All About Kirsten

Hello! It's Kirsten. Thank you so much to whoever voted for me on Katie's poll! Sorry it took so long to do a post about it, Katie had to show me how and she's been busy, but Christmas break started today and she has lots of time. :) Anyway, I'm very flattered that I received a vote! Here are some pictures of me and a little about me . . . . .

Hej! That's Swedish for 'Hello'! My name is Kirsten Victoria Larson and I go to school at Pleasantview Academy. I earned a full scholarship for figure skating. The first time I touched blade to ice was when I could barely walk and I've loved it ever since. Last year, I came in tenth place at the US junior competition!

As I just said, skating is just about my life, so I spend alot of time doing things related to skating, like stretching. I'm very, very flexible. If I could meet any of the AG dolls, I'd like to meet Mia because she loves skating, too. I wonder if she can land a double axle . . . . .

For clothes I am VERY true to my time period (1800's). The only time I don't wear something period-accurate is when I'm skating. Otherwise, I love my meet and school dress, as well as my birthday dress in the summer and my St. Lucia Day dress in December.

Speaking of St. Lucia Day, that's my favorite holiday! It amazes my how little people know about the holiday, like that it celebrates a real person name Lucia who lived in Italy and gave money to the poor, but was tried as a witch and burned at the stake. Years later, she appeared in Sweden helping people during a great famine. The White of my dress represents that Lucia was pure, and the red sash represents that her blood was spilled when she was executed.

Även om jag bor i amerikansk, jag är ursprungligen svenska. He, he :) I doubt anyone knows what I just said, so I'll translate for you. Although I live in America, I am originally Swedish. My doll, Sari reminds me of this because of the dirndl she wears. I used to have a dirndl myself, that I wore while crossing the Atlantic, but I outgrew it.

Sari is one of my most prised possessions without a doubt. My other most prized possession is my friendship quilt that my friends here at the Pleasantvile Academy made for me when I first came here. I'd have taken a close-up of it, but it has Katie's last name on it and she doesn't wish to share what that is.

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I'm what you call a 'bonnet-head', or someone who LOVES the Little House series. Laura is a great role model for anyone, and her stories remind me of my old life in Minnesota, in some ways. I also like the TV show Little House On The Prairie, though it isn't much like the books. Unfortunately, Hallmark cancelled it. :(

My absolute favorite of the Little House books is 'Little House In The Big Woods', the first one. The part where Laura receives her rag doll reminds me of the day, years ago, when I was given Sari. I got her on Christmas day, just like Laura got hers.

I love music and play the piano in the little spare time I have. I'm not great, but I enjoy it and that's what really matters. The song I'm best at is 'It's a Small World', and sometimes I'll kind of forget that there are other people around and get on their nerves by playing it over and over and over. I try not to do that, though.

Well, that's me in a nutshell. Thanks for reading about me, and thank you again to who voted for me on Katie's poll. I think she plans to do a post like this for all of us, so stay tuned for that.

~Kirsten Victoria Larson

PS: Don't forget to come here tomorrow to see what the drama club has in store! What you're going to see was really fun to do and I personally enjoyed being one who dwelled on 'the past'. (Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that! ;) 

All About Emily

Thank you to who voted on my poll! Emily is very flattered that she's your favorite doll of mine. In honor of her getting the one and only (so far!) vote, here's an 'All About Me' post about Emily.

Hi there! My name is Emily Rose Bennet and I go to school at Pleasant View Academy. I'm here on a full scholarship for academics, and people say I'm very smart. I would have to agree with them.

My favorite hang-out is the library, which Kailey says is lame beyond belief, but I disagree. My all time favorite book is my English text book: Gaining Skills With Words. I won't deny that this is a bit nerdy, but I hate it when my grammar is inaccurate.

For clothes, I'm usually true to my time period (1940's) except for when it gets too annoying. I love skirts and American jumpers as well as knee socks and buckle shoes.

Christmas is my favorite holiday, so I'm usually extremely happy and upbeat this time of year. I love dressing for the season, and I especially love my angel shirt, which I'm wearing here. Decorating the Christmas tree is my favorite holiday tradition, though the one pictured is kinda lame, since is only has three ornaments. (There's one in the back you can't see.)

I may be an 'American Girl', but I'm British, and don't you forget it! It can get annoying being British, as slang is different in England and we have entirely different words for some things, like what you call sneakers are trainers back home. We call sweaters jumpers, too, which is why I said 'American jumpers' before. I think British words make more sense than American, but everyone else disagrees.

My photo album is one of my most prized possessions. I keep it under my pillow and look at it any time I'm missing home. These are two of my favorite pictures because they're of some of my favorite people! On the left are my grandparents, whom I call Grandy and Grandmother, and on the right are the British princesses during WWII: Elizabeth (who's now the queen!) and Margaret Rose. I love how we have the same middle name!

Whenever a new AG catalogue comes, I spend hours looking at every single thing in it. I especially love the holiday catalogue because the pages are almost as big as me! Hey look, Molly and I are on this page! I wonder if Katie will get anything from here for Christmas.

My favorite book series is the Chronicles of Narnia, and my favorite book in the series is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. My favorite part is at the very end, when Lucy, Edmond, Peter and Susan all spill out of the wardrobe and back into the world they left at exactly the time they left it. (Read the book if you don't know what I'm talking about.) I also saw the new movie with Molly and Kirsten, and I loved it!

Another book I love is Matilda by Roald Dahl. I love this book because Matilda kind of reminds me of myself, but I have much nicer parents. In my world, Miss D'Mart, my English teacher, is like Miss Honey in the book. I think I've read this book about ten times and it gets even better each time I read it.

Well, that's me, Emily Rose Bennet. I love this close-up because it shows my hair clip, which is my favorite holiday accessory. Thank you for reading about me, and especially thank you to who voted for me on Katie's poll.

~Emily Rose Bennet

PS: Don't forget to visit this website on Friday to see Katie's Christmas surprise.

Happy St. Lucia Day!

Hi everyone! It's Kirsten here, wishing you a wonderful St. Lucia Day. St Lucia Day is my favorite day of the whole year because it's a traditional holiday celebrated in Sweden, where I'm from. Last night Emily, Chrissa and I made some St. Lucia Day buns. They are delicious and just about the best pastry breakfast thing ever! It's traditional to have raisins in them, but I don't like raisins and neither does anyone else, so I decided to leave them out. Anyway, very early this morning I got up, heated up the buns, made some hot chocolate (coffee is traditional, but nobody really likes coffee here) and woke everyone up. After we ate, we got an early start on the day by getting ready for classes and working on our secret santa gifts. What did you do for St. Lucia Day?

Here are traditional St. Lucia Day buns called Lussekatter.

Here's a picture of me wearing my St. Lucia Day gown that Katie found. (She didn't have time to take picture of our celebration.)
~Kirsten Larson

PS: I can't tell you too much, but here's a hint about what's coming on Christmas Eve: The drama club has been very active lately. :)