What were your two favorite childhood toys?
I have always loved toys of all kinds but when I think of my childhood, two things come to mind. I had a pink bunny blanket that I had from when I was a baby until I was five or six. The thing literally decinigrated from being loved so much. I had it with me all the time, and slept with it on the rare occasions that I slept as a child. (My mom says that if I ever have children she hopes they don't sleep until they are three so I get a taste of what I was like as a kid. I wasn't unhappy. I just didn't like to sleep.) That's my blankie on my head there. What can I say? I've always been a ham.
The other central theme of my childhood was Barbie. Now I know that people try to tell you how Barbie warps your mind and maybe that's true, but I just don't think that's true for me. Chances are, I would have wanted cool clothes, a house with an elevator, and a convertible anyway. (I'm just kind of high maintenance like that! Haha!) I was lucky enough to inherit my aunts' and my cousins' Barbie stuff, plus amass a collection of my very own. Of all the piece I had, my favorite thing was a four story dollhouse with an elevator inside that was bigger than I was at the time. There was just something fun about all of the clothes, the never-ending soap operas we would create, not to mention all the teeny shoes that you would inevitably lose or step on. Not too long ago, I found a re-release of a doll I vivdly remember.
Barbie was one of my treasure toys this week too! I was the oldest cousin, so while my grandparents showered me with the Barbie dreamhouse, I passed along my Barbies to the younger generation. :-)
ReplyDeleteAt least you still don't sleep with your 'blankie' like someone else we know...
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ReplyDeleteI LOVED Barbies! I actually taught myself how to french braid hair on my barbies. My mom hated that their hair would get all nappy and tangled so she was always braiding their hair. :P
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ReplyDeleteI totally had the same bunny blanket, only mine was blue for some reason. I carried that thing until it fell apart when I was 5. I cried for a week.
Peaches & Cream....Love her!!! They just don't make the Barbies like the used too... I'm glad their are a lot of Barbie lovers out there. My youngest had a Blue blanket we got from Old Navy and they stopped making them we had to sew the holes up and everything he still has it.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh.. I have children who do not love to sleep either.. I can't wait until they are teens and I go and jump in their beds at 7 and ask for breakfast.. Or go and cry when they are trying to sleep.. Oh I do love my children and parenthood.. Barbies Rock..
ReplyDeleteI had the Peaches & Cream Barbie! I recognized her from her dress! Now I wish I could go back to those days, where we created the soap operas with Barbies & didn't deal with them in real life!
ReplyDeletei was not a barbie fan. I had some, but I used to cut their heads off. wonder what that says about me??
ReplyDeletecooper has a blankie & i hope he loves it as much as you loved yours!