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QOTD
Have you kept any of your childhood toys?
I have all my books, barbies, baby dolls, troll dolls. They are all at my mom's house in storage.
Re: QOTD
Luckily my parents have a huge basement because my mom and I are both huge packrats. I have boxes and boxes of toys and notes from friends and boys from elementary and middle school stored in their basement. Luckily my house doesn't have a basement!
No, just the sentimental things like the rocking horse and firetruck my dad built. I have all of the steiff bears my grandparents brought me from germany also.
All the other toys were either donated to my mom gave to a lady she scrapbooks with who had 2 young kids.
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I've gotten rid of a lot over the years, especially once I had decided I wasn't going to have children.
I do still have the small rocking chair my godfather gave me as a toddler. I have kept it out of sentimental reasons for my godfather, I'm sure (he died when I was 15, over 25 years ago), but then again, I also have a small wooden plaque that says "Love You!" on it and my silver ducky bank that he gave me, too, and I could easily separate from the chair and not lose much of anything.
Anytime i make the decision to get rid of it (it's been in our storage unit) I make the decision and start to cry, and Robert talks me out of it, encouraging me to keep it if it upsets me that much.
I still have my Pound Puppy (named Pound Puppy) that I got when I was two. He is in impeccable shape despite the fact I slept with him every night until L and I got married.
I once made my mom drive an hour-and-a-half to my aunt's house where I accidentally left him because I could not/would not sleep without him.
When L and I got married, he said: "If our real dog can't sleep with us, your toy can't either". That was the end of that and Pound Puppy retired to the hope chest where I get him out and sleep with him when L is out of town.
I'm a breastfeeding, baby wearing, cloth diapering, co-sleeping, anti-CIO Mommy
Raising Bean
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Our bean was born on 05-19-11
This is too cute for words.
I think there is a bunch of stuff at my mom's house that she breaks out for the grandkids. I was actually really disappointed that I didn't get any homemade blankets at my shower (because all the people that gave them to my sister have passed) and told my mom. She said she has a couple that she kept from when I was little, including a Raggedy Ann and Andy one that I had FOREVER. I was upset with this blanket.
October 11, 2008
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ditto. I know I have most of my stuffed animals (my mom has forced me to weed out some over the years, but I kept any really sentimental ones or collectable.) I have pretty much all of my barbies. I think I still have my trolls, maybe a few my little ponies. I have a few books as well. Mostly my favorites.
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Tons and tons of books. My mom took a lot of mine in to her classroom or donated them to the teachers for higher grades when I grew out of them. So from birth-2nd grade our kids will be set with reading material and games that promote learning.
I have a doll collection (Madame Alexander) that is still at my parents house and will probably stay there for a while because they creep Drew out a bit. There are a few stuffed animals still as well. When my parents moved we donated a lot of my old kid stuff.
I actually have in our house my teddy bear that my dad bought in the hospital gift shop when I was born- over 30 years and two replacement noses later, I still love him.
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I still sleep with my baby blanket, no matter if Dh is home or not. And I took it on our honeymoon. I've never slept without it. Everyone kept telling me to give it to LO, I wont do it. So my mom knitted her one.
I'm a breastfeeding, baby wearing, cloth diapering, co-sleeping, anti-CIO Mommy
Raising Bean
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Married my hero on 10-11-08
Our bean was born on 05-19-11
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Maybe I need to bring Mall Madness with me in a few weeks. I still have it, as well as the Babysitter's Club board game. I have ALL of my old board games!
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Lol I have my baby blanket too and its always with me. My family said I'd have to get rid of it when I got married - um. no. And then they said when Campbell came - um. no. When I die, they'll need to bury me with it. :P
All my childhood toys are at my parent's. My Barbie Dream House is what I can think of in particular but I know all my cabbage patch kids are there too and my Carebears.