American Girl Doll News

In addition to the items I posted about yesterday, there will be a new Bitty Baby outfit and a new Truly Me cheerleading outfit shown below. No word on what Josefina and Rebecca's getting just yet! QUESTION OF THE POST: What will you buy? MY ANSWER: Josefina's new goodies and Lea's white dress. I might ask for her new mini at Christmastime. #April2016

Why? Because, American Girl is having a NEW RELEASE on April 28! Here is a list of RUMORED items: For Lea, Miss GOTY 2016: -The white dress pictured below -A matching dress for girls -Probably a accessory set or two, thinking about Grace's and Isabelle's summer releases -Stuff for girls - A Lea mini doll in her hiking outfit TRULY ME No rumors yet! BEFOREVER Josefina stuff! Rebecca stuff! YAY!!! I am going to the AG store in a couple of hours, so I will ask about the release there. #April2016

But, to get to the point, information about Kailey Hopkins on the good old 'Net is scarce. My reading teacher (let's call her Mrs. B, because we don't want to give away personal information about Mrs. B) has a huge library full of books. She has about 10 American Girl books in her library. There's Felicity's Central Series (except for Felicity's Surprise), Elizabeth's book, Peril At King's Creek (a Felicity mystery), Julie and Kit's meet books, and the reason why I made the title all about her, KAILEY'S BOOK! I read it in January and today I had extra time in reading class so I reread it! And, since information on Kailey on the 'Net is scarce, I am delivering- drumroll, please- AN ABUNDANCE OF KAILEY KNOWLEDGE! So, this is all you know about Kailey, probably: "Whether she's spying on tide-pool creatures or splash-crashing through waves on her boogie board, there's no place ten-year-old Kailey loves more than the ocean. She and her best friend Tess feel totally lucky when they find out a resort-mall-movie multiplex is "Coming Soon!" to their beach. TWELVE movie theaters. Cool shops. A snack bar. Maybe even bathrooms! Then Kailey learns the whole truth: developers plan to haul away the rocky tide pools to make a smooth, sandy beach for tourists. Messing with a whole tide pool universe, and all the creatures who live there, is just plain NOT OKAY. Kailey's got a great idea, but she's never tried anything like it before. If she can believe in herself and make it work, there might be hope for the tide pools yet." Her idea? OK, ready Internet? Set? Kailey goes around in public asking people to draw the tide pools to convince Luther Drake (the head on the Commercial Cove Resort : Phase One (the proposed resort that will wreck the tide pools)) that the tide pools are worth saving. Later in the book, Kailey and Tess set up a booth that people can do drawings at for a mystery prize raffle. List Of Characters That I Remember: Kailey- Obviously! Everybody knows who she is. Tess- Kailey's best friend. She is a movie addict and likes to go to the beach with Kailey. She breaks her leg from a rock at the beach. Tess doesn't like crutches (which leads her to being in a bed for like, 2 chapters), but when she gets involved in the booth, she is more active and even goes to Kailey's meeting about them. Mrs. Hopkins- Kailey's mom, who is a marine biologist. Her co-workers donate 4 packs of pencils and 3 packs of paper for Kailey's drawing protest/contest. Pete Hopkins- Kailey's dad, who is a artist. His mural is up in a local diner. Mr. Drake is a fan of his work and asks him to do 88 paintings and 2 murals for the Commercial Cove Hotel, before and after Kailey saves the tide pools. Mandy- Kailey's friend. Destiny- Kailey's friend. Chloe- Kailey's friend. Her mom owns a hair salon, and Chloe gets people in the hair salon to draw for the tide pools. Jeremy- A florist. Jeremy always gives Kailey a purple iris when she visits his store. Jeremy gets his customers to draw for the tide pools. Julia- A waitress at Kailey's favorite resturant. Julia is the son-in-law of Mr. Drake, Joe Hong- A cashier at Fish King, a fish store. Mr. Hong is the first person to tell Kailey that the new development will get rid of the tide pools. Luther Drake- The head of the planned Commercial Cove Resort. He has two kids, Daria (who is three) and Theo (who is two and a half). When Mr. Drake was a kid, he used to love the tide pools, which makes him decide to not build on the tide pools. He wants to build the resort for his two kids to stay at when they are older. And yeah! PS: Here's a funny paraphrased excerpt of Kailey: "If it says Phase One, there's got to be a Phase Two.", said Dad. "Phase Two, Commercial Cove Amusement Park! With noisy carnival music, rides, and "Step Right Up, Folks!" "And," said Mom, "There might be Phase Three! Commercial Cove Airport, with pollution in the air!" HAHAHA! QUESTION OF THE POST: Do you want/have Kailey? ANSWER: Sadly, I don't. I am going to a garage sale next week, so I will be on the lookout for her. #April2016

I always am on the lookout for dolls that are Disasters! So, I decided to look some up and post that today. This Samantha doll was listed for $65 dollars. She had messed up hair, pen marks on her hand and VERY, VERY loose limbs. Plus, she didn't come with any clothes! This Julie doll and accessories were listed for $105, with the seller describing the doll as "good condition". But, the doll has ratty hair and a retracted eyelash. And this last Disaster Dolly is a Kanani doll with messed up hair and a funny-looking eyelash. And she is going for a whopping $160 with her swimsuit and book! OK, that's it for today. DISCUSSION QUESTION: What would be the first thing you would do with the Kanani in this post? Answer: I'd send her to the doll hospital and when she got back, sell her on eBay for 500 bucks. Yay! #April2016

