It's a Barbie world

As a young girl I could entertain myself for hours playing with my Barbie dolls.  I had four Barbie dolls, a pink convertible car, a campervan, a horse, as well as a house.  I also had a mum who could sew and make clothes for them. 

Milly has never shown an interest in playing Barbies (or with any dolls really) until recently.  And there's nothing wrong with that.  Art and craft activities have always been her thing.  When her cousins visited recently they did some Barbie play and that sparked her interest a little.  However, it has been our next door neighbour's little girl, Bridie Rose, who has got Milly mad for all things Barbie.  You see Bridie Rose loves playing with Milly, and Milly loves playing with Bridie Rose.  Bridie Rose is almost four years old and an only child.  She thinks of Milly has her big sister, which is rather sweet.  Bridie Rose got a Barbie Mansion/Dream House, a Barbie Glam Pool, and some Barbie dolls for Christmas.  Now when Milly goes over to play, Bridie Rose wants to play Barbies.  My inner child is screaming "hell yeah" who wouldn't want to play Barbies when they have a Mansion and Glam Pool to add to the mix.

So now that Milly is all jazzed about Barbies, she wants a Dream House of her own.  Being the creative girl she is, she made her own out of some spare shelves we had in the loft and large Duplo blocks.  She even made a staircase to get to the first floor.  She's pretty chuffed with herself and we are too.  She now happily spends time in her room, keeping herself busy and not tormenting the rest of us.  Her Barbies have a very busy life.  They watch TV, go to the movies, go shopping, they have discos and some of them even have careers.  One of them is a vet, another an artist, with another a ballerina.  She has even assigned one of the Barbies to a Cinderella like role, who has to cook and clean for the rest of the Barbies.

But I have to laugh.  She wants her Barbies to have more clothes, but not glamourous dresses that sparkle and glitter.  She has asked me to find her Barbies some shorts, singlets and joggers.  After all if she is going to play with them they need to dress like Milly too, and that means no dresses or skirts.

Milly's self-made Barbie Dream House.

Open plan living.  A dining room and lounge room complete with flat-screen TV.

Not quite a walk-in-wardrobe, but clothes and accessories a plenty.

Nigh nighs Barbie.

 

 

Looks like Ken is in for a good night.