My American Girl

Rebecca was quite put out with me, because I had not posted enough about her this past week. It is an ongoing rivalry with my girls because they love being stars in my blog, but Rebecca is sure that Regan has gotten more coverage lately than she has. So here is my little tribute to her.

Let me start this by saying we are HUGE American Girl company fans. The girls each have their dolls (Regan has Molly, Rebecca has Kitt) we have tons of the books, magazines, accessories, and clothing. We have also visited the Chicago store and the Dallas store. Three years ago our tumbling gym received a letter requesting stories of triumph from gymnasts, so we sent one in about Rebecca. At the time it was supposed to be featured on their website, but a few months later we got a call that they wanted to put it in a book with the stories of four other gymnasts.

Well, I am proud to say she is a minuscule bit famous in that she is featured in an American Girl Book called "Girls Love Gymnastics" There are several pages devoted to her as the token Trampoline and power tumbling girl of this book. They featured five girls who were gymnasts of different sorts. So how has this changed her life you might ask?

Well she can know say she has officially been featured in a book (which unless you count my high school yearbooks, I can't say the same). She got to have a book signing at a local book store, which was really fun for her. A distant cousin in New Jersey who is a huge American Girl fan, sent several books for her to sign..... and that's about it. And no, she received no money at all from any sales, etc. It was just an honor to be in it( although if they offered her a movie role she would take it in a heartbeat).

I did have to convince her it wasn't necessary to practice a signature, or add hearts or stars to it. I also had to correct her on signing the front covers, because after all she didn't write the book. All in all, we work really hard at trying to keep her level headed, and not brag about it to others (although sometimes I can't help it...because I am quite proud). Anyway, Rebecca should be pleased because she is once again featured in a post, and my readers now know of my not really famous darling.