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Last time I went to the Thrift Store Boutique, I found the Whims this cute litte demin dress. It’s not often you can find dresses in size NB, and since it was On Sale for a Very Good Price, I snapped it right up. The dress looked like it would fit them, but that it would be a bit long. I guess I’m getting to know the Whims pretty good now, because that’s exactly how it fits.
A little Whimsie in a long dress is a peculiar sight. Seeing them workin’ this denim dress, they look so grown up…yet at the same time…as I say, peculiar. This dress strikes me almost as a costume, something they would wear when pretending to be something they’re not. I know from experience that the Whimsies love to dress up in costumes, but this “costume” doesn’t seem quite elaborate enough for Halloween.
To my eyes, Tessie, with her colorful scarf, looks like a 1960’s movie star, out for a Saturday afternoon’s shopping at a local flea market. All that’s missing is her oversized incognito sunglasses. Tillie, with her colorful beret, evokes an earth mother hippie…and Trixie, with her hair in pigtails, could be the member of some strange religious cult.
Am I wrong? What do you think?
As it turns out, a little research proves this particular dress is not exactly size NB (Never Bigger), but rather it is a dress for a DOLL. It seems there is a doll company called My Twinn that will customize a doll to look exactly like a little girl, and then the two of them can wear the same outfits! What a great idea for little girls whose parents can afford such an extravagance! It would seem, though, that the My Twinn dolls are somewhat taller than Whimsies—who, by the way, are NOT babies, and are NOT children, and neither are they DOLLS, and they will thank you to remember that.
Whimsies are like nothing else in the world. They are just Whimsies. Pure and simple.
Trixie got to showcase our new blue jammies, and before that Tessie modeled red and pink striped jammies, so now it’s my turn! And can you believe it? I’m wearing YELLOW jammies! Yes, honestly, I kid you not…yellow! 
Yesterday Trixie told you about the Oggz we got from Santa Claus, and today I’m here to tell you about another present—socks! We didn’t ask for the Oggz, because we never knew there was such a thing, but of course we know all about socks, and so we asked Santa to bring us lots and lots of pretty, comfy socks…and he did!
Tomorrow Tillie will stop by to tell you about another really cool gift we got. But before I go, here’s one more Christmas gift I want to share. It was not for me and Tillie and Trixie, but for Fred and Wilma, Barney and Betty. Santa brought our pet dinosaurs a good supply of succulent jade leaves, which are so sweet, they are like candy for dinosaurs! As you can see, the four dinos are thoroughly enjoying their snack in their new home. 
Christmas is getting very close now, and tonight we took a break from our TV Christmas specials and Santa Claus stake-out to read an old favorite Christmas book. 
she saw the cute little green polka dot jammies Miss Chrissy had for her to wear. As you can see, the strawberries among the polka dots declare that Tillie is “Berry Sweet”! How cute!
Trixie put together another “Pretty in Pink” outfit, this one also sporting polka dots on the footie pants, as well as polka dots on a sleepy-eyed elephant! Whoever heard of a brown and white polka dot elephant? Not me! But he certainly looks contented. And I love the flowers on his ears!
Miss Chrissy confessed that she did not remember this book from her childhood, since at the time, she was a strict devotee of Dr. Seuss and Beverly Cleary. She only came across Mr. Willowby when her own children (who are now grown) were little, and loved to read everything they could get their hands on —Seuss, Cleary, Willowby, Sendak, Scarry, Curious George, Berenstain Bears and Goosebumps, to name a few. The list goes on and on!
adopted by some bears, who snip the top, which ends up going to the Fox family, and the tippy-top of their tree makes the Rabbit family very happy, but it’s too tall for their mantle so they snip-snip, and little Mistletoe Mouse takes that snip to his house, and it’s just perfect for his family! And what do you know? The Mouse family lives in a mouse hole in the baseboard of Mr. Willowby’s enormous house, right next to Mr. Willowby’s enormous Christmas tree.
