Madeleine: You know most people are probably a little bit taken aback about the dolls.
Such a good little plastic cook.
I'm not shy about showing people especially when I get that dreaded question about what do you do for fun?
Well let me show you what I do for fun.
Mike: It was overwhelming.
Madeleine: If we're, if we're going to be the creepy doll people we're going to own it.
Just balance you over there.
This is, this is Baker and this is Polly Marie.
Sandy over here which is the first of the big dolls we brought home and then Stella Irie.
This is our youngest, Sirocco.
This is Malikai’s favourite, this is Sarah Ann
she has twist wrists really draws Malikai to her
Malachi: Yeah. Madeleine: because she can
Malachi: Makes her more posable. Madeleine: Do quite a bit.
Malachi: expressive. And she's a daddy's girl.
My love dolls actually was probably kicked off by Madeleine.
Madeleine: I collected dolls for as long as I can remember,
I was always you know, obsessed by dolls, particularly vintage dolls,
even as a kid, I guess your exposure on my part that he also enjoys them now.
Malachi: I had the quintessential male upbringing in the US of those are girls things.
Here's something manly to play with.
Madeleine: Then we grew up together. And we've been a couple officially now for the last five years.
Our parents were friends. He was eight months older. So he was this much older child
in my view, and I was always trailing after him.
Malachi: She was a nuisance.
Madeleine: Yeah.
Once you sort of start looking into them and finding more, you're like, ooh, I want that one. I want that one.
Or Oh, here's this one, look what I found.
So, the majority of our art collection together,
especially the large dolls has been the last three years.
Malachi: She has certain ones that are just hers. And then I have ones that are mine.
Here we go.
Madeleine: All right.
Pretty amazing.
Malachi: Not my style. Madeleine: And then they're just
a really nice medium by which you know, for instance,
we also collect vintage children's clothes because, you know,
it's nice to dress the dolls and then being able to restore them, repair them.
It's very exciting to see them all come together.
Malachi: Yeah, that’ll work. Madeleine: Okay.
Thank you.
Malachi: See you later.
Madeleine: So we have several friends and neighbours that are going to come by.
Two of our friends are very big doll people themselves. So they're very excited to come to our Tea Party,
which is also my birthday.
Malachi's good friend, Mikey is also going to come down.
He's known Mikey for, many years now. And I think Mikey, he is eager to meet the dolls for himself.
So since today, the girls are making their very first batch of blueberry muffins.
So they're helping this morning to get everything baked and ready and for this afternoon.
I'm not shy about showing people you know, the Instagram and stuff.
Especially when I get that that dreaded question about what do you do for fun?
Well, let me show you what I do for fun. We'll find out you know.
We'll find out if we're going to, we're going to be friends or not.
Malachi: It's a tongue in cheek stab at the Instagram photos of families doing the very highly, highly staged
portraits.
Madeleine: You're doing such a good job, honey, they're cooking fake food. So well.
Malachi: Pose looking at her stirring.
Madeleine: I'll put her head down a little bit.
Malachi: Yeah. Madeleine: That better?
Malachi: Yes. Madeleine: So let me know when her
head is in a good angle.
Malachi: Whenever we pick them up initially,
we only had a couple and we were talking about like, we should stage photos.
And we just started calling them our plastic children.
Madeleine: And then also, I mean that the dolls themselves they are
kind of you know, people think they're weird and strange. And we kind of enjoy that.
Malachi: Definitely make memes. Madeleine: We live it up a little bit.
Malachi: Yeah, we've played off of that vibe as well.
Madeleine: If we're if we're going to be the creepy doll people we're going to own it.
The comments that you read from like Internet commentators of things like Oh, they must be very disturbed and
and compensating, they probably have a bunch of bodies in their basement.
You know, you get you get those people but I think most people actually when they
are sort of it's explained to them a little bit in context.
They think it's pretty interesting. It's pretty funny. They may not want to like actually ever
meet the dolls in person themselves, but they get a kick out of the pictures and the idea.
Alright, I think we're all ready.
Mikey: Hey, how's it going? Madeleine: Hey, Mikey.
Job, Patty.
Madeleine: Yes, it was Polly Marie and Sarah Ann
that made the made the muffins this morning
Patty: Can't wait to try them.
Madeleine: So everyone deserves at least one tea party in their life.
Mike: I feel like a normal person dolls are a little weird, like ice, I I just don't know what to do.
But he had described it and she had too,
they didn't really try and hide the fact that she collected dolls.
But they definitely didn't let on. They wanted to see the reaction.
It was overwhelming.
Their Instagram is amazing.
I think it's one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my entire life.
The fact that they are so candid, and really don't care what other people think.
Just makes me love it even more. That's one of the reasons why I love both of them.
They're some of the weirdest, most upfront people.
They're good friends of mine, but
it's still creepy.
Madeleine: No. Malachi: No.
Madeleine: But there are some in the doll communities that do. We are not those people.
Malachi: There's too much.
Madeleine: So, so some people really enjoy that and that's great, but, but we prefer our dolls to be dolls.