The eHow Dolly Tours Stops Off in New Jersey

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The eHow Dolly Tour Stops Off in New Jersey!

eHow Dolly is making a trip all around the United States on her 2009-2010 adventure! She is stopping in to visit many of the writers on eHow.com who are eager to play host to Dolly! Dolly lives in Hawaii with her mom who is our very own veryirie who writes for eHow. She has sent Dolly on her way to Maine and will make stops in New York and Pennsylvania before arriving here in New Jersey! Here we will show her a great time visiting many of our favorite spots. We may take a trip into Philly to do a little holiday shopping as well! Stay tuned!

Awaiting Dolly's arrival!

She's close!! Just a short trip across the bridge!

Dolly is in Pennsylvania right now enjoying some holiday fun in Philly with a fellow eHow writer Shari L. I can't wait for Dolly to take a trip across to NJ and arrive here just in time to celebrate Christmas! What a blast we are going to have! We are getting ready for her arrival!

eHow Dolly arrived for a visit!

We are so excited to meet Dolly! She arrived yesterday just before a big snow storm so she is feeling the excitement of being snowed in! Dolly arrived to us with Candy Canes and a bumper sticker in hand for me and our children compliments of my fellow eHow writer Shari L. She leaped out of her box and wanted to check everyone out right away! The first thing that she saw was our Christmas tree!

Dolly came with gifts from Philly!

Dolly arrives with candy canes!Dolly just arrived here by way of eHow's Shari L who showed Dolly a great time in Philadelphia which is also a short ride from me! We've grown up spending lots of time in the city and now we enjoy showing our children around. Dolly looks well rested from all of the site seeing that she did! At the moment we are getting ready for Christmas in our house, here in NJ, so Dolly has arrived at a very exciting time!

Dolly helps with our Christmas cookies!

Dolly and me cookie baking!Well, as you can see, Dolly was a big help last night making our Christmas cookies! We make 12 different kinds and 1000s of cookies when its all over! Dolly LOVED doing the sprinkles on the cookies! She stayed up really late with me and chatted about her life in Hawaii! Oh how I wish I could come and visit her one day! Her mom, eHow writer Pam Irie, (known on eHow as veryirie), is one of my dear friends!

Dolly checks out the cold weather and Christmas lights!

Season's Greetings from Dolly!We had a ball checking out the neighborhood Christmas lights! Dolly loved all of the beautiful colors! We sat out back on our porch afterwards so that she could see our decorations!

We are snowed in!

Dolly checks out the snow!Well, Dolly woke up to our children running through the house announcing that the snow was here! We are snowed in all day and about to have lots of fun! We've got more baking to do, Christmas gift wrapping, snowman making and lots more! We will keep you posted on all of Dolly's adventures this week in NJ! The 5 of us have lots of plans for her!

Two feet of snow!!

2 feet of snow!!!Wow! Dear Dolly woke up to 2 feet of snow in NJ this morning! Lauren's kids are going crazy with excitement! Snowed in?? Not this family! We LIVE for snow! Come on Dolly...we know its not Hawaii but a Winter Wonderland, when bundled up properly, can be tons of fun! You'll see!

Dolly checks out the snow!

Dolly in two feet of snow!Soooooo....Dolly went out to brave the cold and see what all of the fuss is about! Lauren's kids talked about all of the fun that you can have in the snow! Making a snowman, having a snowball fight, and even snowboarding which this family LOVES to do! Hmmmm....stay tuned, maybe the kids will give dear Dolly a snowboarding lesson!

Wahooooo! I am a snowboarder!

Dolly Snowboarding!The kids have showed Dolly how to snowboard and she picked it up fast! Now she can snowboard with her Dad! Watch out for this little dare devil the next time you are on the slopes!

Dolly warming up by the fire.

Dolly warming up!After a long afternoon of snowboarding, Dolly came in to warm up by the fire. Notice her Dolly Tour mug! She really loved using it and thought it was a GREAT picture of her!!

eHow Dolly says "Go Eagles!"

Dolly says Go Eagles!Well, since Dolly is hanging with us Jersey folk she HAD to cheer for the Eagles! She was a good luck charm for sure! They WON!!!! "E-A-G-L-E-S" Dolly shouted!!!!

