Backyard Fun and is Turnabout FAIRPLAY! PG-12 maybe.

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Having backyard fun in Chicagoland.

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Barbie: Hey, girls, I think you are starting to look like pickles, you've been in there so long.

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Scooter (Left): my toes are all wrinkly. 

Skipper (Right): My knees are getting wrinkly too!

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Chelsea: Maybe we should get out and go to the park and play soccer? 

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Melissa: Whatever!

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Barbie: Here's some towels, and pizza is just out of the oven....

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Yay! Let's go...last out of the pool is a Rotten Pickle

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Lara (Left): The kids sure look like they are having fun.

Richelle: Summer is the best time for kids.

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Ken: (Hmmm, wonder why Russel is here) Hi, Russ, never took you for the flower shirt man.

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Russ: I was stationed in Hawaii for 4 years and still got lots of shirts from there.

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Ken: Well, it looks great. Nice of you to stop by.

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Russ: Just here to pick up Lara, we have a doubles match in the park at 6:00.

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Lara: I think the shirt looks great.

Russell: Let's blow this pop stand.

Lara: (chortle) You always have a way with words.

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Russell: I got your racket, ready to go?

Lara: Sure, I'll just get my bag. 

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Gilly: Anyone want to join me for a Zoomba class in the Park? 

Collective GROANS.......

        too hot.... you have to be kidding....it's 88 degrees....ugggggghhhhhh!

Ryan (back left): (Does that girl ever stop moving????)

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Alan (Right): How long to we have to stay?

Midge: Well, it's cooler here than our apartment, and I think we are all going to dinner. 

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Alan: It's not too hot to go home... and the house is empty.

Midge: Well, if there was room in that pool....(chuckle) maybe.  Sit down and maybe you will cool off!

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Alan: Just keep that in mind..

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Richelle: So what are we doing for dinner?

Chris: It's still too hot to eat...maybe if it cools off. It's still 85 at 6:30. There's chips and popcorn.

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Teresa: Thanks for having me, this was fun, but I have to get work. I've got a special story on the 10 o'clock news.

Barbie: Go for it, and that suit is fabulous

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Barbie: You know boys will be boys.

Teresa: Somethings will never change. (sigh)

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Barbie: Ken, Rob....??? Haven't you ever seen a swimsuit?!

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Really......?????

Rob: Um, I was admiring the hat...

Ken: Errrr...Great shoes. Isn't she on the news, Dear? 

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Midge: When do boys grow up?

Richelle: Thankfully never, but hopefully maybe a little bit in time.

Chris: How many years do we have. Oh, well,  it's so hot. I think I will go in the pool.

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Barbie: Teresa really does have a great figure.

Trish: Well, your suit fills out pretty well...(snort) Besides, they're talking about football...now anyway. They have attention spans of gnats.

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Barbie, I've been waiting all day to get in here.

Chris: The water is divine...and this strawberry thing is great. 

Trish...Totally nummy!

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Richelle, anyone else need a drink refresh?

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All the adults have an assortment of libations....and frothy drinks.

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Rob (left): That was the best play ever in NorthWestern history, but...

Ken: He missed it....jeesh!

Ryan: So where are we going for dinner? ( I skipped lunch, darn it!)

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Typical, the guys are together and the girls are still gabbing.

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The night begins to cool to a balmy 82.

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Midge lets out a long appreciative sigh.......

Ken: Hey Midge, something wrong?

Midge smugly: "Just staring at your FINE Bootay", she sighs.

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Wolf Whistles and Cackling from the pool!

Ken: What the....?

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Midge: So how does it feel to just become an object....just a 'bootay!'

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Ken: (Hmmm, hot tempered and hot temperatures). Okay, I get the point...thanks for the HR lesson.

Midge: Anytime, Dr. Ken, you should know better and pass it on to your cohorts over there, please.

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Alan: She has a point you know.

Rob: I plead innocent, I can't see past 5 feet without my glasses, Teresa was just this fabulous orange blur with a great voice.

Ken: Yea, Tangerine dreams, no....uh...lovely, talented, lady.

Ryan: What ARE you guys mumbling about?

Ken: Are you just married or dead, Ryan?

(Laughter)

Barbie: What are they laughing about.  You know, I have the teensiest little bikini I use for sunning, which would just

BLOW THEY TEENY BRAINS OUT!

Trish: (laughing) Now, is that really Fairplay!???

DIORAM

Scene: Sideyard of remodeled Townhouse. 

Backdrop: sale Walmart background for 18" dolls.

    Scrapbook paper grass craft stoe

    Fences $ store

    Bushes/plants by me.

    Chairs tables: Dollar $  

    Lounge, pool, coffee table, barbecue cook station all vintage thrift finds.

