tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16061610417496487892024-02-07T21:37:07.936-05:00Old Centennial FarmhouseA little journal of our life in the country....in our old farmhouse built in 1897. Living simply, enjoying family, friends and vintage finds of all sorts.Old Centennial Farmhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16865061855481840216noreply@blogger.comBlogger1177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post-74992831360547705092015-04-23T12:19:00.005-04:002015-04-23T12:53:48.956-04:00House Love in "New Neighborhood" in Empire, Michigan <br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A planned community ... nestled in the hills near Lake Michigan and the Sleeping Bear Dunes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In January of this year, my sisters and I were able to go up to the Traverse City area ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We stumbled into this new little neighborhood full of cute houses to love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was so flippin' cold, I took pictures out the window for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">they're good! And you should LOVE THEM! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> A farmhouse-design that is made to look like an addition was added. Pretty cute! </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The unusual trim colors on a classic design catch your eye... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Oh, yes, I loved this one, ORANGE! One of my favorite colors! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the washtubs are some nice full geraniums. Someone had asked if I planted the flowers in the washtub. They are not. This is a couple of potted geraniums sitting up on a brick so the pots sit high enough to see the flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I keep a cute little enamelware dishpan on the table with water in it for JuneBug. I think the birdies might eventually find it and don't know what I'll do then, especially since JuneBug is such a good hunter girl. :(</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just love the old Spirit of '76 flag flyin' in the wind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I did is bought four pillow shams for my wicker that match my porch decor at Pottery Barn outlet for $7 each. Then I got some old pillows out of the attic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The shams are a blue gingham with red trim! PERFECT! I found them in the kid's section late this winter. I had this use in mind when I found them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes, they're thrown on the chairs in this direction, sometimes the opposite, but one thing for sure, they're comfortable and home-y and they fit the need I have for very little money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are finally getting outside to get some things done. Winter lasted a long time! Our garden will be larger this year. Will yours be larger as well?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This sweet girl's name is Paula. She came from Canada with an American friend to CPAC. She was raised in Argentina but her family decided to leave when Communism took that country. She visited quite a while, after she asked to borrow my charger for her phone, so we sat by the outlet for a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She told me that if America stays great, she would one day like to become an American, but is extremely frustrated at the direction we are going. She admires our freedoms and envies them, and wonders why we cannot see the direction our great country is going. She said one sign we should have rejected Obama is because the rest of the world loves him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I met my friend Tanya at CPAC, someone I'd known for several years on Facebook, but had never met in person. We are patriots, writers with defiance in our "pens" -- which is the keyboard. There are MANY women like us that are giving of our time to the effort to save our nation from the forces of tyranny!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">AND ... I saved the best for last! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DraftDrBenjaminCarsonForPresident?fref=ts">Dr. Benjamin Carson! </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She and her family were welcoming and kind. I enjoyed talking with Kathie's husband Jay because he is a politically-oriented man, having spent much of his career in Washington, DC. I could talk to him all day! And, I do apologize if I yammered too much, Jay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We don't eat out much and I truly enjoyed this place, the food is gourmet and the presentation is artwork. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I enjoyed visiting with Kathie at this restaurant and the other restaurant her son-in-law and daughter own called Polpo. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Polpo was in Georgetown, I think. If you're in the area, I HIGHLY recommend these two restaurants. At Floriana, they bread and pesto they bring out for you to begin your meal with is incredible! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last weekend, I went to CPAC. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I stayed with Kathie of Hillbilly Debutante fame. (Her blog is <a href="http://hillbillydebutante.blogspot.com/">here</a>.) </span><span style="font-size: large;">You know the gal who wrote the book "False Victim" </span><span style="font-size: large;">and Hillbilly Debutante Cafe! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Her books are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hillbilly-Debutante-Cafe-Kathie-Truitt/dp/1618620894/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1363878291&sr=8-2&keywords=Kathie+Truitt">here</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/False-Victim-Kathie-Truitt/dp/1616633522/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363878291&sr=8-1&keywords=Kathie+Truitt">here</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was like Christmas when I was a kid!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've never been to Washington, DC and it was so exciting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The place was filled with kids on a tour and they were loud and obnoxious and they probably thought I was nuts, but this just got to me. Mostly because, I think that Jefferson understood the most what happens when government becomes to powerful, we have most definitely let him down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This sits on its own out toward the bridge going over the river, and it's by itself. It was my favorite stop and at night there, it's even more impressive somehow because it stands out in the darkness...like our country once did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We didn't do the "tourist" thing, but Kathie knows the area and drove me around in her cute little Mini-Cooper (six-speed) to see the famous sites from the car window and she showed me the highlights of DC and different neighborhoods like Georgetown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Photos were not allowed in Mt. Vernon itself. But I snapped this one as I was walking in from that back porch -- it was thrilling to know that I walked where George Washington and many other of our Founding Fathers had been. Isn't this wood beautiful?