Fall Fun with HazelSweet Hazel has already arrived back at her home, but we still have some photos we took of her while she was here. I'll share those anyway.  Hazel and her llama, Lena, enjoying the water fall at the JBC pond. Hazel and Lena and the pond. She's such a pretty girl, we took a few more photos near the pond. Hazel and some of her friends dress up for Halloween.From left: Candy Corn Hazel, Ballerina Danica, Kitty-Cat Charis and Cheerleader Dante.  Hazel at DollywoodSo we finally got a chance to take Hazel to Dollywood. I know, we've taken other traveling dolls to DW, but Hazel has never gotten to go, so off we go to show her the Harvest Festival Celebration going on at DW.  Traveling Hazel gets her new pet llama, Lena, and they get buckled up for the trip to Dollywood.  YAY! After only 30 minutes in the carseat, Hazel and the family have arrived. When they arrive at DW, Hazel gets to snuggle up in the AG backpack. There are lots of pretty decorations at Dollywood celebrating the autumn harvest. She graciously posed on this old John Deere to please her host family. Hazel got to take a ride on the Rockin' Roadway. And she sat quietly in her seat to watch the production of Sha-Kon-O-Hey. But she was too small to be allowed to ride the Mystery Mine. The Mystery Mine looks quite scary anyway and Hazel was glad she didn't ride it. But she did get to ride the Village Carousel. What a fun day Hazel (and the family) had at Dollywood! Hazel meets the llamasFinally Hazel finds out what was supposed to be in those other stalls in the barn. The llamas! They are outside in the pasture.  Here they are!Hazel with Sweet Dreams (white male weanling) and Red Baron (auburn male yearling)  Hazel relaxing in the pasture with Red. Red trying to find out just who Hazel is. Hazel and Red Baron getting to know each other up close and personal.Stuff with HazelSweet little Hazel has been having fun at AGR. We decided NOT to take her dirt-track racing this past weekend because she would come home so dirty...like the camera, cooler, bikes and we did. Here's a photo of Charlie racing anyway.  But she did get to participate in Banned Books week.  She chose to read Julie of the Wolves. Here she is with her dolly.Hazel also got to join the Solidarity Sisters in a fall picnic.  Hazel is on the far left in the red jacket. Around the table from Hazel's left are: Maggie, Gwen, Dante, Willow, Sonali and Chrissa.Hazel on the farmA new traveling doll has arrived at our home! This is Hazel Ying Lee, the traveling Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) tribute doll. Hazel arrived at our house this week and so far all she's been able to do is help with the animals on our Hobby Farm.  She fed the cats, but only Molly showed up to eat. So Hazel went off to look for the other cat.  She found Dolly sunning herself on the stairway. Then Hazel went to check on Snowball, the dwarf hamster. She didn't need any food. She just wanted to nibble on the bars. Next Hazel went outside to feed the chickens. They were a bit scared of her. And she gathered the eggs from the nesting boxes. Hazel ended up gathering six eggs! All six hens have layed today! Hazel was going to feed the dog, but she was afraid that the dog would rather eat her, so she stayed on the outside of the kennel.  Lastly Hazel went into the barn stalls to see the rest of the animals. But she couldn't find them. Stay tuned. Traveling DollsI've had a couple of questions from readers about Traveling Dolls so I've made this entry to help explain things. First, I'd like to take a minute to help explain what the Traveling Dolls are and why I don't post about them anymore. You see, the Travelers COME to my house. They aren't my dolls. They belong to other members of the doll forum. Their owners have decided that their dolls want to see the country (or the world) and send them out to different hosts for two or so weeks at a time. While the doll is staying with me I will post pictures of their activities while at my house. When they leave, I can't post any more about them because that's up to the next and subsequent hosts to post. I miss JD, Kealoha, Meadow, Alex, Cordelia, Nora, Sadie and Toast, but they are either still traveling around visiting other states, or have gone home for a visit or permanently. You can read about some of those travelers on their own blogs which are linked on my side bar. Some of the travelers don't have their own blogs, so we can't keep up with them anymore. Ah, fun times with all of them. Second, If you are an adult and a member of an AG Doll Collectors Club (such as AGPlaythings) you might be selected by a Traveling Doll owner to host his or her doll for a couple weeks. Most forums won't allow collectors under the age of 13 to join for legal reasons. One word of caution also, owners don't normally send out their dolls to new members and never to those under 18. There are just too many problems that could arise in either case. I hope this answers some of your questions and concerns about the Travelers. Goodbye from JDI forgot to post that JD left November 1st and has gone on to visit other homes.  Goodbye new friends at AGR! I'll remember my visit forever!Fall Festival with JDYesterday was Fall Festival at the Girls' Dorm so JD dressed up as a Tennessee Titans football player and joined in the festivities.  YAY for the beautiful Fall decorations outside the dorm! I got to play games like ring the scarecrow... ....and Plinko and I won prizes of CANDY! I got to decorate a cookie as one of the games... ....and bob for more candy. It was lots of fun, but I think I've had too much candy....ooof.More Stuff with JDIt's so much fun to have JD visiting with us. He's a great house guest.  