Day 6 – on Sunday it was very rainy and windy, so we decided to go to the aquarium.
Inside it was very full of people, but it was quite interesting and there were many fish.
After the aquarium we bought some fish and chips, but had to eat it at home because it was so rainy and windy.
Day 7 – Peenemünde
We went to the isle of Rügen again, to an industrial museum. We didn’t think it would be funny at first, but there were many interesting things to explore.
It rained quite heavily, so we got quite wet and were happy to stay inside the main building. But some of the exhibits were outside. Luckily therain finally stopped.
I chased Quinn about – I wanted to shoot her to the moon using one of the rockets, because she kept talking all the time. But – the rockets were wet, so it didn’t work.
And then we visited another submarine. Our male human alway finds them and always wants to visit them. For us it’s boring because we have to stay inside the doll bag. Dolls are not allowed on submarines.
On our way home we visited the old ruins of a monastery. We didn’t have enough time as it started to rain again.
Day 8 – there is nothing to say about this day – we just chilled.
Day 9 – We went by ship today! It rained again, so we had to stay inside the ship cabin. Luckily it stopped raining at the end, so we could see the white cliffs of Rügen.
As my humans decided that they needed some time to relax after the many things they had been doing the past few days, I finally had some time to write in my little holiday book. So here we go …
Day 1 – Our holiday started on Monday. We sat in the car all day, so it was quite boring. In the evening we arrived in our holiday flat in Stralsund. We were very tired and spent the rest of the evening relaxing.
Day 2 – On Tuesday it rained a lot. Our humans went to town to buy a few things. Hawkie and I wanted to go with them and even put on our rain jackets, but it was too wet, so we stayed at home.
Day 3 – Finally some action. We went to the north of the Isle of Rügen by car. The last mile we went on foot. At the north point, called Kap Arkona, there were two lighthouses.
I really wanted to see what was behind that bench …
There was also an old bunker that we visited – our humans thought it interesting … well, for us it wasn’t…
Behind the scenes.
There was a boat and a wreck. I think I liked the wreck more – I felt like a pirate.
There was also a radar tower. Our humans went on top, so we had to go, too.
We went to the northermost point. There was a nice beach, but we had to go down a steep staircase to reach it.
Hawkie and I had a lot of fun on some sort of old machine.
At the end of the day we had cake in a little café.
Day 4- Today we did a little tour of Stralsund. Quinn went with me – she was very excited. We went around the harbour and saw the Gorch Fock, from the outside, because it is being repaired.
The tour went through one of the town gates.
There were the town walls.
…and a huge church.
At lunchtime it started to rain heavily, so we stopped by a restaurant, had something to eat and drink. Quinn liked the beer a little too much.
In the evening our humans went to an open air theater, so we had a free evening. Quinn talked a lot of rubbish – must have been the beer.
Day 5 – We went to Rügen again today. This time it was Sassnitz, bacause there is a submarine.
First we had a fish roll in a little restaurant of a fish cannery. I think Frosty likes fish so I will have to organise fish rolls for her when we are back home.
Then we visited the submarine and the harbour.
Nearby there were some old ruins from the time of the 2nd World War – the Prora.
We drove back through many alleys – these kinds of roads are typical for the area. It was quite funny – at first…
Day 6 – Relaxing!!!
As I already said – our humans wanted a quieter day today. We had breakfast in a little café.
Then we had a little walk through the town. There are many old houses with interesting fronts from the late Middle Ages.
The walk ended with the town walls.
Our humans want to go to the cinema this evening. We will probably relax at home – it’s not a superheroes film, so it’s not interesting for us.
Some of the girls decided to go camping last weekend. As always Vivi took the lead and found a way through the woods.
Nicki was not very happy. She didn’t want to go hiking and camping – it was too hot, she said. She fell and hurt her knee, but Celine (Crumbs) proved to be a good nurse.
The girls were very hungry after the long walk, so they made a fire. Vivi prepared pancakes, Nella roasted the sausages while Pia was responsible for the dessert.
After dinner Nella and Crumbs played frisbee…
… while Vivi took a few photos of the surroundings.
In the evening the girls still talked a little before they went to sleep in their tents.
Nicki was so tired she fell asleep outside the tent. I don’t think she will ever go camping again.
As the weather was sunny and warm all the time, some of the girls decided to go rollerskating.
Billy and Celine (called Crumbs) skated in the sun. Of course basecaps were very important.
Breaks were also important. Billy likes chocolate, but she shouldn’t eat too much – a slice of watermelon is much healthier. ( At least Crumbs thinks so)
Baby joined the Skatergang for the first time – she was a little afraid. But of course Cookie was a patient teacher.
Breaks for enjoying cool drinks were also important.
I find Moxie Teenz quite amazing dolls – they have very beautiful faces ( which is typical for MGA dolls) and are articulated, although not as poseable as I would like and quite delicate. They are taller than Barbies – 14″, which makes it difficult to find outfits and especially shoes for them.
They came in three series – one and two with wigs and three rooted. I don’t have any dolls from series two, because they were very hard to get and the differences to series one were not so big – only the outfits and maybe the make up a little bit.
Here are the characters:
Melrose
2. Tristen
3. Arizona
4. Bijou
5. Gavin and Leigh
6. Tanja
She is not a MT doll but a Tattoo Diva – her face remindend me of the Moxie Teenz though. I thought of rebodying her on a more poseable body , but decided against it because she is so unique.
