My Barbies
I remember many a summer afternoon spent on the lawn, just me, my barbies and a big pot of water. The pot transformed into a swimming pool and my barbies had a great time swimming.
Fast forward 20 some years. My girls have never been as into barbies as I once was. The box is in our closet, but it gets forgotten about unless I pull it out. And on those occasions when I remember it's there, everyone has fun playing for an hour or two.
That's exactly what happened today. I had a busy day and needed an activity to keep the kids entertained for a while. I remembered that box of Barbies. We dug it out of the closet and they got busy with the playing.
What a Finer Thing it is to see my children playing with my old toys.
Check out some of these Barbies. They're not really mine, although I did play with them. They belonged to my mom and aunts when they were kids. I'm not sure how I was fortunate enough to have them passed on me, but I'm not complaining.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I ruined their value back before I understood what value even was. Those feet? Totally my fault!
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9 comments:
LOL!!! My mom still has a lot of my Barbies from when I was growing up too. When my girls were little, they LOVED playing with them. How fun!
LOL love it! I was so upset with my mom when she gave all my Barbies away to my cousin's kids.
OK, this is making me feel old. No way could my mom have had Barbies. But I still have mine and they're in mint condition. I have Barbie and Skipper and their English cousin, Stacy, the blonde with the saucy bob. Secretly, Stacy was my favorite, but don't tell Barbie.
I love seeing your little one in the box! That is exactly what my boys wind up doing after opening a "new" toy!
How fun! I never had a lot of Barbies myself. And now I have boys. Indeed, a finer thing!
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I was the inheritor of all my cousin's Barbies. I loved them but my girls not so much....I still haven't gotten rid of them yet but am secretly hoping I have a reason to play with them again. lol
My mom is a clutter-phobe. I don't even remember having any barbies (gasp!) but if I did, they were ousted long before I had anything to say about it!
My Mom saved all of my old Barbies, and when my kids were finally "old enough" I gave them the Barbies. My daughter was thrilled. She only had a few Barbies, and then all of the sudden had tons of them (thanks to my collection), as well as lots of clothes, etc.
I had to burst out laughing when I saw the feet on the Barbie. Bwahahaha! (Maybe I would feel better if my Barbies had looked like that though. I get so irritated when my kids pop a head off of one of my Barbies.)
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