The Sibling Tag

I was tagged by-- er I mean, Molly and Emily were tagged by Tenney and Aria at The Bookworm Blog. And Felicity and Marie Grace were tagged by Caroline and Josefina at Hailey's Joyful Dolls. 

Molly and Emily: Thank you so much, Tenney and Aria!

Felicity and Marie-Grace: Thank you, Caroline and Josefina! 

                                                                    The logo: 

The Rules- 

 -Thank the person who nominated you.

-Link back to original post/award creator.

-Include the original graphic or make your own.

-Include a clean copy of the rules and questions in your post.

-Answer the questions.

-Tag 3 people or leave the tag open (make sure to let your nominees know).

-Pass on the old questions. (Each pair of nominees can add one favorite item category to the last question.)

Onto the actual tag-- 

Molly and Emily Answer the Questions:

Molly: Uh, is it time to tell everyone that we're not actually siblings? 

Emily: I mean we're not biologically related. We like being around each other-- and we like Anne of Green Gables have called each other "kindred spirits" and what not. We're close...but not siblings...though sometimes we have wished that we were. 

Molly: Right, so we can we change the title of the tag to be The Want-To-Be-Siblings tag? No? Anyway, let's move onto the questions...

What do you enjoy doing with each other?

Emily: Me and Molly like playing pretend-- 

Molly: Though we disagree on what to play pretend as sometimes. I always want to play Hogwarts, and be a wizard. But Emily, uhh-- 

Emily: I would like to play Lord of the Rings or Narnia. I understand that they are all Fantasy stories-- but Lord of the Rings has much better world-building than Harry Potter. 

Molly: *giggling* Hey! Well at least in Harry Potter, you don't need to be an old wizard in order to do magic, and can learn it by going to school! 

Emily: *giggles* fine-- I guess you're right. But next time we play Harry Potter, I want to be...Newt Scamander. 

Molly: ...He's from Fantastic Beasts...

Emily: I know, but I find the world-building in Fantastic Beasts to be ten times better than Harry Potter. Also the beasts! They're so cute! And I love all the details that are provided about them...

Molly: ...Okay. Um, I should add-- Emily wants to be a published Fantasy author so she can be really judgy about world-building sometimes...

Emily: I'm building my own world, so it helps to be critical of other Fantasy worlds, alright? 

What is one thing you like and one thing you dislike about the other?

Molly: I like how creative Emily is. She is always coming up with new ideas. However, I dislike how judgy she can be about stories, sometimes. 

Emily: I have to analyze them if I want to be a writer, Molly. What I like most about you, is how rebellious you can be. You will break rules sometimes-- other people don't like that but I admire that part of you. The only thing I dislike, and dislike not in a bad way, is how obsessive you can be about stuff. 

What is one thing one of you likes but the other doesn’t?

Molly: Emily loves High Fantasy stories. I prefer Low and Urban Fantasy stories. I just like the idea of magic appearing in the real world. 

Emily: But I prefer High Fantasy, because if you're telling a Fantasy story you may as well make a whole new world for it. Molly, of course, likes going on long hikes but I do not at all. 

Describe the other in 5 or less words.

Molly: For Emily: whimsical, creative, British-- 

Emily: British? That would be like if I described you as American. 

Molly: I wasn't done-- artistic, and thoughtful. 

Emily: Alright, I like everything else...But British? *laughs* That's just my nationality-- not something that defines my entire personality.

 Anyway, for Molly: rebellious, feisty, caring, sweet, and independent. 

Molly: Oh I liked that. 

Emily: And I forgot to add American. 

Molly: You're not over the British thing are you? 

Emily: Nope. 

What are the other’s favorite…

                                             Food/drink?

Molly: I like anything but turnips-- it can be anything, just not turnips. 

Emily: Alright? So you don't have a favorite food then. 

Molly: Nah, I just can't think of any food besides turnips right now, but I do have a favorite food...just can't remember it. 

 Emily: Well, I like french toast and blueberry tea. 

                                                  Sport?

Emily: Archery, of course. I want to be an elf, and the elves do archery in Lord of the Rings so of course...archery. 

Molly: That's hard, maybe hiking? Is that a sport? Or running? Something like that. 

                                                    Book?

Molly: Hmm...We've been discussing Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings a lot, and I am sure the readers know that we love those books. So let's answer with different books. 

Emily: Good idea. Though I am normally against Low Fantasy, (like really against it), I love The Secret of Platform 13. 

Molly: That's a good one. I love Ella Enchanted and Princess Academy: Palace of Stone. They are both very fairy tale-like Fantasy stories. 

Molly and Emily: And we're going to add one more question on...

                                             Bonus: Song? 

