Animal Crossing Video Game

Hi everyone! I want to tell you all about a video game by Nintendo called "Animal Crossing." It's a game for the Wii but Nintendo has versions for your Game Cube or Nintendo DS, too. Animal Crossing is similar to "Webkinz" but you get to create your own character. You get asked questions like "Are you excited to start your new life?" Based on how you answer the questions, the game determines what your character looks like. My character has pink hair!

After that, you get to choose the house you will live in, there are only 4 houses in your town that you can choose from. All of your neighbors are animals. You earn money (which is called Bells) and you even have a mortgage that you have to pay off. You can earn bells by fishing, catching bugs, shaking trees and selling stuff. Using Bells, you can buy clothes and furniture, wallpaper and flooring to decorate your house. It's so much fun and I love to play it! Do any of you have any of the "Animal Crossing" video games?

My trip to the Grand Coulee Dam!

Yesterday, my family and I went to the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. My mom said that I could bring one of my dolls to take pictures of her and make a little blog post, too! I decided to bring mini Molly because the dam was completed in about her time era. A picture of the dam.

I just HAD to take a picture of Molly in front of it. :)

Did you know it was the eighth wonder of the world?

Heehee....Molly's going scuba diving!

This is a picture of the huge wrench that the people who built the dam

used.

Molly on the wrench. (She couldn't quite turn it....)

This is a video game showing you how the dam works, instead of playing it, Molly

stood on the T.V.

Here's a close up of Molly on the T.V.

Isn't that AMAZING!?!?!

....Wow....

Here's Molly in comparison to the cubic yard!

This is Molly in front of the plaque on the front of the building.

(Please ignore my hand.) :P

We also saw 2 or 3 movies and got to try all these hands-on activities! It was so much fun! Have any of you ever been to the Grand Coulee Dam?
I'd love to know if you have!

Rebecca's Curly Hair!

Back view

Front view

Hey! Probably by reading the title of this post, you're wondering, "Rebecca comes with curly hair-what's this all about?" Well, for those of you who have Rebecca, you know that she, (or any other doll with curly hair) comes with a tag telling you to use the doll hair pick and not the hair brush. Well.......I didn't follow the instructions and I used the doll hairbrush instead of the hair pick. Let me tell you, that was a HUGE mistake. It made her hair frizzy and not good looking! So, I got my American Girl Hair Curling set, put her hair in curlers last night and took them out this morning. She looks SOOOOOOOOOOOOO pretty! She looks WAY and I mean WAY better than she used to! Have you ever done that to one of your dolls?

Junior the overweight cat (plus Julie, Chrissa, Rebecca and Lanie)

One day, the youngest American Girl doll owned by Siobahn, Rebecca, unfortunetely caught a cold. Julie and Chrissa kindly took care of their poor, sick sister by bringing her her cat, Licorice, a blanket and here stuffed teddy bear.

Suddenly, they all heard a loud knock on the door. "Who could that be?" Julie wondered aloud.....

"I'll get it!" Chrissa answered happily. She walked to the door and opened it to find.........

A young girl with curly blonde hair and hazel eyes! "Hello," the girl said. "I'm Lanie and some person named Siobahn ordered me. Now I'm in this strange house where I don't know anyone!" She sobbed. "I'm LOST!"

"You're not lost." Chrissa answered kindly. "My name is Chrissa, and I live here in this very room! Siobahn was telling us all about how we are getting a new sister soon! I'm guessing you're the new sister?" "Um..I guess so"..... Lanie replied.

"Who's at the door?" Julie wandered over curiously with Rebecca crawling along right behind her. Chrissa turned around, "This is Lanie, Julie. Remember, Siobahn was telling us about 'getting a new sister' and well I guess Lanie is our new sister! Yea!" "Oh, that is so cool! Isn't this cool, Rebecca?" "Umm...yeah, it is cool". Rebecca was kind of nervous around Lanie. It was a whole new sister that she gets to meet, but Rebecca remembered how nervous she was when she first came. She also remembered how nice Julie and Chrissa had always been to her......"Yeah, it's really nice to meet you, Lanie! I can give you a tour of our room if you want!" "That would be so nice of you, Rebecca!" Lanie replied, "When will you-" but her sentence was interupted by a furious "ROAR!"

The giant/overwieght cat, Junior came stomping into the room. "GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" Junior roared.

"Oh my gosh!" Chrissa screamed. "Ahhhhhhhh!" yelled the others.

Brave Lanie peeked out the corner when the fierce cat walked away. "Another giant cat is sitting right outside our door!" she yelled.

