Little Jo's Halloween Doll Party at the Fairy Gardens

Some of the cousin dolls and a few of their friends were dressing up to go to visit the Fairy Gardens and to go Trick or Treating so they could see the ghosts, witches and scare crows that have been hanging out in the fairy garden lately.

James did not dress up.  He said that he wasn't a baby anymore but he would go to help make sure his sisters and his cousins were safe from the ghosts and the witches and the dragon that hangs out there most of the time.
He agreed to put a hat on and pretend to be one of the Little Rascals so he could at least collect a little candy for himself while escorting the others.  It does look like he was having a bit of fun in the picture below.

All of the dolls wanted to see the witches and ghosts up close so they had James push up some of the baskets and tables close to the gardens so that they could stand on them and peek at what was going on. Little Jo is wearing her same costume from last year and Sammy is in her ballet Tutu (her most favorite outfit in the world)

Our new friend JoAnn is dressed as a mermaid  and pretty Alana is dressed as a Greek Goddess.

Maggie has a fall hipster outfit on - it looks so nice with her lovely red hair. Cindy has a pretty pink princess dress and Kathleen has her blue princess dress on.

 See the jack-o-lanterns and the ghosts behind Cindy's head?

 So cute!

Tina is dressed in her mermaid costume.  Grandma added lots of sequins to make it sparkle for Halloween.

Here are some more photos of the group having Halloween fun in the fairy garden.

 

 

 

Happy Halloween to Everybody.  I hope you can get out and Trick or Treat

like you are a kid too.

BOO!!

 

Meeting New Friends at Little Jo's Fairy Gardens

Every year the dolls at Grandma's house look forward to a party celebrating new friends and remembering old friends who have moved away.  This year the party will be In late September or early in October. 

That being said,  it should be noted that the dolls do have minds of their own.  Our three newest dolls decided that they wanted to see the fairy garden that was outside the window where they sit.   They wanted to watch the hummingbirds that played above the fairy gardens.  The birds were enjoying their freedom to soar in endless swoops and dives.  It does seem as if the tiny birds are playing outside the window from the time the early morning sun rays spread across the dew kissed gardens until the shadows of evening start to cloak antics.                       

Laurel The Wood Fairy                

Laurel wanted to see what was outside of the window for herself.  She connived with Cheetah (the families huge cat) to sneak the door open long enough for her and Lit'l Bee (our new Effanbee baby doll) to escape for a little while.  Sammie (our new AG cousin) was watching as Cheetah stretched his body as long as he was able to so that he could reach the latch on the door.  Once the door opened Sammie scampered out the door right behind Laurel and Lit'l Bee.  Cheetah closed the door quickly behind them Just as Grandma saw the girls escape out the door.  Grandma smiled and grabbed her camera so that she could take pictures of their adventure.

Lit'l Bee

Sammie had to stand on her chair so that she could get a good look at Grandma's Fairy Garden

The Fairies keep a dragon by the front door of their flower pot home to help keep the garden spiders out of their house.

Laurel enjoys watching after Lit'l Bee.  Sometimes Sammie likes to watch the Lit'l Bee Doll Baby too. Lit'l Bee looks a bit afraid of the dragon that guards the entrance to the fairies cozy Flower pot home.  Laurel made sure to stay close to Bee's side to help her to not be as afraid of the dragon.

Sweet Sammie held the Lit'l Bee baby doll until she quit trembling from fear at the sight of the dragon in the fairy garden

I suppose the dragon would seem very scary to such a little doll like Bee

My goodness!  the fairy gardens do look so pretty from above - almost like the Emerald city from the Wizard of Oz.

It's time for the girls to go in now that the evening air is starting to feel chilly.

Here are a few sneak previews of the post Grandma will post over at Plum Creek Place this coming week, (after they are posted a link will be added to this post so you can see for yourself).  First there are a few peaks at the new Mermaid Fairy Garden

And there is a small Mermaid Garden with a big conch shell for the fairy to live in.

There is a little Pirates Cove Fairy Garden too - my it does look like the Black Pearl is sneaking out of the cove to head out to the high seas.

We hope to see you over at Plum Creek Place next week.

Laurel, Sammie and Lit'l Bee along with Little Jo and all of her cousins will be back in a few weeks for their tea party.  See you then!