Kit's birthday - a photostory

Hello! I went to the American girl store a few days ago, and got some things for this photostory!
So let's just pretend that it's August. :P And buckle up, because this is nice and long... :)

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It was Kit's birthday, and the girls were standing around, chatting, drinking soda and scarfing oreo cookies and cheetos. "Can you open your presents now Kit?" Elizabeth asked.
"Sure." Kit said. They set their sodas down a headed for the living room.

Elizabeth plopped onto the floor while Kit sat down on the sofa. "Ooooooh." Kit said. "Look at these!" Ruthie gestured to a green package with a white ribbon. "Open this one first!"

Kit complied, and gasped with delight. "A fluffy coat! And some new ice skates!"
(Any one remember this clue?

)

"Who got it for me?" 
"A relative, but it was my idea, because now I can have your old skates!"Ruthie claimed with enthusiasm. Kit laughed.  

Kit set them aside, Elizabeth pulled the wrapping paper onto the floor, and Ruthie shoved over another present, with colorful dots and a purple ribbon.

Kit opened it and squealed. "Some rock climbing stuff! Yahoo!"
(Anyone remember this clue? 

Love AG, you were right!)

Kit finally set them aside, and Ruthie handed her the last present, a long box with pink polka dots. "Here you go!" Ruthie said. "You're going to really like this one!" Elizabeth bounced up and down.

Kit opened it, and almost died of excitement.

Can you see why? ;)

Kit finished squealing, and hugging the box to her, asked Ruthie "Who got it for me? Quick! I must thank them with all my heart!" "Well." Ruthie said, enjoying her excited face. "Well, Elizabeth thought of it, asked your mom, and your mom took her out, Elizabeth picked it out, and your mom paid for it."

Kit jumped up, and gave Elizabeth a hug. "Oh, thank you thank you thank you!" Elizabeth giggled, giddy with excitement herself.

Kit heard a 'ping!' and Ruthie checked her phone. She jumped up, and nodding to Elizabeth, grabbed one of Kit's hands, while Elizabeth grabbed the other, and the dragged her out of the room. "What are we doing?" Kit asked with interest. 
"You're going to have a birthday bubble bath!" Elizabeth said. 
"A birthday bubble bath?" 
"Yep! It's a new tradition!" Ruthie replied. 

They lead her into the bathroom, and Kit had to admit she was impressed. Everything was shiny clean, there was a table cloth and a vase of flowers on the table, and the tub was already filled with hot water and lots of bubbles. "Be sure to take your time." Ruthie said.

As Ruthie and Elizabeth walked out, Kit said "Does this have anything to do with the text you got?" Ruthie grinned and winked. "I'll just say that Elizabeth and I have one more surprise to arrange."

After they left, Kit settled down in the bubbles, sighing with pleasure. It was so peaceful and warm, She almost fell asleep a few times!

Kit heard the front door open, and low voices. hmm. She thought. I wonder what they're up to? She decided to continue her bath. The water wasn't going to stay warm forever.

When Kit finally got out of the tub, She couldn't here the voices anymore. She wrapped herself in a big, fluffy blue towel, and wondered what they were up to.

She got dressed, and headed out.

As she slowly pushed open the door to the living room,  (idiot me, I should have put her somewhere else! not the front door!) She heard low voices again, Ruthie, Elizabeth,....and someone else. 

Kit peeked through the door and gasped.

"Camille!"
"Kit!"
"SURPRISE!"

"Oh Camille, I'm so happy you're here!"

"But what are you doing so early? Mama said your plane wasn't until next week."

"Well," Camille said happily. "Ruthie, Elizabeth, Mama, auntie Ivy, and auntie Daisy arranged it so the tall man in the suit could get me an earlier flight, so we'd be in time for your birthday!"

Then they are squealed some more, and had a group hug. :)
And then they had cake and apple juice, and I had a pic, but it got mysteriously deleted. :(

That night, I settled Camille in a sleeping bag, and an old nightgown.

But as soon as I left the room.....

They ended up here....

And the cat took the sleeping bag. ;)
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I got Camille! Isn't she so cute? A few weeks after the wellie wishers were released I knew I had to buy her. :P I can't wait to make some clothes for her! Her profile will be up soon, and I will be removing Raggady Ann and Luke, because they only show up in Going to America. :P
Why Camille hasn't shown up before now, was a big problem, because I didn't want her to be adopted. I went through several explanations with Ivy before making up this story:
So when Camille was 2 years old, I got really sick with something, who knows what. I almost died, had to go go to the hospital, you know, that sort of stuff. The problem, was who would watch my kids? Ivy took care of young Kit, but an evil aunt of mine, who was living in a big mansion in England, claimed Camille. She took Camille to England, and when I got better, the evil aunt wouldn't give me back Camille. She kept Camille, didn't let her outside very much, definitely didn't let her play with any other kids, and taught her herself. We only got her back when the evil aunt died. Luckily, Camille doesn't have an English accent, because the evil aunt didn't have one, and she scolded Camille when she started picking it up from the servants.
The whole story is made up, I've never been that sick, and I don't have an evil aunt in England :) :P
Bye!

