherwise, his name is Tyler.

Do you have any boy dolls? I love mine because, in real life, there are always boys as well as girls! Right? So, I need brothers and cousins and classmates and friends for my girl dolls too!

Better run!

XXOO
Heather

Weekend Doll Camping Trip!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

So in my last post about my OG Camper find at Goodwill I mentioned I'd taken some dolls out for a camping trip outside but that my photo's had apparently not uploaded via the app. So I am back to show you the photos! I figured I'd just make a whole new post so I can also say Happy Friday! 

Who went on the camping trip you ask? Frann and Frank, Heather and Josh and Lilly tagged along too! 

See? There's Lilly hanging out in the camper. 

Here Josh and Frank are looking under the hood of the new car! Is that something all guys do when they look at new cars? I think it must be.

Frank decided to take Frann for a ride on since it was such a beautiful day!

Heather Josh and Lilly would stay at the camp ground and get the fire going for BBQ.

"Bye ya'll!!"

"Have a fantastic drive!!"

And off they go...

This is the first 'trip' the car has ever been on! How exciting!

They drove and drove and drove....

After they saw many sights, they decided to head back to the camp...

"Hi ya'll! Did you have a nice drive?"

Lilly had made some muffins while they were gone...

As you can see, puppy Zoey had woken up from her nap and joined everyone outside too! Josh asked Frank how the car handled on the drive?

Frank told him it was awesome...!

Frann said she'd get out and let Josh and Frank go on a short drive while she hung out with the girls...

They decided to open the rumble seat and take Zoey along for the ride. She loves riding in the car!

And away they went...

Soon enough they were back and Josh cooked some shimp kababs! Lilly doesn't like shrimp and had plans to meet a friend for dinner and so was reading in the tent with Zoey to keep her company. 

The kababs took very little time to cook and soon enough...

They were enjoying them.

Lilly suddenly realized how late it had gotten and jumped on the scooter to rush off and meet her friend!

Much later in the evening, everyone was famished from taking a long hike and so they decided to make burgers as a midnite snack! Isn't camping fun that way? Lilly went to bed early because camping wore her out!

Josh and Frank manned the grill while Frann and Heather got the sides and condiments ready...

What fun camping is, huh?

The burgers are almost ready! Look at those grill marks!

They got them all plated up and put the coffee pot on to warm up...

They were all amazed that Lilly could sleep through all their chatter! Even though they were trying to be quiet.... The fresh air must've just knocked her out.

"Do you both want ketchup and mustard on your burgers?"

They sat down to eat and talked late into the night around the little fire... What a great camping trip! Have you been on any this summer?

Better run!
HAPPY FRIDAY!
XXOO
Heather