Yesterday we went to yardsales hoping we might find something nice! I always love to browse around wondering what surprises I will find! Well, I found a very nice surprise yesterday...
...a doll-sized horse! At first, I didn't know if it would fit my dolls-but I took the risk and only payed $1 dollar for it! An awesome deal! It came with the saddle and reins and a blanket (not pictured) too! Plus, I found out it was the perfect size! :D
Mia was the first one of my American Girl dolls to see the horse. She petted it and gave it some love before my sister Hope and I gave the horse a bath-it really needed it! :)
The soapy horse! hehe We washed it's hair and gave it's body a scrub. Also, we washed it's saddle and reins. :)
Here's the nice and clean horse, with the blanket I mentioned before! :)
It's hair was a bit too long, so we decided to trim it a bit. :)
Then, Hope and I put the horse's wet hair in braids to give it some wave. We left them in overnight and this is what the horse's hair looked like today when we took the braids out...
...beautiful and wavy! Since the horse was all cleaned up, my doll Mia went outside for a ride!
Once Mia learned how to get on, she was riding away like the wind!
I am so happy that my American Girl dolls now have their very own horse! Though, there's one thing that's missing! Our horse needs a name! Do you have any ideas for a good name? I would love to hear them! :)
Edit: I was just looking at our new horse to see if it had a mark of what company made it. It says "Battat: Saddlebred horse". That sounded really familiar so I looked it up and my horse is a older Our Generation Horse that they sell at Target for 34.79! Isn't that awesome!? Click Here to see some of the Our Generation horses, mine looks really similar! :)
Even more Edit: It was brought to my attention from my friend Jordan that the same horse I got at the yardsale isn't an old version after all! They still sell it at stores like Target! The horse is called the Lipizzaner Horse and it looks like this:
It looks the same!! I saved a lot of money getting it from the yardsale! hehe :)
here are some name ideas! (I love to name things!)
1.Peace
2.Dove
3.Vallory
4.Nora
5.Noelle
6.Portia
7.Justice
8.Delores
9.Vivica
10.Eliana
I hope you like my ideas!
Posted by: Mia | June 06, 2010 at 03:58 PM
Cool! What an awesome find! I like Sienna or Sierra.
Posted by: Shelby | June 06, 2010 at 04:03 PM
you should name it either snow, angel, or anastasia!
Posted by: lexi | June 06, 2010 at 04:31 PM
How about Snow Angel?
Posted by: ♥Jasmine♥ | June 06, 2010 at 04:32 PM
Hi Liz,
How about Mia (if she is going to be Mia's horse!), Liz, or Target?
You pick:)
Have a great day,
-Lily
Posted by: Lily | June 06, 2010 at 04:40 PM
I think that she looks like a Sugar or a Genie (as in "I dream of Genie")
Posted by: Karalee | June 06, 2010 at 05:27 PM
cute!!!
Posted by: Nicki | June 06, 2010 at 06:04 PM
1.Annabell
2.Crystal
3.Snow White
4.Snowflake
5.Beauty
6.Destiney
7.Odessa
8.Winter
9.Sky
10.Mindy
Posted by: jenna | June 06, 2010 at 06:38 PM
I like the name Sunshine or Day break or something i also like Justice or beauty or beauty-Hope
Posted by: Alison | June 06, 2010 at 07:37 PM
what about... ava, sara, kimmy,juliana, or roxy?
Posted by: sammi | June 06, 2010 at 08:46 PM
i forgot about mabey naming it jilly too.
Posted by: sammi | June 06, 2010 at 08:47 PM
Wow great find Liz!
I think you should name it Lena, Alex, Moire (say: Moy-RA), Madeline, Daniella, Astrid, or Haley (hales for short)
Have fun naming her!
Charlotte :)
Posted by: Charlotte | June 06, 2010 at 09:41 PM
Steeping high after Kaya's horse OR Blue Jeans After Miley Cyrus's Horse.OR My Favrite Falling star.
Posted by: makayla | June 07, 2010 at 12:50 AM
how about Dime?
Posted by: beth | June 07, 2010 at 09:06 AM
Hey! My sister has that horse! She named it Candy. It's an Our Generation horse you have! I know-because I have 5 Our Generation Horses and when I bought them at Target(yes you can find them there!) I saw the white one you have. We made a doll stable!!!
Posted by: Brooke | June 07, 2010 at 10:00 AM
CUTE HORSE!!!!!!!
Posted by: kaylyn | June 07, 2010 at 11:43 AM
How about the name Jubilee or Tranquility?
Posted by: Trini, | June 07, 2010 at 02:18 PM
You could name it after an AG horse-like Steps High (Kaya) or Patriot or Penny (Felicity)
I hope you like my ideas!
Posted by: Emily | June 07, 2010 at 02:49 PM
Wow, what a great find, Liz! It's the perfect size and I love the pictures! She's a very pretty horse! You could name her Snowball! :)
Posted by: Anne | June 07, 2010 at 03:34 PM
Oh Liz, I forgot, also one of my other fave names is Princess!
Posted by: Lexi | June 07, 2010 at 04:13 PM
what about victoria or vannssa. snowball is also cute
Posted by: KAYLA | June 07, 2010 at 05:53 PM
So cute! I love it! Here are names:
Winter
Siberia
Sugar
Cassi
Autumn
Pinkie
Lizzie
Dime
Tara
Amy
Rosie
Jenna
Mae
Ellie
Kisses
Hugs
Whitney
Whitley (wight-lee)
Jennifer
Chrystal
Posted by: Grace | June 07, 2010 at 07:17 PM
I like to call my horses Canter and Nickers. ;)
Posted by: BrittsandAmy | June 07, 2010 at 08:45 PM
Hi Liz,
I would call it Ella, Olivia, Sophia or Rosie.
