Aloha (hello)!
My
daughter, God-Daughter, hoaloha (best friend) and I were fortunate to
be able to attend one day of the Nanea events at the Franklin Tennessee
American Girl store. On Friday August 25, we got to meet Nanea and the
girls got to do a pretty little post card craft and received a small bag
that matched Nanea's meet top.
This
nani (beautiful) bag included a full size Territory of Hawaii card for
the kids like the tiny one that comes with Nanea's accessories. Various
postcards, stickers as well as a "Speak Hawaiian" card were also
included.
I
love this new addition to the American Girl BeForever Line. Nanea and
her entire collection make me hau'oli (happy). I look forward to reading
about the history that surrounded this intelligent gal from 1941 and
how the war affected her life.
Mahalo (thank you) for stopping by!
Aloha (good-bye)!
Sheryl
Booth Talks Books: boothtalksbooks.wordpress.com
I was so excited on Sunday when the craft table was still out, as I missed the first debut event on Friday for Seattle, so I got both the activity and the pouch, and technically, still got to go to a debut! Only between getting the pouch and checkout, the pouch fell out of my bag. It wasn't the most exciting promo item, but I liked the Hawaiian phrase chart, too, and it was just a nice little token to have.
ReplyDeleteI would've gone back to the store the next day to inquire about it, but I'm south of Seattle and it's an hour north of me in good traffic. I am going to try to be grateful that they still had Mele in stock, as I really wanted to get her for my mom as she resembled her old dog Sandy. Mom turned me down, as I thought she might, but she appreciated it. I did get Nanea, as I've been planning on doing since she was announced, and her accessories even though they were half paper items. I wish that there were little informative cards in the accessories box like there used to be explaining certain items--like her ID card and why "HAWAII" is printed on the back of the paper bills. Little important pockets of history that more should know.
--Jen
That would be good, yes. But, I am still excited that they are making historical dolls. I was afraid they were going to scratch the whole thing when they first retired Samantha back in 2017. Fortunately for us, they came out with more historical characters. I hope to keep continuing to do that and giving us more history through these dolls for our daughters and sons for generations to come.
DeleteI cannot wait to read her story. So far from what I have heard it sounds amazing. The craft looks great too and sounds educational. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIt is reminiscent of the original stories, back to the way things were with PC. I hope they continue to come out with more historical characters.
DeleteI agree--Nanea's first book is reading like one of the more classic PC era stories. I only wish there were pictures. I've managed to collect all of the original chapter books or in a couple cases story compilations that have all the illustrations. I'm glad that there was at least a short historical context piece at the back, but it could've been much more expanded. Two pages isn't much compared to the historical material we'd get in each chapter book. -- Jen
DeleteBeautiful pictures and you look so excited!
ReplyDeleteI totally was! Best day ever with my ladies.
DeleteVery nice post!!!!!! We pray that we will get Nanea soon.
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