A photoshoot of some things that scream 'fall!'

Yes, the title explains it all. :P

Which pic was your favorite? I think mine is number 3. :)

What we did at Hazel's

Hello, hello, I finally got the pics I needed of my dad's old phone onto the computer. This is from when we went to Hazel's earlier this week.

When we first got there, Maria was wearing a strange assortment of clothes, because Hazel had been in the middle of taking pics for the road to salin for a while now, so she tells me. When it got dark, we took the dolls out for a very grity, blurry photo story with no ending. (You'll probably have to click on the pics to see them better.)
Hazel, these are your pics as much as they are mine, go ahead and copy them. I couldn't figure out how to email them to you. :/

Three girls slipped out the door of an orphanage. "This is it." Kit said. "Hoods on."

They ran swiftly across the yard, behind them they heard another door slam, and some angry voices.

Kit pushed them into the fence, and they started edging sideways.

A huge light was getting closer.

When it had passed, they slipped out the gate. They were free!

They scrambled over a bank, it was getting closer again!

Ruthie looked back, it was almost there! "Hurry!" she whispered, and shoved Maria a little.

Maria was edging down, while kit was wiggling through a crack under a log.

Then they climbed a tree, and finally lost them.

Kit whispered to Maria, "We're going to stay here for the night, try not to fall out."

Maria passed the message on to Ruthie, and they went to sleep. Precariously sitting in a tree.....no, that's not weird or dangerous at all..... :P
and here's a bonus pic.

We also went to the beach, saw sharks, climbed on rocks, got a cut longer than half an inch on the bottom of my toe on the rocks, and then stood there letting it bleed into water that we had just seen a shark in....yeah, it was very interesting. :P
Anyway, au revoir!

*squeals*

*squeals*

*jumps up and down*

*squeals some more*

Ok girls, I am soooo excited right now! This weekend, Oma is coming, and I'm going to go to the american girl store! AAAAAUUUUUGGGGHHHH!!!!!!! I'm so excited! 

:D :D :D :D :D *squeals*

Most crazily, 

TIWC the last challenge!

*sobs* It's the last one! AAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!! *cries some more*
Ok, lets get on with it. Hello!


Go team quill!!!! We're winning this thing! Oh yeah! 
Grace, I used all three prompts, a quill, and 2 of the bonus prompts. I will add the prompt images as I come to them, and bold the quill and bonus prompts.
I am continuing the the last challenge.

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We snuck through the city to the orphanage that night. Chloe boosted me to the top of the wall, Then I pulled her up after me. After we dropped down, we slipped across the yard/big patch of dirt to the building. I opened the trap door to the crawl space, went to the darkest corner, moved some boxes and took some boards out of the wall, revealing a rough tunnel. I had found it years ago, but it was tiny. I wasn't sure if I could fit in it now. I squeezed in, ducking my head, shoulders brushing the walls, and turned around.
"Chloe, wait just outside the tunnel and keep watch, I'll need your help when I get back." Chloe nodded. I turned around, and wiggled farther into the tunnel. As I wriggled, I went over my plan. I was going to come out in the back of a broom closet, and I would walk down a hall lined basically with cells, where the children who were being punished were kept. I would take a right, then a staircase up, and there would be the dormitory's. I would quietly find my siblings, and I would take them to the tunnel, and we would get out with Chloe. I came out of broom closet, and tip toed down the hall any one who was in here should be asleep. But the sound of breathing was very loud, louder than it should be. Strange, I thought. Maybe a LOT of kids had gotten in trouble this time. I was about half way through when I heard a whisper.
"Irene? Is that you?"
"Nikki?" 
"Yes!" A shaft of moonlight came through the window and showed me her face. Her hazel eyes, and tangled brown hair.

"What did you do to get in there?" I whispered back.
"Nothing. Irene, Things have gone really wrong."
"Like what?"
"That sickness Lydia had, it's really contagious. It spread. Fast."
"Oh no. Is that why you're in here? Are you in quarantine?" 
"No. It spread so fast, Irene, the kids in these cells are the only ones who aren't sick."
"Woah."
"Yeah,  sometimes I wake, and take a moment to appreciate the fact that I'm still alive."

