My li'l monkey

Tara is now open! She's so cute, and I'm so glad she's met Ariel, as now I have two Zoo Cloes together.

Here is her still in box pic:

The "pet head bobbles" sign is right at the bottom of the case. I didn't see it when I took the picture! 

I'm free! 

This walrus has a little heart on its side. 

All stretched out 

Close up. She never seems to look right at the camera. She has the same hairstyle as Hallie. You can also see her bib: although the black eyes don't show on the brown background, you can see the nostrils and mouth. It's hard to photograph it any better as it's sewn onto the outfit. I love the yellow ears and gold trim.

All these pictures so far show her little golden tail, and I've somehow manged to hide the strings on her bib (same colour, but much thinner!). 

The lion and the monkey (can't hide Ariel's bib strings so well!). They look so different; about as different as Cloes can be! 

Ariel and Tara close up

Tara's position seems to lend itself to sitting up, so here she is: 

Dark, but I needed a hard surface to sit her on. This actually shows how much gold there is: the hair ties, round the bib, round the legs, and the bib strings (showing here!) and tail.  She look a bit lopsided here; it's just the picture, she's symmetrical in reality, except her heads tilts slightly to the right.

I've finally got to see just how sweet Tara is, and I'm so glad she's in my collection. I prepared Heather for opening today as well; all the tape is off her box, it just needs pulling apart now. Soon I will be down to just Nina to open! And of course, 2018 is almost over too!