"Little Women" Family: Riana's Quest to Get McKenna

Monday, August 27, 2012

Riana's Quest to Get McKenna

When the American Girl "Doll of the Year" was announced last September, Riana announced that she just had to have it!! Last year, she had wrote a story for a contest for American girl about a girl named McKenna and this doll's name was McKenna. They also announced that McKenna was from Seattle and had red hair and blue eyes and did Gymnastics. Riana knew that she would have to save her money and buy the doll. So she started saving. A little later, she noticed a really cute outfit that was only available in the "Starter Collection," which was quite a bit more than just the doll. Riana saved all her birthday money from family and friends and also did jobs around the house and some babysitting for other people (and occasionally we pay her.) Finally, she did it!! The starter collection is somewhere around $200!!! As soon as she had enough, she begged... and begged... and begged for me to take her up to the American Doll Store. So finally one day, it worked out at the last minute and so we just went.

Riana, Sariah, Aimee, Tierra, and Karina's dolls all ready to welcome McKenna Brooks!

I just love seeing all the cute little things in the American Girl store. Here is the McKenna collection and a display with McKenna and her bed. I especially loved the tiny books in the bed display.

They had some fun crafts and even a scavenger hunt, at the store, for the girls to do. They had a lot of fun!

Sariah found a picture of her doll, at the store. All the girls wanted to pose with McKenna and even posed their dolls with her.

Riana was so happy to finally have McKenna- each of her dolls wearing one of McKenna's outfits.

Each of the girls won an American Girl poster for finishing the Scavenger Hunt.

Riana received half of the starter collection at the store. My favorite part were McKenna's shoes and her water bottle- so cute! The other half was out of stock in every store and online, however they shipped it to us for free, which made it fun because she got a package in the mail!! :)

Riana is always making the cutest things. I swear that girl is so creative!! She made this camera for her American Dolls, patterned after my Nikon. It has a pop-up flash, a turn dial on top that actually turns, and a viewfinder with a picture in it. WOW!! You amaze me, Riana!!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Wow, I'm impressed! I'm not sure I could manage saving up $200 to buy something special. That is so cool that she was able to do that.; 8/29/12, 5:21 PM

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My Favorite Part of The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 17:21-24

"21 And when (Jesus) had said these words, he wept, and the multitude bare record of it, and he took their little children, one by one, and blessed them, and prayed unto the Father for them.

22 And when he had done this he wept again;

23 And he spake unto the multitude, and said unto them: Behold your little ones.

24 And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did minister unto them."

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/17

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My style of homeschooling is "public school at home." We began homeschooling on our own, the 1st year. Then we were enrolled in the Washington Virtual Academy (WAVA) for 3 years. Now we are enrolled in ORLA. Our girls are taking several classes at an Elementary School that is no longer used for a typical Elementary School. Instead 450 homeschooling students (K-12) take classes there with certified teachers (you choose which ones and how many) but you do have to be at the school with them until they are 12 (in another room with toys for the younger kids) or sign them out to a friend. Then you fill in the rest at home. For example, my girls take Music, Art, P.E., and Science at the school 2 days a week and then I teach them Math, Language, and History at home, on the other 3 days. The school also pays for an additional $300 a year of curriculum (like the Math, Lang, Hist.) We do have to keep up with a certain number of hours per week. We also have a "home room teacher" that helps us with everything, like deciding what extra things to do at home and making sure we don't miss anything. We are really enjoying this program-- it truly is the best of both worlds! If you have any questions, email me. :)