The Difference Between Thoughts and Reality

Hi,
Well, yesterday, as soon as I posted the sky got all smokey again. The fire is even bigger and it is getting closer. Ellaine's best friend already had to evacuate his house. It is probably burning down at this very moment. We are all so scared. Everyone is saying that it can't get to us, but anything can happen. So, just a warning, if I disappear and don't post for a month or so it is probably because the fire got to us. But we are praying that that doesn't happen. So, anyway we are still scared but I just have to focus on other things. Um, 3 days left until the new JLYs come out. Ellaine is going to audition for the ~insert city name~ playhouse's Christmas play. She was in it last year and she said it was so much fun. Well, she is going to audition considering the playhouse is still there. She is going to find out when the auditions are tomorrow. Ellaine saw Annie the musical for the second time on Saturday. She said it was wonderful. Her favorite song was Tomorrow.

When I'm stuck in a day that's grey and lonely,
I just stick up my chin and grin and say,
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love ya, Tomorrow,
Your only a day away.

I did not write those lyrics, they belong to the man that wrote the songs for the musical Annie, but I don't know his name. But that was Ellaine's favorite line from the song. So we have 60$ for our new sister now. We are getting very close to chosing her name. I know that I still haven't told you about our new school but I don't feel like typing all of that right now. I have to go, I think Ellaine is calling me. I hope you have a better Monday than me. Bye.

Your Friend,
Ruthie S.

Safe and LegoLand Pictures

Well, last night at 12:30 a.m. it was still raining ash and still smokey, but when I woke up this morning it was as clear as could be. The sky is perfectly blue but there are still ashes everywhere including in our pool. But we are safe! So, anyway, here are the LegoLand pictures.

Bye!!!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

Scared Out Of My Witts!

Okay, I know I said I would post LegoLand pictures but I am posting other pictures.
Well, the sky is totally orange as far as I can see. I don't know if you can tell in these pictures, but the sky is totally orange. It is snowing ashes everywhere. There is a huge fire really close by! I am totally scared, it is so hot and it is hard to breath because it is so smokey. I am really scared. Well, bye.

Your Scared Friend,
Ruthie

Legoland and School

So,
Hi!
This is Ammie. Legoland was so much fun! We went on almost all of the rides! I took over 100 pictures but I am only going to post about 10. Well, actually the camera is upstairs right now and I am too lazy to get it, so I will tell Ruthie to post the pictures on the next post. So, anyway when we got there we went on this ride called Technic Coaster/Project X. It is this super fast roller coaster with a huge drop. Then we went on The Dragon (we call it the Dragon Coaster). It was really fun. At first it goes slow and it looks like you are in this castle, there are people eating and wizards making potions, bats, and a Dragon that blows smoke out of it's mouth. I would have taken pictures of that ride but it said no photography. Well after you see everything in the castle you go outside and then you go super fast and twist and turn. After that we ate lunch, then we went to this super cool playground, Ellaine and her brother played hide and go seek with me. Then they went to a water playground and were playing in the water but I couldn't go with them. Next they went to this driving school thing where they could drive where ever they wanted to. Then we went on this ride where you have to pedal to go faster but my legs couldn't reach the petals. Lastly, they went to MiniLand USA. Did I mention that almost everything in Legoland is made out of Legos. Oh, and they also went on the Fairy Book Tale ride which I got like 50 pictures of. It was such a fun day, I can't wait to go back. We are at school right now but we don't start until the 8th, but Ruthie will tell you more about that later.

BYE!!
})({ Ammie })({

P.S. We got 8$ more for our new sister.

San Diego!

So, I won on both of the polls. But since I went to the fair, it wouldn't be fair for me to go to San Diego too. So, Ammie got 2nd place so she is going. She is all packed up: for San Diego and for AGEAA. So, we are all excited for her. She promised to take pictures, and she usually keeps her promises, unlike me. As soon as she gets back we are all leaving for school. But, since we are not allowed to use the computer when Ellaine isn't here, we won't be posting until Friday. Anyway, look at the bracelets that Ellaine made. She said that she had alot of fun at the fair. The saw this play called Welcome Back, Potter. It was a spoof about Harry Potter, except his name was Larry Potter. She said it was hilarious. So that is it. Our life is pretty boring right now. It will be more interesting once we start school and once our new sister comes. I took off Melanie yesterday and Margaret today. Well, Bye!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

P.S. This is totally random, but did you know that putting cheese slices in your tomato soup is really good?