"I'll go out and try to make them go away!" Lanie bravely said. "No!" Chrissa screamed. "It's too dangerous!" But Lanie was already around the corner.

"Hey, cat, please go away, you're scaring my sisters and I". The cat stared blankly at her. The fluffly one walked away, but it was hard getting the overweight one to go away. "Okay, you asked for it".....

Lanie jumped on top of the overweight cat and told her "If you don't go away, you won't get any food for a long time". "Fine". The cat said. "As long as I get my food, I guess I'll just leave you alone."

"Yea!" Julie, Chrissa and Rebecca all cheered. "Thank you Lanie!" They all said in unison. "You're welcome sisters!" They all lived happily ever after, the girls were safe and Junior the overweight cat got more food and didn't ever bug them again. Or did she?

What did you think of my first photo story? Well, it sure was fun making it thanks for reading, and please leave a comment! :)

New American Girl stuff!

Hey guys! I'm sorry I haven't posted for a month, but I have been very busy! I am now out of school for summer and now I can post A LOT! SO, I've got lots of things to tell you all! I will number them:



#1: My mom made a surprise order from American Girl, and got me Chrissa's party treats(which are ADORABLE)! It comes with 3 very detailed sandwhiches, 3 watermelon slices, 3 plates, placemats, cups and napkins. It also came with a big cake and a box filled with cards with "sayings to live by" printed on them.



#2: My mom also bought me Lanie's butterfly outfit and I LOVE it! It comes with a red dress, orange shawl, cute red shoes with bows on them and a monarch butterfly hairclip.



#3: My mom also bought me a school and earth smarts planner. It is really, really cool! It has some stuff about school in the front, and every week it tells you a fact about the environment or animals, and then it gives you an activity you can do that week to help the planet.



#4: As an end of the year present, my mom and dad bought me the ginger and her "Spice of Life Crafts" book pack from Barnes and Noble. She is one of the SOFTEST animals from American Girl. Her book is SO COOL! One of my favorite crafts in it are the "Bead Buds" and they are sooo cute! The book also comes with stickers of Ginger, butterflies, flowers and cupcakes!



Have you gotten any of these items from American Girl? If so, please comment and tell me what you think of them. :)

About Carlie and Junior

Hey everyone! I just thought that I'd do a random post about my cats, Junior and Carlie! First of all, Junior is a girl. (She's named after the statue in ACDC). Carlie is also a girl. We got them in 2004. We adopted Junior as a kitten. (And she was ADORABLE)! I remember that I was scared to hold them because I thought they would scratch me! Now I hold them like little babies ALL the time! (That was Junior's punishment this morning because she ate a piece of bacon off the counter)! What I find strange is that Carlie is the mom cat and she looks very fat but I weighed her and she's not at all fat! Junior (on the other hand) is the baby and looks skinney but actually weighs about 16 pounds! We are going to put her on a little kitty diet! Well, I hope you enjoyed learning about our pets! The top pictures are of Carlie and the bottom pictures are of Junior! Do you ave any pets?

Awesome Book Reviews!!!!!

"The Sea of Monsters" is the sequl to "The Lightning Thief". In this book, Thalia's pine tree, which is the only thing that protecs demi-gods like Percy and others, has gotten poisened! Now the tree is losing it's power to protect them! The only way to heal the tree is to get the magic fleece, from the island on the sea of monsters! Now monsters are getting past the tree and everyone has to fight them. And, to add more stress to heir lives, Grover is stranded on the island in the sea of monsters! Percy, Annabeth and Percy's new friend, Tyson, must go rescue Grover and find the magic fleece before it's too late! The author is Rick Riordan and there are 279 pages in the book. I would give this book 5 out of 5 stars!

"The Lightning Thief" was AMAZING!!!!!! It was about a 12 year old boy named Percy who finds that he is a demi god. (Which means half-human half-god). It's not safe for a demi-god like him to be in the world where monster's can attack him, so he goes to a camp that is just for people like him. But Zeus's lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the suspect! Percy along with his friends Annabeth and Grover must go on a quest to find the lightning bolt and prove that Percy never took it. The author is Rick Riordan and there are 375 pages in the book. This book taught me lots about mythology. This is also a series of books, it's called the "Percy Jackson and the olympians" series. I would give this book a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.

"Island of the Blue Dolphins" was interesting. It was about a girl who spends 18 years of her life on an island by herself. She knows how to find food and how to live on her own, but there are also many challenges she must face. The book, in my opinion, was really exciting at some parts, and then boring the next. The book went like this the whole way through. The author is Scott O'Dell and there are 178 pages. My rating would be 3 out of 5 stars.