Dolls: Thrifted All Mattel except Russell (GI-Joe) and NEW Ken (Mattel NewLook).

Clothes:Mostly thrifted. Except Chris swimsuit-new Mattel 2021-22?,  Alan's outfit-New Mattel 2022-3. I made Russell's vest jacket and Rob's shorts. Lara's dress was new Mattel-2022? 

Accessories: Thrifted finds, except green/pink froth drinks are either Temu or Aliexpress can't remember.

Do your Dolls have 

Moral Hiccups 

Which mimic real life?

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HFIM Fourth of July! Family, fun and Sun!

 This is a Repost from 2018..., enjoy and I hope everyone has a safe and happy Fourth of July

IT WAS HOT for the 4th in Chicagoland!

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The Mom's, Karen (Richelle's and Rocky's in plaid Mom) and Sandy (Ryan's Mom) are ready for the heat and sun.

Sandy: We are off to volunteer at the voter registration booth in the park. I hope you are all registered, if not come on down. It's our freedom and our right! 

Karen: I'm so glad we get a chance to do this---we best be going, have fun, and we will see you all tonight.

Chorus: Yes, we all are!!!!!

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Rocky: Smile, while I take a pic of our favorite Moms!

Karen: Hurry up, we don't want to be late and it's only getting hotter here in the sun.

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Max: Hi, I'm Max, I see you have a Canada shirt on. I bet you can't tell, I'm from Chicago.

Zoey: I'm Zoey. I can see you are a Bears fan. I've been here for over a year. I'm going to school and work at Vickie's Vintage. I see they put you on the cooking patrol.

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Max: I was grill cook while going through school. So I can handle this easy!

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Max: Just a matter of timing and watching for flare ups. Won't be long now, everyone!

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Sean: Anyone  need a drink refill? (Sean is Rocky's best friend from up north). They are both going to go to school in Chicago in the fall.)

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Rory: I do! I'm still so hot from marching in the parade. I haven't twirled a baton in years. 

Nemo: Well, you looked great and the kids from the park district looked like they had so much fun carrying that huge banner they made. 

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Rory: They sure did, I can't believe the girls are actually sitting still for a few minutes. I'm going to go change to something less itchy.

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Anna: It was gut and varm! I never before marched in parade! I am wearing Sweden colors and some red for the USA. 

Chelsea: I liked the Shriners' clown cars. Happy Birthday, USA!

Scooter: The float with the sparklers was fun...I can't wait until we see the fireworks.

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Midge, Chris, Belle and Aidan reminisce about when they were kids on the 4th.

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Midge: I used to go on so many Tilt-A-Whirls, that I couldn't even walk.

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Chris: Once I ate two whole pizzas and barfed on the roller coaster....just like the dog is working on, there.

Belle: That's Foofy the house mascot---always into mischief.

Max: Food's done, come and get it!

 (Everyone makes a mad-dash to get the burgers, hotdogs, and corn!) 

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After supper dusk begins to shade the backyard.

Aidan: How many blankets do we need for everyone? 

Midge: Three, maybe four?

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Rory: Remember no beverages in the park. We can get drinks at some of the stands if we have to.

Rocky: It's getting dark, I'll quick finish this last burger.

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We've got a blanket just for us, too. Let's go!

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Everyone cleaned up the yard and headed to the lakefront to watch spectacular fireworks.

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P.S. July 5th, there will be some mess in the kitchen in the morning.

Hope you had a Happy Safe 4th of July 2018 

From the HFIM house.

New backyard is grass-scrapbook paper. Currently looking for an alternative that doesn't shed. Fence pieces are bamboo placemats, trees are Lemax and Studio 54 vintage finds, cheap. 

Furniture is all from thrift stores. 

Outfits: Most are vintage Mattel, handmade except for new Hello Kitty shirt on Rory, plaid dress on Sandy, and Rocky's last season Ken shirt. I think the purple/black shirt on Christian might be from a My Scene doll.

New faces in this episode:

Max---a Max Steel doll 1998 by Mattel, one of the first ones...he's great except he has a burgundy painted torso shirt. But, is very pose-able. Why can't Mattel, make decent Kens that pose and stand for the same price point? I'm trying to find guy dolls that are articulated and different, then the straight leg-Kens. 

Sean---is a Shaggy from the Scooby-do series of dolls by Mattel 2002. 

Where are Barbie, Vickie, Joe, Ryan, Richelle, Carly and the rest....?  At a special rooftop party, next up on Barbie:OldNewGreenRedo. And a little bit of diorama magic on a shoestring.

All the opinions and photographs in this blog are my own. I have not been paid or reimbursed in anyway for my opinions, posts or any products shown or anywhere I shop.

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