Dresses, Dresses, Yah, Yah, Yah

What fun. I have restrained myself. I have shown great self-control. People have asked me if I have bought clothes and girly-girl things and lots of pink.

I can honestly say I have not. Well, that is not clothes. I have bought a beautiful version of Anne of Green Gables and a set of Shirley Temple movies, but I have not been spending money on girl stuff. I wanted to hold my heart back, until after we passed court.

I have to admit though, as soon as we got our referral, I did rush out and buy these dolls that I wanted. I had been waiting and waiting to buy them. These dolls are so sweet and soft. They are made of velour and are brown baby dolls. The big one has wonderful curly yarn hair and then the baby doll is so cuddly. I think our girls will like them.

I was doing fine with clothes, until... A couple days ago, I went into a clothing store to buy my son some shoes and there, on the end of a rack, I saw the most demure little dress!! I do NOT like the typical girl clothes of today: commercialism with Dora and such on them, spandex, stretch. I also detest lacey frills - they make me think of sickly sweet cake icing - icky.

The dresses were labeled S, M, L, XL. I asked the lady how to size them. She figured the S was for a seven year old. I didn't think so and I didn't have a little girl to size them on. So... I used my sons. *smile* There they were with scruffy back yard clothes and mucky faces. I had pulled them quickly out of the backyard to go and take a brother to baseball, expecting not to take them shopping.

So, there they stand in the store, quite willingly, I might add, as I hold up the dresses (no, I did not try them on - at least not on the older one *grin*), to size them up. It was quite funny. The saleslady thought it was a great idea! *grin* When I got home I couldn't resist trying the dress on the littlest boy - he was too little to care. :o) And it was a cute dress!

I love classic and I would have done well living in England! Actually, I did live in England. I love proper English clothes. Back before I had children, I sewed some beautiful little smock-like dresses. I hung onto them as boy by boy was born. I still have them, but, of course, the girls are too big for them!! I took the new dresses home and Ray loved them. I am so pleased cause he had said he thought the girls would look best in dark, and I told him I liked light.

When our little five year old came into our room and saw the dresses, he said, "Are those for Colt?" Figuring for his big brother's birthday. Then the light dawned and he exclaimed, "Oh! They're for our SISTERS!" As he gave a big smile.

After I picked up the dresses, I dashed into the pharmacy to get something. Now given we live in a very small town our pharmacy has all kinds of things not related to medicine. Included in this is a toy section. Just before I left I thought I would have a glance to see if there was anything that screamed: BUY ME in the toy aisle.

As soon as I stepped into the aisle, I saw this interesting looking doll. I picked her up and pondered whether she could be 'light brown'. I turned the box over to discover by the picture, she was probably Hispanic. There was also a Caucasion doll on the back and then I saw an African doll!

If anyone was watching they would have laughed to see how quickly I looked up on the shelf and moved the white doll on the shelf aside, to see what was behind. My eyes popped wide when I saw the African doll on the shelf!!! I grabbed it. Jackpot!!! I was thrilled!!! Another ethnic doll for our girls! I turned to the lady standing beside me looking at toys, ready to tell her of my find!! Then I realized she probably could care less! *laugh* Adoptive parents, I tell you!! *grin*

I have decided to go back and get the other two dolls. I like the idea of having a 'family' of dolls that are interracial. Our girls will have black dolls, and maybe an occasional white doll, but this is different. I don't want the girls and their black dolls 'over there' and us and our white 'over here.'

Our family will be 'blended'. We will have brown and white in one family. Therefore to find a 'doll family' that is also blended is wonderful! They might all be sisters: Caucasion, African, Hispanic. How neat!