Monday, March 10, 2008

A Cookie Kind of Day

Tomorrow is another one of those days when the kids go to school for just half the day. Around 12:30 pm tomorrow, three children will hop off the school bus and invade my home. I will welcome them in, feed them some lunch, and watch them scatter this box of toys across my living room. Some of the toys in this box have been around for nearly forty years.
Of course, the "Little People" we once knew and loved are now too dangerous for children to play with, so they reside only in the homes of those who have saved them through the years. I have a pretty good collection, but sure do wish I hadn't sold that bunch in a yard sale when my kids were still small. I never imagined that one day they would be found only on E-Bay. They were our favorite toys when my sisters and I were little girls. We had a nice big box of blocks too, and would design and build houses, fill them with furniture, and move our families in. We rarely used the premade buildings although the kids I babysit like them, especially the castle. Like all small children we fought over the coveted pieces and hated picking up after ourselves, but every day throughout the winter, the boxes would be dragged out of the closet and into the living room where our buildings grew and our stories unfolded. I just can't throw those old toys away and occasionally find myself looking for more... for the grandkids, of course!

Oh, my goodness! I need to make some cookies!

12 comments:

  1. I did the same thing. I loved those little people! I ever wrote down my family's names so I would know who they all were. There was always a Jennifer and a Janice.

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  2. Hey, that's my castle! I got it for my birthday, remember? I'm just teasing you, I don't really want it anymore. We had lots of fun playing with those toys when we were kids. I'm glad they're still making kids smile.

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  3. How fun! You make me smile, you are turning in to a great grammy!

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  4. I love your story Martha.. Didn't we all have those special toys.
    My grandsons are into legos big time ---I'm sure I will have them all over my floor when we move!!

    Yahoo ~~ Can't wait~!!

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  5. I kept some of the 'old' toys, too!
    We had some little people, too, but they are gone.

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  6. You're right, Rachel, the castle was yours. I don't recall any of the buildings being "mine" but there was always plenty of furniture and people to go around.

    Kim, we had one little red girl who came with the ferris wheel, and her name was always Corina. We made the little ones the babies long before FP ever came out with the baby set.

    Wanda, I wonder how many Legos I have vacuumed up over the years...

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  7. Oh how I loved those little toys! And we never choked on them...not even once!

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  8. LOL! Priscilla, you're funny. I love the big box of toys. Easy to clean up when all you have to do is throw them back in.

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  9. I get into those kinds of moods too where all I want to do is bake!

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  10. Little people toys are the best. My sister's kids even loved them so much, they wanted to name their baby brother after one of the people. Eddie! Little people toys are just great for pretending!

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  11. That sure brings back memories.

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  12. Always fun for the kids when we visited someone else's house and they got to play with a different box of toys. Or Grandma's toy drawer.

    Now our "keeper" toys are all boxed up and "on hold" in the attic. Someday! :-)

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