Surprise!

Julie
I tossed and turned in my bed. Partly because I wanted to play more with my new toys I had gotten for Christmas, partly because Miley had the loudest snore, but mostly, because I heard voices outside my dorm, new voices. I got up, put on my slippers and peeked around the corner. Before I knew it a doll had grabbed me and held my mouth, to keep me from screaming.
"Please don't scream," the doll said.
"W-Who are you?" I asked as she lowered her hand.
I could not see her, because the hallways were dark at this time.
She flipped a switch and instantly lights made her more clear.
"My name is "Margret" but call me "Maggie", or "Kit"! I prefer Kit the most," She said.
"My name's Julie," I yawned. "You better get to bed, do you have a dorm?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'll go...Night!" She skipped away.
I have some getting used to of this girl, her peppy attitude, her bright eyes. I used to be the new girl, and now I'm not. New group picture coming...I guess.. The next morning before I even cracked my eyes open, Kit had met everyone, and everyone had met Kit. Kathleen and her are BFF's, when we are calling both of them we now say "Kit-Kat!". It's pretty hectic. But here are some pictures of her that Kathl-, I mean, Kat took.

~Julie

Updates and such...

Hello Dear Readers,

This is Kathleen! Yes, I am better. Wanna know what I had? I had pneumonia! It was really bad, especially since I have asthma. 

Anyway, I am super excited for Christmas. We probably WONT get a new sister, but I'll be prepared. I overheard Iona talking and saying that she might get this NEW kind of doll, when she has the money. I overheard her say "Journey Girls" so I searched online and I saw these:
 

I wouldn't mind having one of these pretty little girls in my family!

Snow. All around the world people have been getting snow, and we got so little of snow, we can barely make a snowball. *Sigh* We haven't had any good snow this winter.

I hope you guys are having a great Winter Break!

~Kathleen MacKenzie

Thanksgiving Play...CANCELLED?

Sorry for no post, I have a major story to tell you that happened on thanksgiving!

I was just fixing my hair, when I wondered, I've seen all the dolls getting ready for the play, BUT Kathleen.

Just then, Julie ran in to make her bed.
And to my surprise, asked me, "Miley, have you seen Kathleen anywhere?"

As I was finishing my hair I heard Hannah yelling: "MILEY!!! COME QUICK!!!"
Uh oh. I ran as fast as my feet could carry me, to her room. When I walked in I saw Hannah holding an icepack on Kathleen's head. Kathleen was asleep. (Don't blame me, Life of Faith Dolls CANT close their eyes. But you could tell by her face, she was sick.

"Oh Kathy!" I said rushing over to her.

In a split second I had gotten the person in charge of this school and she was driving Kathleen to the hospital.

"I guess we can't do the play, she was the main character!" Julie said.

"Yep," I replied.

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Later that day, I visited Kathleen. I saw her sound asleep in a hospital bed.

I was careful not to wake her up as I set 2 stuffed animals next to her head.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Reunited...

Julie
Today I got a package in the mail...

It was addressed to Alley-Oop...Only one person calls me that! Ivy.

I quickly grabbed scissors and started to cut open the package.

I wondered what it was as I cut. When I got into the box, I opened it. and gasped.

Ivy sent Nutmeg from home!

I was so glad to be reunited with Nutmeg, forever.

~Julie~
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40 Followers!

We cannot believe it. This doll blog started out really small and we rarely posted. As we got more attached to this blog, we posted more. And now, this? 40. Almost halfway to 100.

Thank you all for making this blog what it is!

~The Dolls of Blossom Falls

Confusion of the Senses?

I was puzzled at my latest comment. I typed into google, 'Confusion of the Senses'
A million gazillion links popped up, I opened them all up in tabs and started to read. All of them had an interesting word, 'synesthesia'. So I opened another window and typed synes-...whatever. And it told me a bunch of things.

Synethete's are the people who have synesthesia. Synesthetes experience, "confusion of the senses".
There are different types. Some types they see all their black letters, in color! And they always are that color if they were originally in black. Some taste, hear, see, smell, feel, something, when they, taste, hear, see, smell, feel, something! It just depends...
Wowie...I have synesthesia.