Emily: I have several favorite songs, but I am going to answer this with different songs than the ones that are on my profile. I am going to say "Come and Be Welcome" by Heather Dale because it reminds me of the world I am building: 

I also really like this cover of "Into the West" from Lord of the Rings: 

*Getting emotional* I listen to this when I am write emotional scenes.

Molly: Wow, it's going to be hard for me to top the epic-ness of those songs. 

But I like listening to "When Will My Life Begin" from Tangled and the Harry Potter soundtrack: 

Felicity and Marie-Grace Answer the Questions:

Felicity: Now it's our turn to answer questions!

Marie-Grace: Yes, that's very exciting. 

           What do you enjoy doing with each other?

Felicity: I like teaching Marie-Grace how to horseback ride. 

Marie-Grace: And I like teaching Felicity how to sing. 

Felicity: Basically, we like teaching each other stuff. 

What is one thing you like and one thing you dislike about the other?

Marie-Grace: I like how excited Felicity is about learning new things and stuff like that. And, I mean this in no harsh way, but I dislike how you constantly are disappearing and then reappearing all the time... 

(Marie-Grace singing)

Felicity: *nervous* Oh that, um-- I just tend to be very busy with...stuff. *Is trying not to reveal that she is a time-traveler* I really like how creative you are, and I love your voice. The only thing that annoys me is when I am trying to sleep and you wake me up at 3:00 o'clock in the morning with your singing. 

         What is one thing one of you likes but the other doesn’t?

Felicity: Marie-Grace loves opera, but I am not a huge fan of it. I don't really have the time to sit down to listen to an eight hour show-- 

Marie-Grace: Operas are usually about five hours not eight hours. Just a correction. Felicity has this fascination with the 18th century-- she is really obsessed with it. And while I love history, I am not a huge fan of the 18th century. 

Felicity: *nods* Yes...that. *aside to the readers only* that totally has nothing to do with me being a time traveler from the 18th century. 

Marie-Grace: What did you say? 

Felicity: Nothing...

                            Describe the other in 5 or less words.

Marie-Grace: Felicity is impulsive, cheerful, a trickster, and a good friend. 1..2..*counts* that was five words. 

Felicity: Thank you...Marie-Grace is wise, thoughtful, artistic, nice, and sweet. That's all. You're a really good friend and adoptive sister. 

What are the other’s favorite…

 Food/drink?

Felicity: Pumpkin Soup, it's just so delicious. 

Marie-Grace: I like King Cake. 

                                                  Sport?

Felicity: HORSE BACK RIDING! 

Marie-Grace: You don't have to shout! 

Felicity: Sorry, just got excited. 

Marie-Grace: I don't have a favorite sport, I don't like sports. 

                                                    Book?

Felicity: I like The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Treasure Island, and a lot of other books. I like the use of horses in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and I like that both of them are set in the 18th century-- at different points in it though. 

Marie-Grace: I like The Phantom of the Opera, because it is a story set in an opera.  

Marie-Grace and Felicity: And we're also going to add one more question on...

                                             Bonus: Movie? 

Marie-Grace: I like The Phantom of the Opera: the 2004 movie adaptation. I also like the broadway musical-- but that's not a movie, 

Felicity: I like Pirates of the Caribbean. I relate a lot to Elizabeth and Will Turner. 

  We tag: 

Nellie and Caroline at Dreaming of Dolls 

Molly and Chloe at Delightful World of Dolls 

Elsa and Loki at A Doll's Life For Me

Rylan and Andrea at Alone in Doll World 

The questions (copy and pasting purposes): 

1. What do you enjoy doing with each other?

2. What is one thing you like and one thing you dislike about the other?

3. What is one thing one of you likes but the other doesn’t?

4. What are the other’s favorite... 

Food/drink?

Sport? 

Book? 

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Do you have a sibling? If you so, what's your favorite thing to do with them? 

-Emily

-Molly

-Felicity

-Marie-Grace 

And...

-Quinley 

(This is still my blog after all-- even though you guys took it over 😉)

Fun Things to Do During the Winter Holidays (post by Tenney and Z)

Hello everyone, this is Z and Tenney sending holiday cheer!

We hope you're having a happy third day of Hanukah!  Or a good Christmas Eve, if you celebrate Christmas, or are looking forward to Kwanzaa which begins in two days, or had a good Winter Solstice, or are enjoying whichever holiday you celebrate since there are so many around the globe.
We thought to make everyone feel welcome, we would make a post that everyone would enjoy, and not feel left out of.

Here are some fun things to do over the winter holidays...

1. Do a winter themed stop motion animation. 

I (Z) always love doing stop motion animations with my AG dolls (and my other dolls as well). It can be fun to do stop motions that have themes related to winter.

