I know I haven't been much of a blogger recently- just been too busy running around, taking care of sick ones, and now it's VBS time... Ah yes, it is. I am the Preschool Crafts Captain (aka "Squeaky Beakers" Captain). So, I've spent many hours planning, shopping and such for the big event on
June 16-19 at
Valley Creek Church in Flower Mound, Tx. The theme this year is Group's "
Power Lab -Discovering Jesus' Miraculous Power!". It's going to be a really fun time... if you're in the area, you should join us! Click on the the VBS theme to take you to Group's site and learn more about Power Lab, then click the church's link above, to register!
Now, I DID have a moment or two to take a look-see at a few other blogs, and ran across some that had joined in
Scrappy Jessi's Favorite Childhood Toys Party... I missed it last week, but she added me to her list anyways, so I'd better get to tellin' ya! ;) Thanks, sweet Jessi!
Oh, I had many favorites.... Baby Alive- without the modern, overly-large head... (remember, she ate "real" baby food, then "pooped"!) LOL- Okay, gross... but I had fun changing diapers...and let me tell you I'd so rather change those diapers than the kind I have to now! EEeewwww! I remember this oh so cute pink halter dress! I just love it!
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Then there was my Shaun Cassidy doll. With his "secret decoder" guitar! OOooooo! He was waaaaay cuter than Ken! (Though my sister didn't think so.)
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My Barbie Townhouse! Okay, it was shared with my sister ;).... it was so much fun, 3 stories high( It was taller than either of us-or so I remember!). It had an elevator and the best view Barbie could eva want!
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Spirograph and Tomy Fashion Plates: The fun I had with these... I hung up lots of graphic circles and shapes all over my room. You could tell I was headed into the world of fashion photography-turned-artist, since I made numerous clothing catalogs with my fashion plates. I still have the original colored pencils and box! I even got the "More Fashion Plates" set! (Have you seen how much fashion plates are going for on Ebay!???!) Check these out... I spent hours and hours of fun creating:
Notice the title of the far right catalog! It's not just fashion, it's a
FASHION FASHION FASHION Catalog!
Swimsuits and shorts...
Skirts, shirts, pants- in different colors. Love that brown and yellow ensemble- NOT!
Spring fashions...
Shoes and boots...
Even HAIRSTYLES! lol! Notice the girl on the right page-
"Buy em!" she says. ;D
If you remember there was also a cheerleading catalog. Yes, I was a cheerleader/pom pom girl/flag girl. The flag ensemble was inspired by our high school flag girl uniforms, right down to the flag. Um, what age was I?
One of our pom/cheer uniforms.... right down to the knee-hi socks!
And our pant uniform...
Here are the ones that were ready to be published in another catalog or two.... guess I figured out how old I REALLY was... ;) What can I say? I loved to be creative...
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Moving on to more toys....
Paper Dolls- oh yes, I loved my paper doll collection. Oh I wish now,I still had them! My grandmother gave me some really fun ones. If you like paper dolls you should check out this
PAPER DOLL BLOG...
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Super Simon & Merlin! Remember those electronic games? This was waaaaaaay before XBox, Wii, Nintendo, even Atari...oh yeah- I had loads of fun with Atari too... but I remember hiding under the covers of my bed with Merlin and Super Simon (hmmm.... sounds a little racy, uh? lol), hoping that I wouldn't get caught playing them late at night! lol
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I briefly had a Dressy Bessy doll, until one of our dogs decided it was his, not mine. :( I was very sad. So then I got Holly Hobby Doll! I then had Holly Hobbie purse, pants, shirt to go with and a Holly Hobbie Oven! (Easy Bake Oven, in Holly Hobbie form) It was a blast! ( I know, baking by a lightbulb... what in the world?) I'm thrilled it still works!
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Little People! With the house that had a doorbell! My sister had a sesame street set with Ernie, Big Bird, Bert, Mr. Hooper, Gordon, Susan... and my brother had a tree house set that had a swing and a slide in the trunk. It tree top "popped" open when you pushed down on it... I cannot remember who made it, and I have never seen it since I was little- but it was cool! OH and remember Weeble Wobbles... but they don't fall down!?
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Roller skates! My sister and I would skate all day long out in the quonset (a big corrugated steel building that housed tractors, combines, trucks, even our car... what can I say? It was the biggest garage by far in the county!) We would use the shop broom to "pave" roads to roller skate on or ride our bikes on. Oh man, those were the days...
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My sister and I would play "school" alot. We had a huge chalkboard on the wall in our "toyroom". We even had two of the "old school" desks from grade school, the ones you had to open the desk top to put all your supplies in)! Again, many hours of fun that was!
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I also spent a ton of time drawing and coloring in coloring books with crayons. I love the smell of Crayola Crayons upon opening a brand new box of 64's! Every year we would get a new box for school... Where all the old ones went, I'm not sure. But there's nothing better than the smell of crayons and opening the box to see shiny, pointy crayons all in a neat row! (I know, I'm a little insane...)
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Oh, and I mustn't forget our kitchen set. It was of the METAL INDIVIDUAL PIECE kind, not the molded plastic "all-in-one" kind. Those don't compare to the each individual appliance. A stove, a frig, a sink, and a hutch/cabinet/counter-top combo. They were avocado green... so in case you didn't know what era I'm from, now you do. We had real aluminum pans, dishes, cookie sheets, cooking utensils, and ironing boards! OH, what ever happened to those? FUN, FUN, FUN!!! Jessi and I had nearly the same set... you can check it out
HERE. Scroll down a bit... isn't she a cutie?
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And ya know- I guess judging by this picture, that a Mr. Potato Head accessory, a doll trunk, and a plastic honey bottle playing a TV news anchorwoman with my sister was some good old fashion fun, too! (I have no idea what the honey bottle was for, nor what my sister is doing in the background... ;) )
Okay, I've probably over-killed this post... but it's been fun reminiscing childhood memories. Tammy(my sister), do you remember all those fun times? (I said FUN, mind you.) ;) I love you!
OH what memories.... Hope you had as much fun as I did! ;) And if you get the hankerin'... tell me what favorites you had as a child. I'd love know!
Hugs to ya!
We did it! VBS was a total success! Even with the threat of bad weather, a power outage, and a stormy morning or two.... Through it all, it proved to be a truly amazing event... Over 1,100 kids total, and a week full of spiritual blessings! I had a team of five working with me to finish odds and ends for the preschool crafts. They were a fantastic bunch of ladies, and new friendships have begun through our time spent together. The Lord poured out His blessings on us all. And I am so very thankful. The week ended with the Family Fusion Night on Friday night. There were jump houses, water slides, rock climbing, a petting zoo, popcorn, pizza, lemonade, hair painting, ice cream, kid tattoos, laser tag- whew- Let's just say a really BIG celebration! Glory, Glory! Our kids had a ton of fun, even little McKenna- she really didn't want to leave the big fire truck jump house. Bailey tried to dry off climbing the rock tower... but was still soaked through from the water slides. And Braden had the energy of the Energizer bunny still going at 9:00pm!
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