To Be Continued

Weird Happenings

I saw blue swirls in front of me as my alarm clock went off. They were just floating there, in mid-air. I shook my head and they wouldn't go away. I just closed my eyes and stumbled to my alarm clock and turned it off.
"Are you okay Julie?" Miley said rubbing her eyes.
"Yeah I'm fine," I said slowly opening my eyes, no more blue swirls, but now, why did I taste cinnamon?
"Did you see like, uh, blue swirls, by chance, when you woke up?" I asked, hoping for a yes answer.
"What are you talking about???" Miley looked at me, puzzled.
"Um, nevermind," I said hurrying out of the room. After I walked out, the cinnamon taste went away.
I heard a door slam, tons of pink zig-zags appeared right before my eyes! They went away just as the sound went away. I went to the library to get my mind off of this. I opened a book and all the letters were different colors! A was lime green. B was red. C was yellow...It was crazy! I couldn't read like this! It was giving me a headache just to look at this. I snapped the book shut and breathed. I had to find out what was happening to me. Right now! Miley came into the library, the door slammed, I saw pink zig-zags, I heard her voice, I tasted cinnamon.

To Be Continued...

Disasters Continue...

I felt horrible for Phoebe. Why did I agree to hang up water balloons? Just then I heard a splash in the other room. Uh oh. All the balloons collapsed onto everyone, one by one. I screamed as the last one hit me.
"We're ok!" I said as calm as I could manage.
I looked around, everyone was not ok....Everyone was shivering.
"Just get towels everyone! It's fine, the cake isn't ruined, nor the presents..."
"PRESENTS!?!?!?!?" McKenna squealed.
"Of course!" I said, trying to act like nothing happened. Everybody gathered around her, wrapped in towels.
She picked up the smallest one and pulled on the wrapping. Nothing happened.
"Uhm, Kathleen? Is this supposed to be like this?" She groaned as she pulled harder.
"I-I'll get the scissors!" I said running out.
I ran back in with scissors. I handed them to McKenna, but as I did, she cut herself. Argh.
"Ow!" She screeched.
Melanie came running in with a band-aid. She quickly wrapped her finger and opened all the presents. Over-all, it was just basketball stuff. I rushed out of the room to get the cake, it was really small. Sigh. Oh well. I lit the candle and started to walk into the room.
"Happy birthday to you-..."
Everyone had a smile on, I don't think anything can happen with the cake, can it? McKenna closed her eyes as I held the cake in front of her, she blew out the candles and everyone clapped. But then, Phoebe came in and slipped on water, which made her bump into me, which made me slam the cake, into McKenna's face. I hurriedly set the cake on the table and ran outside. I ran like there was no tomorrow. I went to the garden, I always sat on the bench when I was angry or sad. I sat down and covered my face. And I cried. I cried so hard I could've filled up a swimming pool. Phoebe came and sat next to me. I didn't look up. I just buried my face in my knees.
"Kathleen? Are you ok?" Phoebe asked sympathetically.
I lifted my head and spoke, "No, I am horrible at planning parties, everything went wrong!"
"But Kathleen, it wasn't all that bad, the water was a fun surprise, the cut, well, it was an accident, and the cake on McKenna's face...." Phoebe trailed off. "Well, it was kinda funny," Phoebe finished.
I let out a little giggle.
"But, now we don't have cake, or decorations," I said.
"Yeah, but how about we just spend this birthday together, as a family, as familia." Phoebe said.
"Wait, you know Spanish?" I said.
Phoebe's cheeks turned red.
"What's the matter?" I asked.
"Okay, okay, McKenna and I come from a Spanish family, Mexico to be exact. And we didn't want to tell you, afraid you'd think it was weird having someone foreign in your family," Phoebe said, in a thick, Spanish accent.
"Wow! You imitate American's good!" I said.
"Gracias," Phoebe smiled.
Wow, who knew McKenna was Mexican! That's so cool. She doesn't look like it though. Well anyway, the rest of the day went better, and we all spent it together.
As familia.