2. Take photos outside of your doll in the snow* 

*If it snows where you are. You may want to be careful about what types of dolls you bring out for this. If it is an American girl doll, Carpantia, or a Girl For All Time, there is a possibility that their eyes may rust or they may get damaged.

I (Z) love doing this, since the photos I take tend to turn out beautiful when it is snowing, and it gives it really festive feel.

3. Write a winter themed song 

This is an activity that I (Tenney) enjoy doing during the holidays. The song could be about the snow flakes falling down and how beautiful it is this time of the year.

4. Film a music video or video outside side in the snow* 

*if it snows where you are. 

This has a cool (quite literately) effect to it, that both of us can agree on. And it makes it even better if your song or movie has a winter theme to it.

5. Read winter/holiday related books to get into the spirit of the holidays 

There are so many fun winter related books to read during the holidays, whether they be about your holiday or merely winter itself.
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What are some of your favorite things to do during the winter holidays? Feel free to share some of your own ideas in the comment section below! 

Happy holidays! 
-Tenney
-Z

Happy Valentine's Day (Post by Aphrodite)

Hello people of the internet, it's Aphrodite, and I thought today that I should make a "blog" post for Valentine's Day, the day my son Eros (aka Cupid) gets to make everyone fall in love with people, and sometimes random objects. Anyway getting to the point, Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays, so I'd thought it was a good idea to make a list of ways I like to celebrate:

1.Making people fall in love (Eros likes doing this, too). 
2. Magically making Valentines (partly because I do not have as much talent in art as Athena, but do not tell her that). 
3. Wearing my magic girdle that Hephaestus made, it makes me even more beautiful. 
4. Listening to the Muses' playing love ballads. 

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What do you like to do on Valentine's Day? Feel free to comment below with your answer. 

-Aphrodite 

How to Protect Yourself During Halloween (post by Ichabod Crane.)

(Before reading this post: The following is written by the character, Ichabod Crane, 
 from Washington Irving's book: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, not the horror movie character.) 
I have no idea what that is about ..I know I am myself, so why do internet people need to know this? but never mind.
Greetings...
So, if like me, you are terrified of Halloween (it is my least favorite time of the year),
here are some basic protective charms that have come in handy for me... and perhaps will work for you, too:

Lucky Charms to Save You From Danger, Ghosts, and Death: 

A Cross or other religious symbols- Some spirits don't lke crosses, vampires included...so if you see a vampire, be sure to hold up your cross.

Garlic- This will also ward off vampires...if you have no crosses at hand.

Salt - I know what your thinking, if spilling salt is bad luck, why do you need to carry around salt? Well, fairies can't handle salt.

Horseshoes- This will also prevent you from being touched (or kidnapped) by the fay.

Four leaf clovers- Are rare and hard to find, but if you carry around one, you will have good luck.

Things to avoid doing:
Spilling Salt- This is extremely bad luck. Avoid it at all costs. Avoid salting your food on Halloween. Though it may taste awful, it's better than bad luck.

Breaking Mirrors- This is worse than spilling salt. So, to avoid it, try not to look into mirrors or even touch them. But if you can't avoid a mirror, because you have to fix your hair or something, then use the mirror, but put it in a safe place where it won't break when you are finished.

Walking alone at night- Nothing bad has happened yet, when I have walked alone at night from the school house (or Van Tassel's house). However on Halloween, you should try to avoid walking alone at all costs. Stay the night at whatever place you may be, unless of course they push you out for some reason, then just run as fast as you can home.

Walking under ladders- This is a bad idea, and very bad luck.
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What do you think of Halloween? Do you think it's as terrifying as I think it is?
Some people say this...so I will give it a go,
Have a Happy* Halloween! 
-Ichabod Crane  

*As in a safe ghost free one. 

Happy Father's Day (Post By Legolas)

Erm...how to start this post... 
 Hello internet people, I am Legolas Greenleaf Prince of Mirkwood, and, well, you know the rest...
I was asked to make a post for Father's Day (a human holiday)  so...um, I will go ahead and make it... I still don't know why Hermione or Tauriel or Willow weren't asked to make this post oppose to ME 

Things I like to do during Father's Day: 

Umm... can I get back to you on that? no...alright then...

• Umm....I like going horse (and elk) back riding with my father. (when he is in a good mood of course...and not banishing people left and right.) 
• Doing archery and swordplay with my father when he is in the mood though I tend to do it more with Tauriel... 
• Let's see...um, I can't really think of anything else to add to the list.... 

What you like most about Father's Day? 

I just found out about the holiday...
I think it's interesting really, and I would celebrate it again. (Considering it put my father, Thranduil in a far better mood than he normally is...)
Well anyway this is my Father's Day (and first) post...
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What do you think of the human holiday Father's Day? 
-Legolas Greenleaf