We’re getting ready for a yard sale in May, and
last night, I sorted through items and priced them. Of course, I had to ask the
kids about some of the items I had pulled. Tori was good about everything but
some DVDs. She had a cow when we asked her to look at those and go through
them. The tears flowed, too much, so I told her to leave it be. She could keep
them all. She settled down, and before I knew it, she had gone through her
collection of videos and pulled some really old ones that she had no desire to
see. Then she was off and running, helping me to separate all of the toys into
bags and price them.
In spite of her occasional meltdowns, Tori has
really blossomed this year. She is a bit ahead at school and is starting to move
into older things. Her current favorite is Monster High. The dolls resemble
Barbie dolls in size but come from monsters, like Dracula and Frankenstein,
hence Draculaura and Frankie Stein. Her favorite is Laguna Blue, daughter of a
sea monster. She also likes Ghoulia Yelps, a zombie who does not talk. She has
several of the dolls, plus the school. She has also turned her dollhouse-shaped
bookshelf into a Monster High home, complete with Abby Abominable’s bed.
As for the LaLaLoopsys, well, they have kind of
been put on the back burner. We are not sure if she has tired of them and is
past them, or will return to them this summer. She has them all still, many
undressed, so maybe one day she will play with them and her Loving Family
dollhouses again.