Baby Polly and I enjoy a time of 'outdoor' fun with the TreeHouse Swing. I got to go to a Knoxville Ice Bears hockey game! That was lots of fun, even if they didn't win. This picture is from pre-game warm-ups. That's why there are so many players on the ice (and so few fans in the stands.) I even got to get up-close and personal with one of the Ice Bears Hunnies. This beautiful lady even recognized me as (formerly) being an American Girl. We briefly talked about her having, who else, Samantha.JD enjoys DollywoodJD took a trip to Dollywood Amusement Park in Tennessee this weekend.  First I got all buckled up in the doll-sized car seat for the trip. After about 30 minutes in the car, we were there! Dollywood was having their Harvest Celebration so everything was all decorated for Autumn. It was so pretty.  I got to eat a nice, home cooked meal at Granny Ogle's.No, I didn't eat ALL this cornbread, but it surely was delicious.  I got to play the pick-a-duck (or frog) game. And I took a fun ride on the Carousel. I did NOT ride the Mystery Mine. That looks a bit scary.I had a great day and the weather was perfect! I can't wait to see what I get to do next at AmericanGirlRescue! Too Early?JD has been having lots of fun with the motorcycles at AGR. Maybe too much fun.  Is it too early to fire up the dirt-bikes, Charlie? JD relaxesI thought I'd post a couple more pictures of JD; he really hasn't done too much lately.  Rusty and I pose in our "Sunday Best" before we head out to church. Just chillin' in my room with a great book! Enjoying a bit of NASCAR, the PS2 way.Treehouse TriumphJD has Cerebral Palsy and can't run and climb like other children. Now that he has his glasses, he can better see what the other children are doing, but joining in is another challenge.  I noticed that in the backyard of AGR is a really grand, human-sized tree house! It looks like fun, but how can I get up there to play?  Willow, Marisol and Adele devise a plan to help me get up into the tree house. AAAAAAAHHHHH! Here I go! Whoa, steady there, Adele! Almost there! YAY! With the girls' help, I'm able to play up here with them!Thanks, new friends! JD can see!We were noticing that JD didn't seem to be able to see things far away and we were concerned for him. So we had his eyes checked:  It turned out that I could hardly see at all; I needed glasses! I selected these brown, oval glasses and now I can see more of this beautiful part of the country in east Tennessee.  First off, I noticed the beautiful rolling hills and the hay being harvested. And I could see the colorful fall leaves! Oh, and the ground dried up so I got to take a spin on the dirt bike!AAAAAAAAAHHH! Fun Stuff with JDJust a few things JD has done so far hanging out at AGR.  I was having a little trouble waking up, but then I discovered NOS. After breakfast I got to play dominoes with Jess, Kit and Nicki The dog that lives here is much bigger than Rusty. We went to the college cafeteria (Dining Facility is it's proper name) for some lunch. I like pizza.  The best part was dessert: some great apple cobbler. Unfortunately this student thought I looked like a snack. It's really too bad that it's a bit rainy and the track is muddy. This motorcycle looks like it's gonna be a BLAST to play with. I hope it clears up soon.Traveling JD arrivesJagdish is a boy traveling doll. He's traveling for the very first time and we get to be his first hosts! Here is JD meeting some of the girls who live in the Dolls' House.  JD happened to arrive in time to share lunch time with Rosa, the new girl.  Wednesday is piano lesson day, so JD got to play a little on the piano himself.  The song he learned just happened to be his favorite Queen tune.  Being that Maggie had to go the Hospital this week, JD gets to have his own room in the TreeHouse.  We hope that JD and Rusty will have a grand time with us here at AGR. Kealoha's Goodbye!Okay, so now it's time for me to head to my next host's home. I've had lots of fun in Tennessee. Here are a few more pictures of some of the things I did here.  I got to visit the Sunsphere. It's a 266-ft tall structure that was built for the 1982 World's Fair that was held in Knoxville, One of the exhibits at that World's Fair was the introduction of the Rubik's Cube at the Hungarian Pavilion. I got to see it as it's still on display at the World's Fair Park. It's six-foot square!  I even got to buy a small, my sized Rubik's Cube to take home with me.
Oh, and I got to play with the mini-girls' house too.  It's so sweet and the mini-girls love their new home.I'm going to miss it here at AGR, but I'm very excited to be continuing my travels.  Goodbye new friends in Tennessee! Love, Kealoha  Kealoha sees the Kit movie! We had a wonderful time and the movie was FABULOUS!  Love, Kealoha Kealoha has some fun!Yesterday was middle-brother's birthday and I got to go with AGR's family to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee where they stayed at this hotel with it's own waterpark! It was lots of fun!  Then we went to NASCAR Speedpark where you get to race go-karts and do lots of other thrill rides all day long.  Here is me with a real NASCAR. You don't get to drive this kind at the Speedpark though.  The boys drove this kind of 'car' all day long.  We stayed 9 hours! I was very tired when we got home, but I had lots of fun! Kealoha rides! Then I tried the go-kart.  And after all that excitement, some of the girls and I played in the REAL tree house for a while.  That's Kit, me, Charis and Kaya. What fun we had today! Love, Kealoha { Last Page } { Page 1 of 3 } { Next Page } |
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