Doll Club

Last Friday I got to get together with one of my favorite group of girls: Doll Club! Together we enjoyed hand sewing an apron for their American Girl dolls, playing with the dolls, and learning about being a Domestic Goddess. The museum curator brought out kitchen utensil artifacts that we could see up close. The girls giggled over seeing the funny-looking coffee pots. We had such a fun time together, that I didn't get any pictures until the end when I was helping to clean up.

In the top photo, you see my sister pulling the doll suitcases and trunks out of the conference room. Each meeting, Sarah, the curator, in the background there making sure my sister doesn't run into the doorway, brings all this and part of another cart down from storage and arranges it for play time. At the end of the evening, we sort it back into suitcase by doll/historical era, then it gets loaded on the cart and takes a trip up the elevator, back to storage. It's kind of erie feeling in the elevator late at night when everyone is gone.  I'm not even sure how many dolls the museum has, but they are lots of fun. We also try to leave the space looking like we were never there. Imagine 20 to 30 girls, making some messy crafts and dining on pizza, grapes and carrots, and sometimes cupcakes! The museum recently got a new vacuum and we were excited, clean-up goes much faster!