Bonus Room Growth

You may remember Boobs Clea and her sister, Boobs.  They are two of the 64 or so Barbies who live in the bonus room at my granddaughters' house. They are called "Boobs" not for any suggestive reason but only because their mother liked the name.  She liked the name so much that she gave her second daughter the same name. They seem to be in their middle teens and are active in sports as well as being among the more fashionably dressed people in their world. Well, sadly, they lost their mother.  Actually, their mother literally lost her head due to the frenzied behavior of a house guest and the girls (all of them - Boobs, Boobs and the granddaughters) have been fairly distraught about her demise since her head wasn't the kind that snaps back on.

Happily, we restored a mother to the family last week during Granny Camp.  Alicia's favorite event at Camp was the field trip we took to Toys 'R Us. She'd been given a ten dollar bill and told she could buy anything she wanted. She started negotiating on the ride over. What if the desired item cost a little more than $10.00? Would it be possible to come up with a few more dollars?  We knew we were in for quite a bit of pressure, but we acquiesced. Well, after we found the right puzzle as the already agreed upon bonus prize, we headed for the Barbie aisle.  After lengthy study and discussion, we decided to purchase the on sale "Princess Barbie" who would make the most perfect new mother for the Clea sisters.  Her hair was just the perfect color of blonde and we could most easily swap out the ball gown for an outfit more appropriate for a mother and gift the princess dress to any of a number of deserving family members. And since she was such a good price, why didn't I just buy her as my contribution to the happy bonus room clan and let Alicia buy the even better priced "Surfer Barbie"? She  would fit in so wonderfully with the other surfers in the family.  Somehow $10.00 had managed to materialize into one puzzle and two Barbies plus an ice cream treat on the way home.

The Clea sisters have had their mother restored to them, the grand daughters were pleased with the new family members and Granny really didn't have to spend too much to make it all happen.