"Oh goodness. Wait, so kids have died? And what about Lydia? And the others?"
"No one has died so far, but a few are close. Lydia is doing better, so I'm told, but not recovered. Matthew and Catherine have it, and Eleanor can barely get out of bed."
"Oh no. Now what am I going to do?"
"I don't know. Do you have any help?"
"A girl named Chloe."
"I thought so, other wise you couldn't have gotten over the wall. Who is Chloe?"
"She probably wasn't the best person, she didn't want to help me at first because she said people have called her a traitor. She wouldn't tell me why though."
"Hmm. Where is she?"
"She's at the entrance of the tunnel."
"Can you get me out? I want to talk to her."
"Are the keys in the same place as always?"
"Yep." I nodded my thanks and headed for the kitchen. The keys were kept in a cupboard, with a few quills, some paper and stamps, unlocked, because all the keys were on a huge ring, always clattering and clinking together, it was almost impossible to keep them quiet. Nobody escaped in the day because there were to many people round, and nobody tried to get out at night because they were too tired. I took the keys, and held them tight to keep from clinking. I hurried back to Nicole and let her out. She stepped out, stretching. "Thanks." 
"You're welcome. Now come on, Chloe is outside the tunnel." Nicole grumbled something about more small dark dirty places and followed me. We came out of the tunnel and Chloe turned around.
"That was fast." She said. "Wait, there's only one. I thought you had five?..." 
"Chloe, this is Nicole, or Nikki. Nikki, this is Chloe. Chloe, we have a problem." I proceeded to tell her what happened. 
"Hmm. that is a problem." Chloe said. 
"Yeah, glad you noticed." Nicole said dryly. I glared at her. Chloe took a deep breath.
"There's only one thing to do." She said. I stopped glaring at Nicole. Chloe continued. "My Aunt and Uncle live about a days travel from here, they have no kids, a big house, my Uncle's a doctor, they're really nice, and didn't blame me when 'it' happened, so we have to go there." I turned to Nicole and she nodded. I turned back to Chloe.
"So it's a plan." I said. "But we're going to have to careful, since they're sick." 
"But how will we get them over the wall?" Chloe asked. "Nikki said Eleanor can barely get out of bed."
"Hmm..."  I looked around, seeing nothing but crates and boxes. Crates and boxes! "I have an idea." I said. I explained my plan to Nicole and Chloe, and we set out trying to quietly get crates over to the wall, and form a giant staircase. Then we hopped over the wall, and made another one, out of things from the street. Then we climbed our stair case, and snuck back into the building. I brought Chloe with Nicole and me, I would need both their help to carry the little ones. We got Mathew first, Nicole slipped into his dormitory, and came out leading him. He was smiling, holding tight to her hand. We walked a little more, then I slipped in to get Catherine and Lydia. It was stuffy, full of the sound of heavy breathing and coughing. I tiptoed past rows of cots, looking for two familiar faces. Then I found them, sharing a cot with another little girl. I picked up Catherine and sat down on the edge of the bed, setting her on my lap. She stirred and looked at me. "Shh." I said. She smiled, and coughed. I picked up Lydia, and carried them both to the door. When I got out, I handed Lydia and Catherine to Chloe, while Nicole woke Mathew up, who had fallen asleep against the wall. Then Nicole and I went in another room to get Eleanor. When we got to her bed, and woke her up, she smiled, and weakly asked: "What are you doing in here? You'll get sick."  
"It's ok Eleanor, we won't get sick." I said. "Now come on, we're going to get you out of here." We lifted Eleanor between us and slowly walked from the room, supporting her. We then went with Chloe slowly going down stairs, replacing the keys, and inching through the tunnel. Then we rested, and made our way across the yard, then over our giant stairs. The rest of our journey was uneventful, and a month later we could be found at Chloe's Aunt and Uncle's house, quite well. They had a lake, and we could be found goofing off in a boat, laughing. 

After they had gotten better, Chloe's Uncle had raised money and sent a large amount of the medicine needed for the kids, so that was taken care of, now they just need to get out, hmm. But that's for another time. For I had lost my family, but I have found them again.
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Wow, that was long. Pics from my trip to Hazel's will be up soon, and hopefully a craft. I still haven't found the i-pod, and I'm stuck to taking pics with my dad's old phone. :P And this morning we found a copperhead in our back yard, Bubbles and Princess walked right past it, and Daisy almost stepped on it's head! But God opened her eyes just in time for her to see that it was a snake, and she even recognized it, and came inside screaming about the snake we saw at the walk. (We had seen a copperhead at a paved walk before, so we knew what she was talking about.) Then we went on the deck to watch and restrain the cat while my dad shot it with a bb gun and cut off it's head with a shovel. It was really gross. XP But we have lived in this house for four years, and this is the first time we've seen one in our yard or in the woods, thank goodness. Now maybe it will be another four years before we see another one! ;)
Bye!