Cabbage Patch Kids- Twins

 I had forgotten that my mother bought these Cabbage Patch Kids twins for my paternal grandmother back in the mid-1980s. She had twin sons. We found them when going through our father's possessions earlier this year.

Cabbage Patch Kids 1984 and 1985

 

Gerald and Myrtle with Dad

Myrtle

Gerald

My brother with a Koosa- right

Me with Premie Lara

Mom's CPKs- don't remember the names

Lara and Gerald

Mom told us of the long lines that she waited on to get some of these Cabbage Patch kids. Part of me thought that they were kind of weird looking but they grew on me. Wish that I had kept Myrtle. We still have Gerald, Lara, and Mom's two red-headed ones. I don't remember much about the Koosa animal branch of these- did they come with names too? These days, they don't seem to be made as well as those in the 1980s.

Some of My Stuffed Animals-1983

 I recently found negatives for these and other photos that weren't even in my album. I hadn't even remembered taking these. I had them printed out a couple of months ago and was so pleased to see them. I must have liked Journey a lot back then- notice the poster and sign on my bedroom walls.

I wish that I had done a better job of picture taking though- too much ceiling in those basement shots, plus I cut off some of the animals on the bottom row.

I made copies of the bottom 2 and cropped them to get a closer view of the stuffed animals-

Even More Toys and Childhood Fun- Part 2

Our Mom’s friend Helen J. gave us some of her son’s old toys, including a couple of car racing tracks; one set was light blue and the other was orange. My brother had a black and silver set too but this was made of a rubbery type material, not hard plastic.

   Grandma-at-the-Farm got us the kid’s edition of Trivial Pursuit one Christmas. I was not that great at the regular one; entertainment was my best category. We also have a few other editions and the M*A*S*H trivia game.

   I have been looking at photos of toys and other retro 1970s and 1980s stuff on the internet lately. This has been fun. It is also reminding me of items that I had not really thought much about for a long time, like our neighbor’s croquet set. We played this a couple of times with their grandkids, Cindy and Jessica. I am sure that we weren’t really following the official rules though.

   Some people might think that such reminiscing is kind of foolish. It is nice that Sharon and I enjoy sharing our childhood memories. I sent her one of my Toys and Childhood Fun photo documents which she liked a lot. She wishes that she still had many of her toys and other things or even just photos of them. I feel the same way about this.

 

The only photo from the internet is the race cars and tracks.