Barbie Girls

Our cute 14-year-old neighbor dropped off a HUGE bag of Barbies (along with loads of accessories) at our house two weeks ago.  Her mom told me she was inspired by Toy Story 3 (Spoiler Alert!:  Andy, who is headed off to college, gives away his toys to a little girl he knows will play with them).  Anyway, she picked the right house because it's pretty much been non-stop Barbies around here ever since.

As you can imagine, our mini fashionista is the most impressed by them.  She can spend hours changing their clothes and doing their hair.

 But everyone has gotten in on the act, even Tessa.

Believe it or not, these are the first Barbies my girls have ever owned.  I loved Barbies as a little girl.  They were my favorite toys (edging out the Cabbage Patch Kids and Rose Petal Dolls).  I, like Piper, spent hours dressing them and doing their hair, which was actually time well spent when you look at what I've done with my life (let's just say I'm still spending lots of time dressing people and doing their hair--my current group just wiggles a lot more!).  Still, I hadn't purchased any for my own kids.  I guess I was trying to be more feminist.  Or maybe I was just too sick of picking up toys to add anything else to our collection.  But it does seem a bit tragic that my girls had never known the thrill of selecting a Barbie from the toy aisle and enjoying all their accessories (for those precious ten minutes before you lose the first shoe).  Their grandmother saw how hard this Barbie craze hit at our house and remedied the situation.  Becky got each girl their own brand new doll.  Did you know it takes two adults 25 minutes to get three Barbies out of their boxes?  All the twisty ties and strings and plastic SEWN into the hair are insane.  It wasn't like that back in my day!  But the girls love them so much. 

So, if you're in the mood to play Barbies, you now know where to come!

P.S.  Apologies if Aqua's "Barbie Girl" is now running through your head.  I know I'm going to be singing that one all day.