Dolly helps make cookie platters.

Dolly helps with cookie platters.Dolly and Lauren were busy as can be putting together cookie platters before Christmas. Lauren's family gives them to family, friends and neighbors! Its a process but it sure is fun!

Dolly loved wrapping gifts!

Dolly helps with gifts!Dolly and Lauren spent a few days wrapping gifts for the kids, family and friends! She sure was a big help!

Dolly waits for Santa!

Dolly waits for Santa!Dolly was delighted to help put cookies and milk out for Santa!! We didn't forget the reindeer too! Carrots were put out for them to nibble on as well!

Dolly heads to Atlantic City, NJ to check out the night life and shopping!

Dolly arrives in AC.
Dolly at Caesars!
Dolly at Trump Casino!

Visting Lucy the Elephant

Dolly visits Lucy the Elephant!Dolly stops off in Margate City, New Jersey to visit Lucy the Elephant!

Lucy is the world's largest elephant, and the only one in America designated as a National Historic Landmark. Lucy stands at six stories tall, weighs 90 tons, and is covered with 12,000 square feet of sheet tin. She was built in 1881 and has been used as a real estate office, as a summer home, even briefly as a tavern, until unruly drunks nearly burned her down. She is a great place to visit at the Jersey Shore! Dolly thought that she was amazing!

Dolly's next stop...Ocean City NJ

Dolly checks out the beach and boardwalk in Ocean City NJOne of our favorite places to visit all year round, Dolly checks out Ocean City NJ! Poor Dolly visited on a very cold and rainy morning so this poor girl didn't get to see the fun and the sun the way the Jersey Shore is meant to be seen! We sure did have a lot of fun though!

Dolly and the rough Ocean City, NJ surf!

Dolly and the rough Ocean City, NJ surf!Dolly was getting blown down the boardwalk pretty good that day and the surf was huge and up under the boardwalk! We didn't brave the waves however! Even though we are all surfers, we thought that we should leave that to Dolly's Dad!

Shrivers Candy!

Dolly at Shrivers Candy!We were so excited to show Dolly our favorite candy store on the Ocean City boardwalk! This is the best place to find old fashioned candy as well as fudge when you come to visit! You can even see them make salt water taffy here!

Oh Dolly! You are in for a TREAT!! Mack and Manco's Pizza!

Dolly at Mack and Mancos!What a delight!!! THE BEST PIZZA EVER!!! Ocean City, NJ's Mack and Manco's pizza! Delicious!! You can see these blinking lights all the way down the boardwalk welcoming you to a hot pizza pie! YUM!

Our last stop!

Dolly with Mack and Manco lunch!As we ate our lunch together we talked about all of the fun we had with Dolly while she was visiting with us! What a great week it has been! Now, as we finished our lunch, we are excited to ship her off to Cape May, NJ for her next stop! Cape May is our summer vacation spot so we are thrilled that she is going to get to spend a week there with fellow eHow writer, survivoryea, AKA Martie! Safe travels Dolly! Can't wait to see what you'll do next!

We sure are going to miss you!! Love, Lauren (eHow's Reuseitall) and Family

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  • eclecticeducation Mar 24, 2010 @ 10:26 pm | delete
    Yes, I'm kinda late in visiting this lens. lol!!! I've just been so busy lately. It looks like Dolly had a great time. I bet she was shocked by all that snow being from Hawaii and all. Blessed by an Angel.
  • ReuseItAll Jan 3, 2010 @ 7:15 am | delete
    Thanks everyone for your comments!

    AJTyne~Those clothes are from Bulid A Bear! They were a perfect fit!
  • AJTyne Jan 3, 2010 @ 3:46 am | delete
    Looks like Dolly had a great time with you, Lauren! Where did you find all the great looking Dolly-sized clothes?
  • vallain Dec 28, 2009 @ 6:59 pm | delete
    I wanna come visit you too so I can go to some of these places. Fun!
  • survivoryea Dec 28, 2009 @ 4:39 pm | delete
    This is fabulous-looks like Dolly had the time of her life!! Hope I can keep the bar high with her visit to Cape May!!
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