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was pretty special to walk where so many of our nation's founders may have been. The lady who took this photo was a homeschooler there with her three daughters. I could tell they were exceptional and guessed they were homeschooled before I even talked to them. This lady had her three daughters and had come clear from Texas with a camper and they were headed north to Pennsylvania the weekend I met them. This family was a true pleasure to talk to. The kids never watch TV and have a lot of hobbies and know how to do many things. The oldest had graduated and this was her senior trip! How cool is that?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought this decal in a package as well as a red geranium, originally 10 cents, now $2.50, adding a little color to a lingering-a-little-too-long winter. I love how it looks on my depression glass. It sits on a little clock shelf in my kitchen. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can we talk strawberries? We have to plant a new patch and I would love to hear your tips, tricks and the type or variety you like. Although we didn't have any last year, there's still plenty in the freezer! Yum!</span><br />
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Old Centennial Farmhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16865061855481840216noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post-60250058593068133502013-02-26T11:23:00.001-05:002013-02-26T11:23:32.722-05:00Back Road Beauty: I Shoot through the Windshield!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I collect these sort of books, and I can tell you why I love them so much. It's because they take me back to the way things used to be in this country. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes I get unspeakably sad when I think about where Sam's Country is being taken, and how so much of what she is made out of is being snatched away.</span><br />
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Old Centennial Farmhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16865061855481840216noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post-13085325009953173472013-02-18T11:49:00.000-05:002013-02-18T11:50:51.317-05:00Longing for Spring...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">a hoarfrost and a fog, the sun was rising quickly so I brushed my hair, got my boots and grabbed a coat and my camera pack and left the house in the sweats I slept in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And it was magic, ethereal, and quiet except for the sound of the snow squeaking under the tires on a morning that registered exactly ZERO on the truck's digital thermometer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On one road, the fog was so thick, the road so remote, I got out of the truck and I stood in the road and just listened to it. It was just me and the birds, and I thought I heard the sound of spring in their song. I enjoyed every second of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have so much thankfulness for these little treasures handed to me, and if I look and I act, I can preserve just SOME of the magic for us to share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have happy place in my house I like to go to sometimes when I need a nap, or when I'm feeling down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In that room are little reminders from childhood, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finally have found the vintage quilt I've been watching for ... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for quite a few years. AMAZING, because it's just what </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I found this one with all the right colors... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It matches all the toys...and it matches the bed, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All hand pieced and hand-quilted, in perfect condition, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And we have had such a run of cloudy days, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and I found </span><span style="font-size: large;">a puddle of sunshine, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">so I laid on the floor in it curled up like a kitty cat, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but I was snuggled under a quilt as the sun shined on my face. And as the sun moved, I moved with it..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I was ... "Happy, happy, happy!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It made me miss Paul Harvey, and the men of that generation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It made me remember his commentary, soothing, calming commentary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As each one ended, it made you realize what a good place you lived in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The photos on this are absolutely stunning, heart-breaking-ly stunning. </span></div>
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her first REAL tea set, beautiful and matches her </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Now that I am back home, </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finally got my miles for 2012 added up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I record them on my wall calendar, daily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do this now each year as a motivation, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I then total each month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I keep a running total.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, at year's end, I look at my grand total.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, I try to compare something geographical </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year's grand total was 488.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Mississippi River is about 500 miles long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This method, for me, has worked as a great motivator, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and that is why I am sharing it with you!</span></div>
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PS: Photos from an antique jaunt I took with my iPhone when I was visiting my daughter's family.</div>
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Audrey's got her game face on! </div>
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This face CRACKS NINNIE UP!!!</div>
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Lots of play time!</div>
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We started to work on potty training with Levi and look who started to join us!</div>
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Little Miss Priss did GREAT this week and she goes potty every time we put her on.</div>
