Together at Last

Last Christmas I had a bit of a dilemma: my girls had just seen Frozen and fallen in love with Anna and Elsa--I wanted to buy them the dolls, but had already got two other Barbies for each of them. 

I discussed this endlessly with anyone who would listen, then finally decided to keep what I'd bought and not get the Frozen dolls.

This, of course, turned out to be one of my life's biggest regrets.

Right after Christmas it became impossible to find anything from Frozen.  My girls, though, insisted that we check . . . and we did, each time we visited a Walmart, Superstore, Target, Toys R Us, etc.

After a few months, we found Elsa--which Janae bought and has been playing with ever since.

 

Aaina got a lamp that day.  And she's had to just pretend that Merida was Anna.  (Nothing wrong with using a little imagination!)

 
 
But Alaina would not give up ... so our quest continued.  In fact, looking for Anna had become such a routine that I could not visit a store--even while shopping alone--without first checking the Barbie aisle.

This is exactly what happened Thursday night when I ran out to buy a few groceries.  And for the first time in forever, or at least in the past 6 months, Anna was on the shelf!  Ten Annas, at least!

Of course I snatched one up.

There was a lot of joyous screaming when I got home, and Alaina asked me a couple of times, "Mom, is this just a dream?"

The next day Anna's hair was out of braids and both of her boots were lost, but the important thing is she is HERE . . . after months and months and MONTHS of searching, we have Anna AND Elsa!

 

Together at last :)