Childhood things

[sparks19]

I love to see things from my childhood. I actually still have all my "My Little Ponies" and my Care Bears although they are currently in the care of my neices lol.

I also have a couple of books from when I was a kid. "Morris has a Cold" and "No Elephants" They were my favourite books when I was young and I can't wait to read them to my child.

But I love when we are out somewhere and I see a toy from my childhood.... like the fisher price cash register lol. Wierd things like that.

[Karen]

Just last Christmas I gave my beloved Raggedy Ann doll - who wears child size 4 clothes to give you an idea of her size - to my littlest neice (Lady's Human's daughter Marylin-Jean) and she was immediately hugged and dragged everywhere, which was fun. With her went the child-size racking chair that my mother had as a toddler - she learned to walk pushing that chair around her room.

So not only do we hang onto things, we pass some along! I still have the little cast iron colt my Grandma brought for me from when she went to Kentucky, I have the little matchbox-size dump truck LH got me for Christmas when I was 16, as if I was gonna drive, he figured I'd better be in a BIG truck ...

But oldest of all is my bear. He is MY bear, made for me by my Aunt Dottie when I was born, and he may be a little "loved" but he is still fuzzy, and his courduroy tummy may be a little faded, and he's - well, UNIQUE looking, but he is MY bear, and sits on the couch in the living room with the newer stuffies. I looked at him with his goofy smile one day and said to Paul - "you think he started my affection for golden-brown fuzzy creatures, and that's why I picked Miss Hoppy?" He said "Probably!"

[Alysser]

I have a Figaro stuffed animal from my very first trip to Disney World. I LOVE it and still sleep with it every night. He's so beat up now though. His face is all squashed in and the white belly and feet are all dirty. His head is sideways and his "sideburns" are missing alot of fur. The black on his eyes are scratched off and he doesn't stand well anymore, but I still love him. He still even has his little purple bow intact! My mom wants me to throw it out but I can never part with Figaro. I had to have it the moment I saw him, and it was the first time ever going to Disney World, when I was 4. He's 10.

I also have a pink bear my Dad bought at the hospital when I was born but it's nothing too special to me. He sits on my shelf all day.

[moosmom]

Wow!! This brought back so many fond memories!!

I always loved my dolls - two favorites were the "Chatty Cathy" and "Thumbelina" realistic babydoll

I had a Tiny Tears doll that I adored. My dog Tinker chewed her fingers off and part of her hair. I was so upset.

Unfortunately, I don't have any toys or stuff you mentioned from my childhood.

[cassiesmom]

I had a whole mess of Fisher-Price "little people" - remember those? Most of them went to a family friend with a young daughter but I kept the ones with wooden heads.

[JenBKR]

My parents kept just about everything from when I was little. A lot of my clothes were handed down to me, then handed down to my sister, then my cousin, so I don't have lot of baby clothes yet. But, my baby will sleep in the same crib I slept in as a baby when he/she visits grandma & grandpa

[Pawsitive Thinking]

I had a Tiny Tears doll which I took great pleasure in watching my daughter play with when she was little