Seeing Sisters

I squealed and hugged Phoebe. But then I realized that, she doesn't know me.
"Oh I'm sorry Phoebe it's just so nice to meet you and I've heard so much about you and I hoped you would get here safely and-" Rachel covered my mouth.
Phoebe giggled. "It's fine, where should I put my stuff?" Phoebe said, holding up a pink suitcase.
"Let me take care of that," Rachel said grabbing it from her.
Phoebe smiled. "Okay so when should I come out?" She asked me.
"Here's the plan..."
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I bounced on my toes as I watched out the window, waiting for McKenna to get home. I jumped 5 feet in the air when I saw her. (Okay not 5 feet) I rushed to a hiding spot and held my breath. I heard her walk in with Melanie. I held my breath and counted to three in my head, this was the other girls' queue. We all jumped up and yelled, "SURPRISE!!!!" She staggered back, in shock. But at the same time she was smiling. 
"I can't believe it..." McKenna sighed happily.
"Well then you really wont believe this," I said, that was when Phoebe was supposed to come out. For a single second I was afraid that she forgot her queue. But then she turned the corner of the hall, with a smile on her face. McKenna's mouth, hung open.
"Y-You guy-guys would d-do this? For me?" McKenna managed to say with a slight stutter.
Phoebe ran and hugged McKenna. Tears welled up in their eyes. They hadn't seen each other in so long, yet they couldn't manage to get a word out.
"I've missed you so much back home," Phoebe said. "It's truly, not the same."
"I've missed you too, I mean, I love my new family, but I still miss you guys," McKenna replied.
"I cannot believe that our own mother would put you up for adoption," Phoebe said.
"It was for you guys, If I wouldn't have gone, you would have gone into the dumps, literally," McKenna managed a small smile.
Just then the worst thing that could happen, happened. A water balloon fell smack onto Phoebe's head, soaking her, from head to toe. She stood in shock for a few seconds and then calmed a little.
"C-C-Can I-I-I g-ge-get a tow-w-el?" Phoebe shivered, then sneezed.
That water was on as cold as can be.
"Oh Phoebe!!" I ran to her with a fresh towel. "I am so sorry this has happened."
"It's fine, I may have a little cold, but I'm okay," Phoebe smiled.
I breathed a sigh of relief.


To Be Continued...
~Kathleen Ann

Disasters

I hung up the phone harder then I think I probably should have. I just got off the phone with Phoebe, McKenna's sister. She was flying in today and I was nervous that we couldn't keep McKenna distracted long enough. Melanie was going to invite McKenna to go with her to shop for earrings...Hopefully it will be torture so that McKenna will have fun with Phoebe. I waved at Melanie to signal them to go. McKenna sighed but nodded and they ventured out the door.
"Kathleen!!!!!!!!" My name rang through the dorms.
"Yes Sabrina?" I said walking into the kitchen.
"What kind of cake should I make?" She said. She had flour all over her cheeks and hair.
"What happened?" I said, not answering her question.
"Well I was going to make cupcakes. But then Buddy ran in and knocked over the flour, and me. Then ran all over the place. So now I only have enough flour for a small cake," She explained.
This is already a disaster! I thought.
I nodded and said, "Chocolate I think is her favorite."
I walked out and hoped everyone else was doing well. I checked on Julie, she was wrapping presents. She had all the presents wrapped -sorry Julie- terribly. There was tape all over them, the paper was ripping, the fold were coming undone.
"What have you done?" I said softly, trying not to hurt her feelings.
"Excuse me?" She said angrily.
"Sorry, um, keep wrapping," I said walking out.
I ran to check on Hannah and Miley with blowing up balloons. Their faces were pale and they'd been up here an hour, only blowing up a single one.
"Cant.....Do.....It," Miley said between long breaths.
"These......Balloons.........Too...........Hard," Hannah said collapsing on the couch.
I felt sorry for them. "Umm....Try using a pump...or something," I said backing away.
"Can we use water? and hope for the best?" Miley said finally catching her breath.
I thought for a moment. Luck really wasn't on our side today. But I'll take the chance. "Fine," I said then dashed off to check on Rachel. Rachel was waiting at the door for Phoebe. What could possibly go wrong? Luck on us, Phoebe turned the corner and walked up the walkway.
Hopefully Phoebe wont notice our, 3 disasters. What else could happen?

