Barbie's Pool Party
I've always had fun playing with my niece Sabrina. She is four, will be five shortly after the first of the year. I like toys, I do. Getting down on the floor with a little kid to participate in his or her play is fascinating. In a way watching play cannot, you can see so much of what is going on in her mind. Trust me, it can be scary.
Now that Sabrina is into Barbie, I couldn't be happier. Barbie was the toy of my childhood. Having a legitimate reason to cruse the Barbie aisle is priceless.
I spent an afternoon with Sabrina and Barbie playing with her new pool. Everyone was there: Barbie, Ken, Skipper, Staci and Kelly. We set up in the kitchen. It took some doing to convince Sabrina it was better to play on the linoleum then be very, very careful on the hardwood in her bedroom. It was as if Barbie and family were on vacation at one of New Orleans la hotels with all the amenities.
I thought it would be fun to play with taking some photos of the toys from a perspective where they seem life sized. I'd some amazing shots online which I couldn't find again. Then I saw Twolia experimenting with
Did I forget to mention Barbie is a nudist? We don't currently have any swim suits for anyone but Ken. Sabrina could care less.
Lifeguard Ken should be paying more attention.
Barbie dips her feet.
Skipper takes a turn as lifeguard. Note, Sabrina is holding Kelly under the water so she can be saved from drowning. We did this, oh, two dozen times.
I'll certainly be experimenting with more toy photos. I can't wait until Christmas.
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1/31/2010 12:44 PM
The Creative Nerd wrote:
I broke the Self Portrait Sunday rule of using a picture from the last week. My niece Sabrina took this a few months back on an evening that I babysat. The angle is less than flattering, but I'm enjoying the few years she'll be shorter than I am. Don't you love the wall paper in the kitchen? I have trouble consitering it babysitting when it's Sabrina - it's more like going over to play. This was the same evening Barbie had a pool party in the kitchen. I will trade childcare for access to Barbies. Is there drug rehab for ...
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