Dressy Bessy

If you grew up in the early 70's, perhaps you owned a Dressy Bessy doll. I, on the other hand, did not grow up in the 70's :), and did not have the pleasure of learning to button and unbutton, buckle and unbuckle, zip and unzip, strap and unstrap, and tie and untie on such a cute doll. Sipsey loves to do everything herself, especially putting on her shoes, which she can do very well (they are Velcro). She has not mastered dressing herself yet, but she sure wishes she could. I came across this doll while reading The Pioneer Woman's blog. The Dressy Bessy post can acutally be found under the Home and Garden section of her website.

Dressy Bessy has hairbows that tie, a watch with a Velcro strap, shoes with Velcro straps, and a coat with huge buttons with surprises underneath.

She even has a kitty that lives in her front pocket and can attach to her wrist.

After unbuttoning, unbuckling and unzipping, we find a bear (I think). Sipsey zipped and unzipped and took the bear in and out about 500 times in a row.

These photos are courtesy of Pioneer Woman. You can read her funny story about Dressy Bessy here. I bought Sipsey's from ebay. They don't currently make this anymore, but there were several new at full price on Amazon, which is about $24.99. I paid about $15.00 with shipping for a used on ebay. She LOVES this doll! It causes a little frustration at first, but I taught her how to say "help" when she is having a hard time with something and it acutally worked! She will get very frustrated with a task and turn to me and say, "hep" no matter what the task is. It truly has reduced the number of tantrums in our house! I think there is male counterpart to Dressy Bessy called Dapper Dan, so those of you with boys can get in on the action as well, that is, if your husbands don't mind you buying a doll for your sons!

If you don't read The Pioneer Woman, you are definitely missing out. She is a multi-talented mom and wife living on a cattle ranch with her husband and four children whom she homeschools. She cooks, she blogs, she takes amazing photos and has informative photography tutorials! She has also written an online autobiography called Black Heels to Tractor Wheels which is amazing. I read it as she wrote it, so she would finish a chapter and leave us all hanging for the conclusion. If you haven't read it, you don't have to wait for the next installment! I promise you will not get up from your computer.

Hopefully I will return soon with pictures of Sipsey. I have been busy sewing, so blogging has taken a back seat. Have a great weekend!