Stop motion video: Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

Hey everyone! Bre made a new stop motion video with some of the dolls having a little Christmas themed fun. I'm not in it (so it's not as good as it might have been...) but it's still pretty cool. This is only her second stop motion vid, so she's still working on those skills. Anyways, give it a watch, click like and all that other stuff. Thanks!

Random Pic: Me and my friends

Today's random pic is of me and all my friends. We don't get to be together that often because some of us go to different schools and have crazy schedules, but I like when we can be together.

Happy birthday, Addy!

Hello, everyone! It's Wendy, your ever faithful blogger. =) Today is Addy's birthday. She was Bre's first doll, and she's super nice, so we're all very happy for her. She got a new dress, although I don't have pics at the moment, sorry. Maybe soon.

And you'll all be glad to know that we've had something of a break from all the drama -- Jason and Nicki are talking again. They're not going out or anything, but they are friends, and Nicki feels a lot better about that.

As for Claire, she stood up in English class today and announced that she was nominating me as "Queen of the Dorks." She got in trouble. =) And honestly, I've been called worse. Mostly by her and my older sisters, but still. That was the first thing she's even said since she threatened that none of us is safe.

But really, all of my friends are in some way affected by Claire. Ashley, Nicki, and I share classes with her. She's in girl scouts with me and Nicki. She's in Ashley and Taylor's dance classes, and she goes to the same church as Quinn and Nicki. Apparently she tripped Taylor in ballet the other day. Taylor figured it was an accident, but we all know better. Taking things out on Taylor is so unfair. She's not a part of this. Which one of us is next, I wonder?

Ashley and I visit the "prairie"

Ashley, Taylor, and I had a little photo session the other day. We got to be prairie girls!

The album is here. Comments are very welcome!

Hello from guest blogger Ashley!

Hey everyone! I'm Ashley and my pal Wendy has given me permission to post on her blog! She said she had really neat friends I should meet. =)

So I don't know what she may have already mentioned about me, but my name is Ashley Beaumont and I'm 11 years old. Wendy and Nicki and I got to the same school and have some of the same classes. My best friend is named Taylor Castro... she's amazing! We dance together and have known one another since about forever. That girl is so sweet. My next closest friend is my sister Alice, although she isn't a doll that lives here (yet).

My favorite things to do are dance (obviously), watch silly movies, and read books. I'm pretty into history, and like Taylor I'm a time traveler. I really like to go to Addy and Kirsten's time periods.

Well, I guess that's about it... I hope to get to know you all really well. Bye!

Love, Ashley N. Beaumont (friend of Wendy M. Stein)

Hello from guest blogger Taylor

Hi everyone! This is Wendy's friend Taylor. She was kind enough to let me come on her blog and talk to you guys, so I figured I'll just sort of introduce myself. =)

My name is Taylor Castro and I'm 10 years old, 11 in October. I'll be starting 6th grade soon. I've gone to a private Catholic school since kindergarten, and it's okay. I like it, but most of my friends go to different schools. Before I moved in Wendy's neighborhood, I lived two doors down from my grandparents, who are my favorite people in the whole world. My best friend also lived next door. I still get to see them, since it's just on the other side of town, but I really miss running down to Lita's house (I call my grandma Lita because, as a baby, I could never pronounce abuelita, which is Spanish for grandma!) and playing everyday with my friends in the neighborhood. I get to hang out with Wendy a lot here, so it's almost okay.

My one true love is ballet. It's so much fun, and I really feel alive when I dance. I'm an only child, and I live with my parents. My mom is a nurse, and my dad is a reporter and photographer for our town's biggest newspaper. Something that I guess is pretty neat about me is that I can time travel. I've gotten to be pretty good friends with Bre's historical dolls because of that.

Sorry for such a long post! Hope I didn't bore you too much. =) Anything else you wanna know about me, you can leave a comment asking... and maybe Wendy will let me post again.

- Taylor

Minding the baby.

Yesterday Bre asked Taylor and me to mind baby Noah, and we were really excited to do it. So we got dressed in our babysitting outfits, and set out to do our job.


We took her outdoors to enjoy some sun. We sat on the bench in Bre's front yard, and watched the traffic.


Noah wanted to play in the dry fallen leaves, but we put her in the grass since that's softer.


We came back inside when it got late and helped her build a pyramid with her blocks.


Finally, she got tired and we laid her on Bre's puppy pillow for a nap.



Isn't she cute and sweet? Taylor is a good babysitting partner too. =) Oh, Bre asked me to answer a question for her. A couple people wanted to know the meaning behind Noah's name... she said she picked the name Noah Margaret because she doesn't like a lot of the current popular baby names. She prefers old fashioned names, but she wanted to have it be a little unique, so she picked Noah, which is usually a boy's name, but sometimes a girl's name too.

Until next time,
Wendy (Angela Moira Darling) Stein XOXO

Happy 4th of July!

Hi everyone! It's me, Wendy, here with Quinn and Taylor. We just wanted to wish you all a happy Independence Day! And if you're not American, have a great day anyways. =)

This evening, Taylor and her parents are going to a party at her grandparents' house. My family is going to see the big fireworks show at the stadium of Bre's school. There's a party in Quinn's apartment complex (kinda like a block party) and she and I are going to that.

