Simms meets Molly

the American Girl Molly. My Molly. We got the American Girl magazine in the mail Monday, and Simms looked through it the way she usually does toy magazines, and she became fixated on 2 dolls. One doll with a cast on her leg, and Molly, because of her glasses. Well, I could barely contain myself. I immediately told her that I HAD Molly at my parent's house (I received her and Sissy got Samantha from Santa..Margaret and Molly=M's, Sissy and Samantha=S's..to be honest I was always jealous she got Samantha..she seemed more "glamorous"..haha). Anyway..I told her if we had a "good week" {yes we are to that point some days} that we would go and get Molly and her suitcase full of clothes and Molly's books on Friday. So we did that today. In the middle of a storm. Seriously..she was so excited. Picked out a dress to wear. Wouldn't talk the whole way to my parent's house. Like she was going to meet a real person. I did a lot of digging for the suitcase. In the process found these..most of them handmade by grandmother Evans..misplaced by my mother until today..and now too little for Simms and Mae Mae. Grrrr...

Grandmother Evans made lots of things for Molly, Samantha and my cousin Lauren's doll, Kirstin, every Christmas. They each had a Christmas stocking, and got a new outfit that she sewed every Christmas. I don't remember if Hillary, Ansley and Jennifer had American Girl dolls or not {and I know Miles didn't..ha}..but that was a lot of sewing for her. She loved it. Sadly, she isn't able to do that today, nor would she probably remember the outfits she made us or our dolls. I have tons of memories of her showing up after school to pin things on us before she sewed us a dress, or take measurements of things before she made them.

Simms brought Molly home in this {due to the rain and all}:

Then set her up on her bed with her suitcase:


Then decided it was time to go through the suitcase and do an outfit change:



These were made by Grandmother Evans for Molly. She even made her a glasses case:

And she also made Molly this nurses uniform:

And she's already put her in her nightgown for the night {and fallen asleep with her daddy}:

It was so much fun to watch her today. Molly was a big part of my "pretend" world as a little girl. And every Christmas I knew there would be a new book or new outfit to add to her collection. She is very special. And I am glad Simms is enjoying her now {although I layed down the law on taking care of her! Ha!}