Scrappy Jessi's Toy Party

Lolly~ My MOST Favorite Childhood "friend."
I don't even remember where I got Lolly~ I just know that I WOULD NOT go to sleep without her in my arms at night. Even to the point that one night my dad drove all the way back to Akron to my grandparents house to get her for me- where I had left her on accident after a sleep-over, just so that I would have her to go to sleep that night. Wow, I must have really thrown a royal fit-LOL. Gosh, I was so lucky to have such loving and caring parents~ and Lolly.
Even while I am typing this she is sitting on the bookshelf beside me :)

Scrappy Jessi is not only a total sweetheart but she is also one of my favorite bloggers!
I just had to join in on her Favorite Childhood Toys Party today!!!
To see ALL of the bloggy crafty girl's photos, click here.

This is me~ at Disney World, I am seven years old. I have on a t-shirt from one of those Florida Alligator Farms- only I remember I was too scared to get out of the car, but somehow my parents managed to still make sure I got a t-shirt.
The real story of this picture though is the Minnie Mouse doll~ I just had to have one from inside the park~ which my mom still claims was $40~ I guess I threw a fit when my thrifty dad attempted to try and tell me I could get one outside of the park at God-forbid one of the 8 Million roadside stands or gift shops around the area that sold the same exact doll for half the price. What can I say? I was a girl who knew what she wanted...and I got it :)
Also~ I LOVE that my mom had me in those lace-trimmed socks~ too cute!!!

This is where my FASCINATION with collecting started~ stuffed animals!!!! This was my whole collection as of 1986(I wrote this on the back of the picture,LOL). Some favorites include "Frank" (back row, middle) my giant teddy bear that I received as a Christmas gift when I was in the 2nd grade and my E.T. doll(far right) that my Grandma Kreakbaum bought for me at May Company~ after seeing the movie at the mall~ I thought I was sooo cool.

Remember Underoos??? Well as in many households with young children in the 80's, underoos were a daily thing at our house when we were kids~this is a photo of me in my bedroom when I was 3 years old~ my favorite things about this photo are- my diaper sticking out of the bottoms, and that my mom made sure that I had on lace-trimmed socks(again) and saddle shoes~ too cute! P.S. My thighs still look exactly the same~ I gotta laugh~ so I don't cry :)

And I couldn't be a girl that grew up in the 80's without showing a group photo of my Cabbage Patch Kids!(from L-R: Thomas Nicholas, Cherry Mary, Dottie Darla and Madeline Ronny) These were BY FAR my most played with dolls! In this photo I was putting on a play~ see the "stage lights" (flash lights) LOL. I have to Thank my mom for sitting through these plays~ I am sure she thought they were pure genius and cute as all get-out. Thanks, Mom.
Also, even though I don't have any pictures I have to add that I was MAJORLY into BARBIE DOLLS! I must have had 50-100 Barbies~ and I played with them ~constantly with my BFF Kelly. My dad made me a Barbie house out of Reiter milk crates! A wash rag would fit perfectly inside as carpet!!! I was recently razzing my mom about how I always wanted the REAL Barbie dream house when I was little and that even though I LOVED the one my dad made me~ let's face it~ it didn't have a pink elevator! We laughed and she told me that she was happy that I didn't always get the "toys" that I wanted because it probably helped make me the creative woman I am today. And I gotta say~ I think she is right.

Thanks Jessi~ this was SOOOO much FUN!!!