Toys of yesteryear

[tulip]

Aggie, I love your Mammaw!

[Crankin]

I loved the old Lincoln logs, that were actually made of wood. The ones my kids had were plastic (from the 80s).
I used to play incessant rounds of jacks up through 5th grade. Tons of sleepovers with my Barbie and my 3 suitcases of Barbie clothes. That was an addiction! I put them away in fifth grade and wonder what happened to them.
Re: the little people. I have a friend who used to say that they mysteriously multiplied overnight. She would get up in the morning and they would be all over her house, causing everyone to trip and hurt their feet.
When we moved to MA, we gave the Little People house, or maybe it was a garage, to our kid's preschool. Scott never forgave me.
Aggie, your mom is younger than me....

[Aggie_Ama]

You know Tulip, I took me a long time to realize how much I do too. That sounds harsh but she is a very cold woman. My mom said she isn't sure she can count how many times she said "I love you" on more than one hand. If I say "I love you Mammaw" she will reply "Uh-huh. Be careful going home". She was born to a woman that didn't know how to show love in 1918 (according to my mom).

I think now all those crafts and keeping the toys was her way of showing love. She is a bit crazy but the world needs more people like her I think. And they need more pot holders, Logstix, Lincoln Logs, craft time, Spirographs and sandboxes full of old pots and pans.

Did you know that an old flour sifter is one of the greatest sandbox toys ever? Hers was so rusty but was great at breaking up the sand when it got all clumpy after a rain or getting the leaves off the pecan tree out of the sand. Oh look, you can get a rusty one on ebay! http://cgi.ebay.com/Neat-old-Very-pr...QQcmdZViewItem

[Aggie_Ama]

Crankin- But my brother had wood Lincoln Logs! He was born in 1976. My mom said her Barbies had they heads you removed to change them around, Mammaw still had a couple of them when I was a kid. I thought they were gross.

[Crankin]

Maybe they didn't sell the wooden ones in AZ? Or maybe your brother had hand me downs.
I don't remember seeing a Barbie with a removable head!

[Aggie_Ama]

You know the wooden ones may have been my dad's from when my grandparents adopted him in 1960-61. I remember my Dad saying he treasured them (and Cootie!) because they were the first toys ever received. It is very likely the Lincoln Logs I remember were my brother's that were at my Nanny and Pawppaw's house because they still had Cootie so I bet they were dad's Lincoln Logs and not the ones that could be bought when my brother was a kid?

[DebW]

I loved Tinker Toys. My grandmother had a wooden set for us. When I bought Tinker Toys for my kids, they were all plastic. My favorite modern building toy is K'nex.

[tulip]

My friends and I used to switch heads on Barbies all the time. My favorite was Ken's head on Skipper's body for some reason. I was probably 7 or 8 at the time.

I couldn't remember the name of Tinker Toys! I loved those and also the math blocks, something like Cuisinart, but of course, that's not right!