And The Shoutout Goes To... Tampa, Florida! #April2016

Hi, guys! Since my views are decreasing, I thought this would be a perfect time to post my review of Disney Animation's 55th and newest movie, Zootopia! Movie: Zootopia Rating: 10 shining stars! I have been waiting for this movie for a couple of months now. But, here's my scale of wanting to go see it: Teaser trailer: This looks boring. Sloth trailer: That was funny! I might actually see this. Official trailer: YES. OF COURSE I'M SEEING THIS. I went to the movie theater on Good Friday and it exceeded my expectations for a good movie. Eight days later, I saw it again. When someone uploaded it to YouTube, I watched it 3 times before Disney took it down the next day. And now, I'm sitting on pins and needles for the Apple TV release. First, we have a list of coming attractions, if your good old movie theater still has Zootopia. 1- The Secret Life Of Pets- It was funny and reminded me of my puppy Snickerdoodle and how she sits on chairs when nobody's looking. I will see it. 2- A Message From The Hatchlings Of Angry Birds- I liked how the hatchlings fought about if the Easter Bunny was a boy or a girl. Oh, ancient mysteries of life. I will not see the Angry Birds Movie because I grew out of that game like, four years ago. 3- Storks- I liked the babies, but the movie in general looked boring. I won't see it. And nothing will change my mind. It's made by the people who made The Lego Movie, the worst movie ever, so it will stink. 4-The Jungle Book- Again, looked boring. I'd much rather go to my local nature trail (aka Photographer Paradise for all of you MMCAD fans) than see it. 5-Finding Dory- I liked EVERYTHING! I have been waiting to see it ever since Disney announced it three years ago, and it's almost here! OF COURSE I'M SEEING IT! 6- Just a random commercial for my local movie theater's rewards program. AND THAT WAS IT FOR THE COMMERCIALS! Now, to THE ACTUAL MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loved: Judy and Nick! I loved Judy because even though there was never been a bunny cop before, she didn't let anything stop her, just like I do to become a director one day. And I loved Nick because he was funny. I also loved the fox Nick does business with (they never said his name), especially in the elephant costume. Liked: I liked the sloths. A lot. Because they were funny. Eh: This was not a part of the movie, but the disinformed parents who took 3 year olds to a PG rated movie! This is the reason why you don't rate movies like Frozen PG, people. The first time I went, I noticed at least 5 toddlers leaving the movie early and 1 toddler who made it to the end screaming and crying in the parking lot. Didn't like: Nothing Strongly disliked: Nothing In conclusion: Drop everything and go see this movie. Unless you are under the age of 8 years old. P,S: It's Me My Camera and Diabetes Tuesday! #April2016

I got my doll, Summer! And, also one year ago today, the SM Network Award-nominated series The 10 Year Old President premiered! #April2016

It's called Molly The Zootopian. It's about my doll Molly seeing Zootopia during every showtime it has over spring break. Yeah, Molly lives at the movies for 5 days. #April2016

If you haven't voted yet for the 2016 SM Network Awards, do it NOW! Tomorrow at 2:00, voting is going to CLOSE! HOW TO VOTE Go to smnetworkawards.weebly.com/vote or click on SM Network Award Voting on this site. The first thing I'm going to do when I come home from school at 2:00 is close the voting. Later tomorrow, I will call my friend Madison and I will tell her who won so she knows what dolls to bring over when we film the SM Network Awards. #April2016

I got copyright claimed for a song on the Lea To The Rescue soundtrack. The song at the beginning of the 10 minute preview of Lea To The Rescue (and a track on the soundtrack) is called This is Me by Eyedentity. #April2016

This is a 10 minute preview of Lea To The Rescue. To watch it in high quality, go to https://www.uphe.com/movies/american-girl-lea-to-the-rescue OR if you are feeling adventurous, are a lazy person and doesn't know copy and paste, or want a minute long introduction, then click the video below and watch my version that I recorded off my computer screen onto my iPad. #April2016

IMPORTANT! READ THIS. Below is Beth. Beth is a good doll. Today is Beth's birthday. There is only one thing Beth wants for her birthday and she asked me to share it with you guys. (Or I asked myself to share it with you guys, because dolls can't talk.) Beth (or, me, because dolls can't write or talk) wrote this: To Sydney's Loyal Followers, There is tons of things I could've asked for for my birthday. I could've asked for a new pair of ice skates, or a new pair of roller skates. I could've asked for my flowers to grow faster (they take eons to grow). I even could've asked for one million dollars or a dress! But, there is only one thing on my list. TO. NOT. RETIRE. So, please, guys, click that "SAVE ADDY!" button at the top. If we get to 50 signatures by tomorrow, then Sydney will pick me to bring to her Sunday errands. And I always get beaten out by the other 29 dolls. From, Beth r. #April2016