Childhood things

[crow_noir]

I would have LOVED to have kept some of my childhood things but when i was about 16 my Father MADE me get rid of about 95% of my belongings. (We had always been poor and I didn't have much to begin with. I might have one small box of toys left somewhere. Stuff i was able to stash away and hide from him.)

Slowly, but surely S.O. is helping me buy toys i had always wanted. It's not quite the same as the first release, but i got a second release kissing Simba and Nala! Just last month i got a REALLY GREAT deal on a vintage pogo stick. Not a replica. a real 1968 one.

No, i don't ever want to "grow up" and I'm not ashamed of that. Stingy stuck up grown ups die young and unhappy. I want to pass away with as little regret as possible. Have fun! Live a little! I see how far being "mature" has gotten my father! (And he's miserable, angry, and alone. No one can stand being around him.)

[pitc9]

I am a child of the 80's and I still have my 2 Cabbage Patch Dolls (but I only remember the name of one of them )
Last summer my mom and I found a few boxes of toys and we found my old Webble Wobbels.
Does anyone remember the commerical??

*Weeble wobbel but they don't fall down*

A few years ago I sold most of the 30+ My Little Pony's I had when I was a kid. I sold them all on E-Bay, didn't make a lot of money on them becuase they were not in perfect condition.
My sister pulled the Atari out of the basement about 3 years ago and it still worked!!!
My mom kept stuff from when I was a baby too.
When I was born my legs were bent funny, and when I was about 3 or 6 months old I had casts on my legs, my mom kept one of the casts.
And when I was 3 years old my family went out West on vacation and we got caught in a wind storm in Wyoming and my oldest sister picked me up to take me to the car and one of my shoes blew off! My mom still has the other shoe!

[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.