Money or What a Girl Needs Most and Dogs

Hey Everyone!
So, the title says it all, well, we need 50$ more before we can get our sister who's name will be one of the names on the side. I start the 6th grade on September 8th and let me tell you that I am not too happy about it. Anyway, I am ready for Christmas, I don't know about you but I am fed up with this hot weather. So, I have literally been playing Christmas CDs and singing Christmas songs all day! O come all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. Sorry, that is one of my favorite Christmas songs. I also like The First Noel and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Ya, I know, Christmas isn't for like 4 months, oh well. Ellaine is all excited about tomorrow because she gets to go ride on rides at the fair with her 2 best friends. And one of them is a boy, awwww, I think Ellaine is in love! No, I'm just kidding, he's just her friend. I said I would tell you about the dogs we live with. So, I am posting pictures of them. The brown one is Sydney and the black & white one is Juneau (The capital of Alaska, get it, becuase he is a snow dog). So that is about it, BYE!!!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

Peaches

Hi,
I am eating a very juicy peach right now, it is so delicious!
Sorry I didn't post yesterday, I was at the fair. It was so much fun. I didn't get any pictures because I was so busy looking at everything. We got to pet pigs, goats, and sheep. It was awesome! I will post later, it is hard trying to type and eat a peach at the same time.
Today I am taking off 2 names because I missed yesterday. I am taking off Tessa and Carina.

Bye!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

Another Change in Plans and Rain

Hey,
So, this is not about what the title says: Abby, yes we live in front of a desert, well basically there is our house, then about fifty feet of desert, then a cemetery. So, ya.

It's raining here, It's been raining for a long time, but I like it, it has been sunny non-stop all summer.

So, Ellaine being Ellaine changed her mind about her Hallows' Eve costume, she is still going to bring one of us except she is going as a dancer. It will match the ballet costume that we have, you know, the one that Nicki is wearing in that picture. Her mom is going to take her to a dance shop to get everything she needs.

Today I am going to take off Camellia.

Bye!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

Sad News

Hi,
I am really sad right now. The saddest thing just happened.
So, I was sitting on the couch with Ellaine when all of the sudden Bang !!! We looked at our sliding glass door that leads to our front porch and there was a cute little birdy laying on the ground. Ellaine, being an animal lover immediately ran to the laundry room grabbed a pair of those plastic gloves that doctors wear and ran outside. I got up a ran to look out the window along with the dogs to watch Ellaine. She picked up the bird and it was still alive, it started fluttering its wings and she thought that it might be okay. Then......it stopped fluttering its wings and it died. WAAAAAHAAA! I feel so sad for that little birdy. Then Ellaine said a couple of words for the little birdy and she put it in the dessert. Oh! I am so sad.

Your sad Friend,
Ruthie S.

P.S. Thanks to Spencer for giving me those name suggestions, I really like Brystal.
Today I am going to take off Tara.

The Pictures and More About Names

Hi, I finally uploaded the pictures of the girls packing. Anyway, if there are no JLYs that come out on the 3rd that I like then I am going to get #24. I picked out a list of names that I like, 15 to be exact. Each day I am going to cross out 1 name on the list. On the 3rd, I will have 2 names left, and which ever name that I think fits the girls' future sister best wins. It was hard choosing names because we kind of have this tradition. All of the dolls' names have to start with a different letter. So I couldn't chose any names that started with A B E F J K N R. So that is that. Here are the names:

Tessa

Serenity

Saphire

Paige

Melanie

Margaret

Ivory

Gretchen

Crystal

--Camellia--

--Marissa--

Carina

Leah

Verity

Corabelle

So what do you think about the names? Which ones do you like best? If you have any name suggestions I want to hear them! Did that sound weird? Oh, well. I am crossing off Marissa today. Well, enjoy the pictures, BYE!

Your Friend,
Ellaine

P.S. You can still tell me about your perfect JLY
(See 2 posts down for details)

P.S.S. I am going to put all of the names on the side-bar so that every day you can see which name I take off.

Count Down and Names

Only 14 days until the new JLY come out, I am really interested to see what they look like. I hope that there are some that have freckles, right now there are only 2 JLY dolls with freckles. A lot of people have freckles. Ellaine's mom said that she is allowed to get one more doll. So if Ellaine likes one of the new JLY she might get one. She has 50$ so far so we only need 50$ more. We are pretty sure that the last sister we get will be a JLY. We have 2 historical sisters, 2 historical friend sisters, and 2 girl of the year sisters, we only have one JLY sister, and she is lonely. So, I think you get the point. I wonder what her name will be. We are going to go research names right now. I will post later with the pictures, I promise. So, BYE!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

P.S. You can still tell me about your perfect JLY
(read the post before this one for details)

New JLYs? Updated!

