Matryoshka Fixation

I ♥ Russian nesting dolls, a.k.a Matryoshka dolls. Who does not love them? And what little girl would not want one? It's getting close to Christmas, so a couple days ago I decided to look for another one on e-bay for Sophie (she doesn't know it yet, but she's started a collection). Sophie ♥ ² (that's loves squared, which is A LOT) Russian nesting dolls, and she can play with them for hours!!!

This is an arrangement of toys Sophie left out a couple nights ago. I really liked this one (she does a lot of animal/doll arrangements), because it looks like the animals have come to worship at the feet of the Matryoshka.

In these photos, Sophie lovingly adorns her dolls and animals with the costume jewelery of those who have passed - Aunt Eileen's and Grandma Ruth's. I think this would make them happy.

But back to e-bay and Christmas shopping. E-bay has hundreds of nesting dolls to choose from and I love so many of them, it's difficult to decide on one. Not only that, but when I look at them, I want to become a collector myself, and I completely forget I'm shopping for Sophie. I'm not a 'collector' of anything really, but I could get into collecting nesting dolls. Since the fall of the USSR, I've wanted one that features Soviet dictators. The demise of communism in eastern Europe made me very happy, but mostly I want one because of Mikhail Gorbachev's birth mark.

I just want it!

This Lenin with Stalin wouldn't be bad either.

But then I saw this one

and I was smitten.

A Che Guevara nesting doll would be just the thing to tie the family room together.

Geez, what's wrong with me? Why do I want to collect dolls of the world's worst dictators? It's inexplicable really. But I would draw the line at Hitler, because that would be extremely poor taste, whereas having the others would just be regular poor taste. I think. Maybe I need help. Let me know.

Checking out all the dolls on e-bay made me want to become an obsessed fan of groups like KISS, Nirvana, Queen, U2, and Guns N Roses, just so I would have a reason to buy their dolls.

And then I realized the doll that's missing. The doll I really want to start my collection with - even before Che...

The Sarah Palin doll! I've come up empty handed in all searches. This is the closest thing, and their only using her name.

So get busy with it doll makers!!!!! I want Sarah sitting next to my Che Guevara in the family room. That would really throw visitors for a loop - not that we have visitors. But maybe I'll start inviting.

Here's my resquest. Sarah as the largest doll, of course, with her classic LensCrafter look. It should also have scenes from her life such as, Sarah hunting, a pipeline, a half completed bridge going nowhere, Sarah running track, and a beauty pageant scene. Next would be the First Dude, Todd. He's pretty handsome, I have to say. He needs to be looking hunky on a snowmobile, and a scene at home being a stay-at-home dad. Whose the oldest boy? Track? He needs to be in his military uniform. Bristol should be pregnant, of course. Don't know much about Willow - have to think about that one. Piper needs to be licking her hand, and Trig needs to be receiving the licked hand. And last but not least, the last doll should be a teensy weensy tiny little John McCain.

So get crackin' on it Matryoshka doll makers. I'll pay good money!!!!

Now back to shopping for Sophie...