That's all for now. I know this was a short post, but I just wanted to spread a little holiday happiness.

Until next time,
Wendy S., Quinn S., and Taylor C.

Taylor and Me

So I told you all about how Taylor had invited me and Quinn over to her house the other day, right? Well, we both went. She was really nice to me, and it made me feel really guilty for not being too nice to her. So I invited her over today. It was a lot of fun.




We played dolls for a while. I don't know if you can tell in the pic, but she has a Samantha doll. Then Quinn had to go call her mom, and Taylor and I had a chance to talk. I told her I was sorry for being not so nice to her, and I admitted I only acted like that because I was jealous. It's *still* hard not to be jealous... she's so pretty, she has so much stuff... and she's still so new. But she surprised me because she said the reason she acted over nice to me was because she was jealous too, and she didn't want it to show. I don't think there's any reason to be jealous of me... but she said she was, because all the other dolls told her that I'm really special to Bre. We laughed for a while at ourselves after that... I mean, it is kinda silly.

After Quinn came back from talking to her mom, we watched the movie Hairspray. And there's a song in there called "The New Girl in Town," and when it came on, my eyes met Taylor's and we both started to laugh again. Quinn looked at us both like she thought we were crazy.

So as of right now, I'm pretty cool with Taylor. It's neat that she lives so close by, so maybe we will hang out together more now. We'll just have to see. =)

Until next time,
Wendy (Angela Moira Darling) Stein XOXO

Haley has left the building.

Well, Haley's off to her next host now. I miss her already! I'm sorry I didn't post as much or share a lot of pics while she was here, since we really mostly hung out around here, but I have a huge album for you to look at now! Please comment the pics and what not. =)

Album is here.

Anyways, you may notice Taylor appears in some of those pics. Quinn introduced her and Haley, and they got along pretty well. Everyone seems to like Taylor a lot. In fact, Quinn is going to her house to watch movies and play dolls tomorrow, aka my two favorite things next to comic book reading. Taylor even invited me. She's always so nice to me... it makes me feel really guilty. I don't know if I'll go to her house yet... I'll have to see.

And Nicki will be leaving to spend a couple of weeks at home in Colorado in a couple of days. I'm gonna miss her a lot! I never would have thought we'd become friends. When I first met her, I didn't pay her any attention... then when I found out she was friends with Quinn, I was so jealous. But now, it's gonna seem weird that she's not right here.

That's about it... I'll update you soon on things around here with Taylor.

Until next time,
Wendy (Angela Moira Darling) Stein XOXO

More fun with Haley

Hello again! I wanted to update everyone on what Haley and I have been up to the last day or so.

We've been watching a lot of DVDs with Bre, and listening to random music with her. While we were listening to audio commentary of my favorite episode of the Simpsons ever ("Lisa the Vegetarian" from season 7), we heard that on the special features Paul McCartney gives his famous lentil soup recipe. We made that for dinner last night! So tasty. A few days ago, Haley went with Bre on a few errands and said the trip was "boring but still nice." A few nights ago she and Quinn went to visit Bre's friend and her dolls. I'm sorry I don't have any pics today, but hopefully I will soon.

Meanwhile, on an unrelated note, things are still the same with Taylor. Her family has moved in next door, and Quinn and Nicki have already been over to her house. Taylor said Haley and I were invited too, but she has a cat and Haley's allergic, so I stayed with her, not that I wanted to go anyways.

Until next time,
Wendy (Angela Moira Darling) Stein XOXO

PS - I just noticed that I now have 6 followers. Thanks! Anyone else who wants to follow this blog is encouraged to do so. =)

The new doll.

So Bre has a new doll, and I'm honestly not too happy about it. She's been talking about getting this doll since before she even got me (or so I hear). But I thought she might have changed her mind. But no. Grrrr.... A while back she tells all us dolls that a new doll will be coming to stay here. "She's modern too," she says to me, Quinn, and Nicki. They got all excited and started asking a million questions and wondering what she'd be like. But I wasn't as excited.

And then she got here... and she's.... pretty. And all the other dolls like her. Her name is Taylor. She's really pretty. She lives down the street from me, and she goes to private school. She's a #25.


Bre's been brushing her hair a lot and trying all sorts of different outfits on her. She keeps saying how pretty she is, and that she gets cuter every time she looks at her. Give me a break! I'm sure she's a cool person and all, but I don't understand why she has to live here. Wasn't one JLY enough?

Bre trotted us all out the other day for a group shot with Haley. She didn't give me and Nicki a chance to change out of our pajamas before she took the picture. But look at Taylor... smiling, all dressed up. Ugh!


I know I'm being a little irrational. I guess none of this is Taylor's fault, but that doesn't make it any easier to take.

Until next time,
Wendy (Angela Moira Darling) Stein XOXO

P.S. Kit, if you're reading this, Haley wanted me to tell you hello, and make sure you pass that along to all her other buds who are still around.