the fab five

In her three short years, Maia has taken four dollies under her wing. "Cindy", the littlest, is a gift from a Grandpa. Redhead "Amy" is the cabbage patch kid from my childhood that Maia recently inherited. And "Colette" and "Hannah" are beautiful dark-skinned dollies that were gifts from our friend Mary. (She sometimes calls them 'the twins', even though they look remarkably different to me!) Above are Maia and her fab four watching a little movie as I was preparing dinner the other day.

Recently, another dolly has appeared in the lineup.



At about 17 pounds, Eliana appears about the same size as the fab four. Er... I suppose she makes it the fab five! Maia has been taking all four dollies to bed with her at night. It is so crowded it's amazing she gets a good night's sleep. I fear someone is bound to roll out (a la '10 in the bed') so I just don't let Maia sleep on the end. I'm sure if I let her, she'd make room for one more. Six across in a single bed...why ever not? This was taken the other morning, when I brought the 'Eliana doll' to her room upon waking.



And yesterday, Maia discovered how much her dollies like riding on the rocking horse with her...



... and each one got a turn.



Happy 8 month birthday today, Eliana!

(And can you believe this is my 200th post?)