I just realized something.
If American Girl is archiving so many JLY, does that mean that they are making new ones?
I hope so. Otherwise why would they archive so many at once. I seriously think that they are making new ones. If they are, I wonder when the new ones will come out. I will be really happy if they make new ones because none of them appeal to me right now. If I could make my own JLY it would have brown eyes, freckles, and wavy, light red hair, parted on the side, with no bangs. It would have the original face mold. If you could make your own JLY what would it look like? What hair and eye color would she have? Would her hair be long or short?, curly or straight?, layered or not?, would she have freckles or not? What face mold would she have? Everyone, tell me what your perfect JLY would look like. It doesn't have to look like you. I will make a special post telling about everyone's JLYs.
And you can make as many as you want!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

P.S. I will post the pictures of us packing later, I am too lazy to upload them onto the computer right now. BYE!

P.S.S. Thanks to Emily and Spencer for this information, AG is coming out with 8 new JLYs on September 3rd! And thanks to Emily and Spencer for telling me about your perfect JLY!

P.S.S.S. Thanks to pioneerfan04 for telling me about her perfect JLYs!

A Change in Plans

There has been a change in our plans. Well since a couple of us are going to the fair and to California we aren't leaving for AGEAA until next Friday. But we are still packing...........and packing, and packing. Just between you and me, I think packing is REALLY BORING! Anyway, I am going to take some pictures of us packing and then post them here. I am going to go do that right now. So, Bye!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

The Fair, California, and.........Hallows' Eve (Holloween)

Hello Everyone!
The Fair is coming up soon!
It is 10 days long and it is always at the end of August. Ellaine is going to take one of us. As to which doll she is going to take.......nobody knows. But we are all doing our chores and being really good little angels so that we might have a chance of going. It is going to be really fun for the doll who gets to go. Ellaine is going to California to go to the beach and Lego land. She is taking a doll.
Nobody knows which doll that is going to be either. There is only I thing we know, it won't be the doll that went to the fair. Personally, I would rather go to California than the fair. I will take many pictures and post them, okay. Now about Hallows' Eve (I like calling it it's proper name), Ellaine is going trick or treating with her best friend and they are going as, Guess what. That's right, American Girl Dolls. Ellaine is going as Nicki and her friend as Jess. Nicki and Jess are so lucky! They get to spend a whole night walking around with Ellaine and we are stuck up in her bedroom, forced to look at all of the dolls that get to trick or treat with their owners. Oh, well.
At least we still get candy. Well that is it. I am posting another random picture. It is us with one of the dogs that we live with, I will post a picture of the other one later. Well, Bye!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

Sorry for the Short Post

Hi,
We sent in the classes that we are going to take.
Now the only things to do are pack and wait.
I am posting a picture so that this won't be so boring.
BYE!!!

Your Excited Friend,
Ruthie

Classes

Hello,
If you haven't read the post before this please read it.
So, we all picked our classes.
But I didn't tell you the whole list of required classes. The ones that I left out were Health and a Foreign Language class. We have the choices of Spanish, French, Italian, German, Latin, and Chinese. Anyway, here are our classes:

Kirsten:
Required classes
Latin
Camera acting (Beginner)
Stage acting 101
Dance
Singing
Setting 101
Props101

Ammie:
Required classes
German
Camera acting (Beginner)
Voice over (Beginner)
Character
Makeup
Dance
Setting 101

Nicki:
Required classes
Italian
Camera acting (Advance)
Voice over (Advance)
Stage acting 101
Setting 101
Props 101
Character
Costume

Felicity:
Required classes
German
Camera acting (Intermediate)
Voice over (Intermediate)
Props101
Makeup
Singing
Blocking 101

Elizabeth:
Required classes
French
Camera acting (Beginner)
Stage acting 101
Makeup
Dance
Costumes
Singing
Props 101

Ruthie (Me!):
Required classes
Spanish
Stage acting 101
Camera acting (Advance)
Voice over (Intermediate)
Singing
Blocking 101
Character
Props 101

Jess:
Required classes
Italian
Camera acting (Intermediate)
Voice over (Advance)
Stage acting 101
Costume
Setting 101
Props 101
Blocking 101

Those are all of our classes. We will get our schedules when we arrive at AGEAA. Yay!!!
We leave for AGEAA on Friday. I can't wait!!!

BYE!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

American Girl Elementary Acting Academy Information!

Hi,
I said I'd tell you more about AGEAA so her it is.

Well, I went on the internet to research the school and I found out many interesting things about the school. Here is the list of classes:

There are the usual classes that you have to take:

Math
Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
ext.

