My childhood plate

[Karen]

Karen that was extremely funny to me.

My good friend Robin and I each brought our bears with us to college. Sophomore year, I found out she was several doors down from me instead of next door, so, as I was there first, I drew my bear on a note saying "hello!" and stuck it to her door.

Her mother saw it before she did, and was completely horrified that someone who drew that poorly could be even attending MassArt. Robin had to explain that I drew perfectly well, that THAT is what my bear looked like! (Hers is not much better - at least mine is still fuzzy!)

[Kirsten]

I found a thing in the basement yesterday that reminds me a lot of my early childhood, and I remembered your thread...

This belonged to my grandma, she had it in her kitchen (it's an old pencil holder, has an opening on the back), and I loved to play with it. As far as I remember, the ear of the left pig was always missing). I don't know how old it is, but I guess my grandmother got it a long time before I was born.



Kirsten

[lizbud]

Randi, I love your plate. It's great to have a special something from
childhood. I do have a dress ( rose colored velvet) that I wore when I
was about 4yrs old. I also have a picture of me wearing it.

I have no idea how I managed to hang on to it for so long.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Randi, your plate sure is adorable. I don't have anything here with me but I'm sure that my parents have a few childhood things of mine at their house.

[Randi]

Kirsten, those pigs on the sofa are really cute, and now I think about it, I have an ashtray shaped as a monkey packed in a box somewhere. Isn't it amazing what we keep all our lives! LOL! But then, some of these things may be worth something now, a pity the one ear is missing.

Lizbud, I might as well confess this too... I also have a dress or two from I was 3-4 years old. They are just so cute I couldn't chuck them out.

[Kirsten]

Randi, well, you could be right and the pigs could be worth something if the ear wasn't missing. I don't even know how old it is, maybe my grandma had it from her own parents, who knows, the design looks like it could have been made in the late 1800s...

I also have a dress or two from I was 3-4 years old.

Oh, can't you take a picture of it? Must be so cute! I don't have any of my childhood clothes left, but I still have my first pair of shoes, and I once made a picture of them:



They don't look very comfy, do they? (And they probably weren't! LOL)

Kirsten

[Randi]

Kirsten, I love your little shoes, and I think they look very comfy! Actually, they look a lot like some Clarks I bought in England in April, mine just doesn't go up so high. My girlfriend over there have the same design in boots. Couldn't find them on Clarks' site.

I'll see if the dresses are where I think they might be - one of these days.

[Casper]

I love seeing all the things from everyones childhood.
My dad kept the bears he had as a child his whole life. I still have them. As you can imagine, since they are close to fifty years old, they are a bit funny looking, but I can't even begin to think about throwing them out.


I still have my baby blanket. :] It has managed to maintain a certain smell that reminds me of when I was little... it might be my imagination, but I love it. It is laying on a little chair (which is part of a set, all of which we still have) that my grandmum got for my sister and I. It is around 20 years old, and to my surprise, is still holding up very well. I often use it as a step-stool, and it shows no signs of weakening.


I also have a ton of my dad's stuff I used to play with when I was little. He always had the neatest things.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I finally had time to take a photo of this! It was my mother's when she was a child and then mine (I am not sure if my siblings used it as well.) There was a mug that was broken.