Hope it helps!
Lily
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Posted by: Amiko | June 08, 2010 at 04:14 PM
Wow! Very great find! How about DayDream? Or Fantasy? Or Bree?
Posted by: Hannie | June 09, 2010 at 10:49 AM
I have a friend who gave me 2 big boxes of books and misc. stuff. I was looking through the boxes and I found 4 American Girl things. The Kailey Book, Meet Molly, Meet Samantha and 8 note cards with different American Girl dolls on them. I was so supprised!
Here are some names...
Aspen
Amy Jo
Scruffy
Jane
Kaitlynn
Pebbles
Dakota
Chloe
Please tell us what you decide :)
~Dakota
Posted by: Dakota | June 09, 2010 at 01:22 PM
how about duchess, or princess
Posted by: olivia | June 09, 2010 at 03:01 PM
I think you should name it Abbey or Star. Or you can name it Silver Star.
Posted by: Megan | June 09, 2010 at 06:58 PM
Hey Liz
Thanks so much for commenting on my blog!
Glad you like the names!
Lily
Posted by: Lily | June 10, 2010 at 05:08 AM
Great find! Mia looks happy to be riding her! I think she looks like a Beauty.
Posted by: Melissa | June 10, 2010 at 04:07 PM
hmm... i like names like Faith,Hope,Dream,Grace,somthing along those lines. (=
Posted by: Megan<3 | June 10, 2010 at 05:40 PM
btw those pictures u took of Mia with the horse r BEUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Megan<3 | June 10, 2010 at 05:41 PM
Uhhhh...actually she looks more like the Lipazzaner. :) I think Sophia would be perfect! :D
Jordan
Posted by: Jordan | June 10, 2010 at 08:40 PM
Thank you everyone for the names-All of them are perfect!It's so hard to pick just one! :)
Jordan-My horse DOES look like the Lipizzaner!!! It even has the same blanket! Wow, that's awesome! I wonder why it says "Saddlebred Horse" on my horse, though? Maybe all of the Our Generation horses have that. :) Thank you so much for letting me know about this! :)
Have a great day! :D
~Liz~
Posted by: Liz (An American Girl Fan) | June 10, 2010 at 08:51 PM
...I don't think that's Liz...^^
Posted by: Joelle | June 11, 2010 at 09:02 AM
I have a doll horse that's brown and have fur! I named it Star. Stars a nice name or something like Snowflake or maybe Stella or Alexander
Posted by: Jaelyn | June 11, 2010 at 01:47 PM
I think you should name it Violet or Cheyenne.
It's so cool that you fond that a Garage sale- I love finding AG things at those.
~Gabby :-)
Posted by: Gabby | June 11, 2010 at 06:27 PM
What do you mean Joelle?About the horse type or something?
Posted by: Leanna | June 12, 2010 at 09:11 PM
The name could be Ginger or Vanessa those are my 2 favorites. Here are some other ideas.
Cherry
Pinky
Perry
SnowCone
Icecream
Snowy
Justice
Merry
Barbie
I hope those ideas helped!
Posted by: Josy | June 24, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Joelle-That is really me! lol Sorry if I typed differently, I was just excited! :)
Have a great day! :)
~Liz~
Posted by: Liz (An American Girl Fan) | June 24, 2010 at 12:37 PM
I like odette, sorta like from swan lake?
Posted by: Bookworm | July 03, 2010 at 10:28 AM
thats so cool!!! im not very good at names, so i cant help u there, but wow! thats way better than paying $44 for a filly your dolls cant even ride. or $87! i am definatley going to get one, maybe for a bday or christmas!
Posted by: kc | August 11, 2010 at 11:49 AM
i just did a little research, it looks like your horse IS the lipazzaner. i looked on the target website and they only have certain ones in stock online and in stores! But they come with a whole set, so in a way, its a better deal than spending a fortune on ag horses. also when i went to the kentucky horse park, i got a dog thats ag doll sized! the company is yomiko classics.
Posted by: kc | August 11, 2010 at 11:58 AM
btw, where did u get mia's boots?
Posted by: kc | October 19, 2010 at 03:36 PM
here are some name ideas
1. Hope
2. Faith
3 Starr
4. Christmas
5. Joy
6. Belle
7. Jasmine
8. Kiwi
I know that these are kinda late but maybe you could switch off names. that's what I do for my Nellie doll.
Posted by: Mary | November 05, 2010 at 10:10 AM
I think you should name the horse pure or Summer. I know I'm probably really late on this, but my mom found this website for me and sent it to me and I forgot about it. I just found it like a month ago and I LOVE THIS SITE! It's really cool and thank you for posting.
Posted by: Elora | November 17, 2010 at 09:04 PM
I think Odette, Duchess, or Noel would be great!
Posted by: Madeleine-Kate | March 19, 2011 at 06:20 PM
ooo that's fun! cute dolls! i only have 7! you lucky! i love American girl dolls :)
Posted by: sydney pierce | March 26, 2011 at 08:52 AM
fantasia
Posted by: sierra | August 24, 2011 at 10:25 AM
I have the AG brand of horse Penny!
Posted by: Lydia | March 03, 2012 at 11:22 AM
I think Layla would be cute.
Posted by: Ariana | May 04, 2012 at 12:00 PM