I do not have many Simba dolls. Although I love the sweet Steffi love faces, there is not a great variety in them. So here is my Steffi love collection. The dark haired girl is a Mystic Girlz doll, also by Simba – a special line with a little Gothic touch. On the right is an older Steffi doll.
The older Steffi doll came with a horse – I bought her in a thrift store. The other Simba horse is from ebay. I love the fluffy horses that Simba made, they have more the feeling of a real animal than the shiny plastic Mattel horses. I think they look quite realistic although there is no articulation at all.
Other Mattel dolls were the Simba Supermodels – a few years ago you could still find them in stores. They also had a Twilight Teenz series( the two girls on the left ,with gray and white skin tones) – probably inspired my MH dolls. The bodies are not very high quality but still have good articulation.
For a long time ( until Barbie Made to Move came up) Liv Dolls were the most poseable dolls I owned. I still love them and find their faces with inset eyes very impressive.
I found Abbey Love in a thrift store. She has many similarities to Liv Dolls.
When the Snap Stars Dolls came up a few years ago I was very excited. Their faces look very similar to the Liv faces. The bodies are much tinier, but still poseable. I decided to keep them on their original bodies as Mini Mes for the Livs.
And this is where the Liv Dolls live. They have got their own room and clearly love watching TV.
Are they Barbies or not? Well in some ways the WWE Divas dolls are Barbies – they were produced by Mattel and can wear Barbie clothes. But they have more muscular bodies and bigger feet – which is a problem, as they cannot wear Barbie shoes and shoe options are limited.
When I was watching WWE regularly a few years ago, the dolls came out. I was very excited and bought quite a few, but not all of the collection. I like the girls most in summer when they can wear bikinies. Then their muscular bodies can be seen best and shoes are no problem on the beach.
So let’s have a bikini contest.
I found the girls to be great body donors – so here are my three custom dolls. Left and right – Billie Kay and Peyton Royce from the WWE duo the IIconics inspired me to these dolls. The girl in the middle is Erso Jyn from the Forces of Destiny series. She had a coloured plastic body ( again … I hate that! ) and I thought this body suited her greatly.
These girls are not WWE Divas. but Superhero dolls, also by Mattel. I found them to have a similar body shape to the other girls – except, they don’t have moveable wrists.
Have you ever looked carefully at the things in the forest or have you payed attention to the sounds, because if you have, you might have noticed that the forest is full of magical creatures.
A few days ago my husband and I went on a little trip to a nearby forest and we noticed that there were quite a few things going on there. We suddenly saw an Elf dressed in a grey outfit with a wizard hat on and a wandering stick with a gem on top. She looked like she was in a great hurry and didn’t notice us. Where was she going?
Before we could follow her she disappeared. Then we heard movements in different parts of the forest – so we looked more closely and there were other elves. They were hiding, but if you looked carefully you could make them out between the leaves and branches.
We saw a little shy elf – she had some sort of crown made of flowers and a big gemstone on her belt- a princess maybe?
One of the elves had a bow and arrow and another one a sword. They looked like guards. They were scanning the surroundings carefully to see if there was any danger. They didn’t take any notice of us – so we didn’t seem to be the danger.
Later we saw what they were guarding. It was a hollow tree trunk – it looked magical and mysterious.
It was the home of the High Priestess – the protector of the forest.
But the priestess seemed worried. Winter had been too warm with too little snow. Spring had been late to come. It had been cold and rainy for too long and that was not good for the life in the forest. What will summer be like? The seasons were all in confusion. So the priestess had sent out news to the Elf Queen and the Elf wizards. They should come to her home in the forest to talk about the weather and what had happened to it.
The Queen could not come, she was too busy, but she sent her daughter – the elf princess.
The Queen was also very worried about the things going on in the different parts of her kingdom.
The Elf wizards had also noticed the changes in the weather.
As the three elves had no solution how to make the weather better, they decided to walk about the country and find other elves, who could help them. Protected by the guards they went on a long and dangerous journey. Let’s hope they will find help and the weather will get better and the seasons will get back to the way they were in the past.
I already mentioned that my husband and I are huge superhero fans, mostly DC, but there are a few other superheroes we like. Disney gave us some great superhero dolls.
We enjoyed the Incredibles movies . I only bought the two female dolls – Elastigirl and her daughter Violet. I was not happy with the black hands and wanted to rebody them first, but then I decided to keep them the way they are only out of their superhero costumes. The inset eyeas are great.
I bought the Marinette doll in the USA before I even knew the Cartoon series. I still like her more than the new dolls. Although the newer dolls are more poseable, I don’t like the faces with molded on masks.
Ms Marvel and Captain Marvel are also part of my collection. Of course in their free time they also donÄt wear superhero outfits.
The Scarlet Witch is an action doll – which means she cannot take off some parts her outfit. My husband wanted her after seeing all the movies and the Wandavision series.
Here are two other Disney dolls I quite like – not princesses and not superheroes, but cute girls.
Athena from the movie Tomorrowland was hard to get I had to buy her on eBay. I didn’t like the movie, but wanted the doll because she has a very realistic face.
I bought Fei from The Coloured side of the Moon on sale. The movie was also not one of my favourites, but the dolls were beautiful. Fei is articulated and has a sweet face.