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Good thing Mama had two potties! :)</div>
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I had to teach Levi the proper use for training pants...haha!</div>
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This is a vintage doll bed Jamie found at an antique store while shopping for<br />
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I love the little decal and the little "abc blocks" in the headboard.</div>
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Levi LOVES the bed his Papaw made for him that I brought down here in the fall. He calls it his "Papaw bed". He did make the transition very easily from the baby bed to his "big boy" (toddler) bed.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have spent the last two weeks immersed in my grand baby's glow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just thought I'd share a few images and a few anecdotal stories to tell you what I've been up to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been pure bliss, I've enjoyed every minute, and tomorrow I head back home....the trail of tears. Saying good-bye is the worst!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Levi told me today "Ninnie, I will miss all my PEOPLE." He calls all of us from Michigan who visit him as "his people". He's right, we are his and his sissie's people, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My husband and older son left here a week ago, and myself and my younger son got to stay another week. After his Papaw left last week with his Uncle Mark, he asked: "Where did my people go?" I had to explain to him that they had to get back to Michigan and back to work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning when we all got up, I explained to him: "Tomorrow I won't be here when you wake up, Luke and I will go back to Papaw and Uncle Mark in Michigan." He responded "Ninnie, I will miss all my people and I want my Papaw!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That is the truth, and we shall miss him and his family, too. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>I have learned this from living so far from my babies: the time spent immersed in their lives 24/7 is the best part of the separation. It's the silver lining I had to look for. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The worst part is not being here from day to day, in the small ways, but so much of the enjoyment while we are here is waking up with them and being with them until they close their eyes at night, reading them stories, putting them down for their naps...being present for their meals. It's all so good.</span><br />
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<br />Old Centennial Farmhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16865061855481840216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post-13849835885787593782012-12-27T17:36:00.001-05:002012-12-27T17:39:33.985-05:00Show 'n Tell: Audrey's Dollhouse<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Audrey says "You want to see my dollhouse?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's something that's really nice and will last her (and possibly little sisters, too) for years! (It was $95.99 and now it's on sale for $79.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She got the dollhouse and dolls for her birthday in October, but it's really fun to add things to it for Christmas...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It comes from either Amazon.com (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/KidKraft-65054-Chelsea-Doll-Cottage/dp/B003ADVR3S/ref=sr_1_3?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1356644645&sr=1-3&keywords=kidkraft+dollhouse">here</a>) or Bed, Bath & Beyond, online.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The house comes with the wooden furniture (shown) but not with dolls. Wooden dolls that KidCraft makes for it just aren't as much fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After looking around, my daughter settled on the Fisher Price Loving Family dolls<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Loving-Family-Figures/dp/B000FIH7BW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356645574&sr=8-1&keywords=fisher+price+loving+family+dolls+mom%2C+dad+and+sister+and+brother+caucasian"> (like this)</a> and extras <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Loving-Family-Minivan/dp/B001356Q0O/ref=pd_sim_t_1">(like this) </a>because the family of dolls are jointed and pose-able, and will actually sit at the table and on the couch, in the car, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those Loving Family dolls are easily available at any major retailer that carries toys or again, from Amazon.com, although on Amazon the dolls themselves seem to be very expensive, at places like Meijer or Wal-Mart are very affordable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's fun to add to her house for birthdays and Christmas, and mom has even made her a few things to go with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The doors and the windows open and shut. Above you can see how well the Fisher Price Loving Family dog house and dogs fit in with the scale of the Kid Craft house. We like this house much better than the Loving Family doll house, which is gaudy and plastic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found a Christmas tree for Audrey's house! It's the perfect scale and size and she loves it. Right away she said "twee!".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Soon, I'll show you the Fire House that KidCraft makes and Levi got for his first birthday. It's another well-constructed piece that would last through several kids and be kept for an heirloom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">THE afternoon....</span><span style="font-size: large;">was sunny and the baby had just woken from her nap all smiley and cuddly and sweet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So we were silly for a minute and then I thought...hey, sunlight as a backup and a cuddly sweet girl, time to get the camera out. Someday, Miss Audrey will learn to bargain with me and get a bribe for posing...right now she's pretty good about it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She put up with me for about twenty minutes or so, and mommy came into the room and posed with her for a few toward the end, too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those of you that want to photograph babies, the best time is just after a nap if they're not hungry, and also it's nice if they have an object to play with, too. Toward the end, when she got fidgety, to get a couple more photos, I got her one of the vintage Little Golden books to see and play with. You can easily use that as a photo prop!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She's just such an angel and I love her dearly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had a lot, lot, lot of fun shopping for a little girl for Christmas again!</span></div>
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