We do those classes the first half of the day and then the fun classes:

Stage acting 101 (Theater)
Camera acting (Advanced: Main Characters, Supporting Actors)
Camera acting (Intermediate: Characters with speaking roles)
Camera acting (Beginners: Non speaking roles, Extras)
Voice overs (Advanced) (Playing Characters in animated movies)
Voice overs (Intermediate) (Playing Characters in animated movies)
Character workshop (Learning how your character walks, talks, and moves)
Costume workshop (Learning how to properly use your costume)
Makeup workshop (Learning how to properly use makeup)
Setting 101 (Learning how to properly perform around the sets)
Props 101 (learning how to properly use your props)
Vocal workshop (Singing) (Stage)
Dance workshop (Stage)
Blocking 101 (Learning where to move and what to move while acting)

Those are all of the classes that you can pick.
We have to each pick 7 classes to take by Tuesday.

We stay in dorm rooms, 3 to a room and we will be getting our dorm assignments when we arrive at the school.

School starts at 7:40 a.m. and ends at 3:40 p.m.
We have a lunch break at 12:10 p.m.
We have to be in bed by 10:05 p.m. and lights out is at 10:10 p.m. I think that that is everything, I will tell you which classes we are taking either tonight or tomorrow.

Bye!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

Schools- Old and New

Hi,
The weirdest thing happened last night. Here is the story.

So, last night was back to school night. It's when you go and get all of your books and you find out who's class you are going to be in. Except at our school half of it is in Spanish and the other half is in English. When we arrived at our school we saw our principal, Ms. Benson.

We all said "Hi, Ms. Benson"

Then she said "Oh! Hello there girls, what a surprise to see all of you. You have all been such good students these past couple of years. I am so sad to say that I won't be your principal this year."

Then Ammie said "Why? Are you leaving this school?"

Ms. Benson said "Me? No, I'm not leaving, you are the ones that are leaving, aren't you? Not one of you girls are signed up for this year. I assumed that you new that.

Nicki asked "Are you sure? Our owner, Ellaine, never told any of us about this."

Ms. Benson assured us "I'm positive"

"Well.......... Okay then, I guess we'll just leave. Bye." said Felicity in a strange voice.

Ms. Benson said bye and then we all left.

As soon as we were outside of the school we all let our questions spill.

"What does she mean we're not signed up?"
"Does this mean that we're going to a different school?"
"How come nobody ever told us we weren't signed up?"
"What school are we going to now?"
"This is really weird."

We discussed it all the way home while riding on our bikes. When we got home we parked our bikes in the garage. As we walked onto the porch we were all wondering the same thing-

What was going to happen now???

Kirsten opened the door and

SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!

I saw Ellaine holing a sign that read

AGEAA

And I screamed.
American Girl Elementary Acting Academy!!!

I love acting, I have performed in 14 plays, I was the main character in 5 of them.

I have begged Ellaine to send me to that school for the last 4 years. And now my dream is coming true. And not just me, but all of my sisters are coming with me. We're going in 10 days.
YAY! I will tell you more about the AGEAA later. Sorry this is so long. BYE!!

Your Very Happy friend,
Ruthie

More About Us

Hi,
Well, I just wanted to give you some background history about us.

Our Full names and ages are:
Kirsten Sarah Larson..........9
Ammie Magenta Powell..........10
Nicki Evellyne Fleming..........11
Felicity Corabelle Merriman..........10
Elizabeth Jane Cole..........10
Jess Natalie McConnell..........11
Bitty-Baby Rosella Powell..........3

We live with two GIANT dogs and one regular sized dog named Tatlo. (Kaya's dog)
I will post pictures of them later.
We all speak Spanish and we all go to a bilingual school.
I love competitive swimming and playing the harp.
My favorite animals are polar bears and my favorite color is teal.
Wait, I think Nicki is calling me. I have to go now. Nicki wants me to walk Tatlo with her.
BYE!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

Commenting And Posting

Hi!
Posting: I should be able to post at least once, if not twice, a day until I go back to school in September. In September I should be able to post once a day, if not, then definitely once every 2 days.

Commenting: I do have rules for commenting.

OH NO!!! NOT RULES!!!

Don't worry, they are just the usual rules.
1. Nothing inappropriate
2. No bad words
3. I don't mind if you tell me about your blog, but please don't keep telling me about it over and over again.

That's it. BYE!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

Thanks to PioneerFan04 and Abby!

Thank you Pioneerfan04 and Abby for being so nice to me and for being my first followers!
And thank you to Pioneerfan04 for being an inspiration to this blog!
I will try not to let anyone down and I will try to always keep things interesting!
Thanks!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

Pictures of Us! Part 2

All of us (Not Including Bitty-Baby)

Kirsten
Elizabeth
Jess
There you go! Pictures of all of us!
BYE!

Your Friend,
Ruthie

Pictures of Us!

Here are some Pictures of us!

Nicki
Ammie
Felicity
Ruthie (Me)
I couldn't fit all of the pictures so this will be continued on another post!