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Tonight is the Black Excellence Ball at the Elms Community Center, and the girls are here to celebrate! There was a photobooth as they walked in, and they each got a picture.

Olamide believes that fashion doesn't care about weather, and so even though it's 20 degrees out, she is rocking this bold dress that is technically better suited for summer.

Zahra is also pulling out a summer look, but is wisely pairing it with a shrug that will keep her warm all night long. It also suits her more modest approach. She doesn't arrive until after sunset, though, since she observes Shabbat.

Ariadne would really prefer not to come at all; it's loud and bright and a little overwhelming. But her mother pointed out that sometimes you need to practice your deduction skills under less-than-ideal circumstances, so here she is, with her trusty chatelaine.

Viola didn't have a good gown available, so she borrowed this dress from a friend. Next year she plans to have something a little more grand, but she still thinks she looks cute this year.

Carnes doesn't really like to dress up much, but she grudgingly pulled on this dress and paired it with a trusty pair of sneakers. She'll feel comfortable dancing all night long- and she's having a good pain day, so she plans to.

And Makena is here to steal the show in an outfit she designed, inspired by 1920s art and fashion. She represents the dawn of a new era and she feels proud to be at the Black Excellence Ball tonight.

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Viola set up a stand to sell her Girl Scout cookies in the lobby of a local theatre, and they sold so fast! She only has two boxes left- get them fast!

(The fact that the Cadettes uniform is khaki nowadays is so weird to me. I remember it being a dark blue when I was a kid, but maybe I was wrong.)

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Claudie is just the most beautiful doll.

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Olamide and Nujoud play on the same basketball team at the Elms Community Center and are practicing together before their weekend game.

Olamide is their best shooter and Nujoud is amazing at defense, so it's great for them to practice together; they really challenge one another.

Go Olamide, go!

Best friends, great teammates, and great competition!

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This is my new American Girl blog! I had an Instagram to share my doll pics, but I've grown increasingly uncomfortable with a number of things related to Insta. Some folks suggested Tumblr instead, so I'm starting this up to give it a try. I've been on Tumblr since 2010, but I've only ever had the one blog, so this'll be new! We'll see how it goes.

I have 38 AG dolls, a mix of historical, TMs, WBU, and GOTY. I kinda of group them into three categories: the Ulmus Society, which is how I think of my historical dolls; the Elms Community Center Crew, which is most of my TMs, most of my GOTYs, and my WBU girls; and my 90s girls, which is a narrow group of three dolls.

I value having a diverse collection, I have stories for my dolls, and I've loved AG since I was a child in the 90s. I'm a newer collector (got back into it in 2021 with the re-release of the OG 6), but very passionate. Looking forward to sharing my doll pics!