To Be Continued...
~Kathleen Ann

Bursting With Ideas

I ran around the dorms, freaking out. What were we going to do for McKenna's birthday? It was tomorrow. Everybody seemed to have forgotten. When McKenna went off to dance I called a family meeting.
"Don't any of you know what tomorrow is?" I said glancing at everyone.
Everyone looked at each other hoping for an answer.
"You guys!!!" I said, annoyed. "McKenna's birthday!!!"
Everyone nodded and said, "Right" or "Ohhh".
"We need to find something special to do..." I looked around, hoping for inspiration.
"We could do a tea party!!" Someone yelled.
"We could go to the mall!!" Someone else suggested.
The room over-flowed with ideas. But none seemed good enough.
"I know!!!!!!" Lauren yelled, loud enough to quiet everyone down.
Everyone looked at her expectantly.
"We can get one of her siblings from home to come visit!"
McKenna was adopted, but she missed her birth sisters alot.
"Perfect." My lips curled into a smile.
"Let's get to work!!!"
Everyone scrambled.


To Be Continued...
~Kathleen Ann

Things are hectic....

Things are very hectic around here especially with play practice. I will update soon! But I can't promise a certain day!

The Dollies of Blossom Falls

And the cast of the play is???

Sorry everyone! I forgot to post!
But you will never guess how busy of a day it was on the play results day. Ever. Everyone couldn't concentrate and was squirming in their seats and rushed from here to there. You'll never guess how squished I was in the middle of everyone looking at the list. I ran up to it and gasped.

Yes. I got my part, but Hannah, got an EXTRA?!!? And MILEY got the EVIL RICH GIRL! 

"THIS IS CRAZY! MILEY DIDN'T EVEN AUDITON!" I practically yelled which made the excitement in the room bubble over for the people who didn't check the list yet.

I could see the pure disappointment on Hannah's face as she read. Miley ran up next to her and asked, " WHO GOT WHO?!?!?"

But Hannah just pushed past and walked away.

~Kathleen Ann~

The Play Results..

They will be put up tomorrow! Oh I can't wait!!! I hope I get the nice rich girl! Sorry for such a short post. I have to go to bed. But be prepared to see who get's in!
~Kathleen Ann~

The Backyard: A Photo story by Julie Albright

"Miley!!!!" I yelled.
She skipped out. I told her that we were going on a trip around the backyard.

"Where's Hannah?" I asked her.

"Oh she's um...checking the mail she'll be back in a few minutes." Miley replied.

"Okay well come one!" I said.

ONWARD AND UPWARD!

"The swings! My favorite part!!" Miley ran for the yellow seat.

"I don't think I'm doing this right!" I yelled to Miley.

She helped me down.

Then finally Hannah joined us for watching clouds...

Now for the slide.
"Do we have to climb all these steps?" Hannah asked.

"WELL OF COURSE!" Miley said.

"I-I'm not too sure about this..." Hannah said nervously.
Before Hannah could reject going down Miley pushed them off the rim of the slide and they zoomed down.

Thanks for reading!

Buddy's First Walk

If you didn't know. I got a new dog for my birthday! (Click here for post)
So today I finally decided to give him a walk.

I was walking and it was going great.

But then I heard a dog barking in the distance. I tried to hold on but Buddy was so strong he pulled me down, flat on my face. And the leash slipped off too.

But to my surprise Buddy wasn't going to the other dog. He just rolled in the green grass.

First I scolded him for pulling me. Then he rolled again. It looked like fun. So I joined him.

Even though Buddy can sometimes be a pest...I'll always love him.

♥Miley♥

THE TRYOUTS!

There is a thanksgiving play coming up! The tryouts were on Saturday!
We don't have the results yet...But here is a picture of us trying out!

Julie trying out for the servant..(She is very disappointed that servant doesn't mean serving herself...XP)

Kathleen trying out for the generous rich girl

I am trying out for the evil rich girl

Skylar trying out for the rich girls mom

Melanie and Lexi trying out for the poor people.

The other girls just tried out for extras. Now even though the buzz of excitement seeing who will get a callback from the play is here...It's a normal day at Blossom Falls...

Sabrina brushing her hair while Emma naps.

Leanne and Lauren playing with their dolls.

Kathleen and I playing with Claire.

Lexi and Melanie talking.

Skylar and McKenna enjoying their free time.

Miley and Julie talking about basketball.

Rachel and Jessica staring into space =)

That's what a normal day looks like at Blossom Falls. Even on days where you can't contain your self waiting to see if you got a callback.

~HannaH

Princesses of Blossom Falls

Julie decided today that she was going to try this whole "GIRLY" thing. So here is pictures of me and her...

And you know what...I think she actually enjoyed it