TiggerTrigger
a.k.a. HouCuseChickie
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- Jul 16, 2010
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The Life-Sized Lion - I haven't thought of this in years. Sometimes these polls trigger forgotten memories! My aunt and uncle won this massive stuffed lion at a fair. He was so huge that I wasn't allowed to keep him in my room year round. I can't recall the schedule, but he only came down from the attic some of the time. He was lying down, so I could sit up against him and use him as a backrest as a read or played with toys on the floor...or periodically we'd pretend to ride him like a horse. So much childhood fun!
Costume Trunk/Toy Kitchen Set Up - While the good costumes we had over the years for BBB stayed on hangers in the closet (they still got reused at home for day to day play- just treated better), we had a big trunk of cheaper costumes for the girls. It was mainly princesses, but my mom also picked up other random things in her travels...like a big zip front chicken and dinosaur. My girls had lots of dolls and plush, but they rarely played with them. I still regret buying them American Girl Dolls. Everyone else's kids loved them, but mine just wanted to dig into their costume chest, get their plastic shopping cart and go play in their toy kitchen. I just loved seeing them dress up and they would spend hours cooking pretend food and coming to me in their costumes taking my order for their "restaurant."
Video Games - From pong, Atari and the original Nintendo NES to later models like the various Play Stations, Wii, XBox, etc. We have always loved our games...whether it's sitting in the room and watching one person play, games with two-player modes, as well as modern games where you can connect virtually and be playing with each other and friends from separate rooms/structures.
Costume Trunk/Toy Kitchen Set Up - While the good costumes we had over the years for BBB stayed on hangers in the closet (they still got reused at home for day to day play- just treated better), we had a big trunk of cheaper costumes for the girls. It was mainly princesses, but my mom also picked up other random things in her travels...like a big zip front chicken and dinosaur. My girls had lots of dolls and plush, but they rarely played with them. I still regret buying them American Girl Dolls. Everyone else's kids loved them, but mine just wanted to dig into their costume chest, get their plastic shopping cart and go play in their toy kitchen. I just loved seeing them dress up and they would spend hours cooking pretend food and coming to me in their costumes taking my order for their "restaurant."
Video Games - From pong, Atari and the original Nintendo NES to later models like the various Play Stations, Wii, XBox, etc. We have always loved our games...whether it's sitting in the room and watching one person play, games with two-player modes, as well as modern games where you can connect virtually and be playing with each other and friends from separate rooms/structures.
