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Blast from the Past

One of John's favorite things to do when he was young was play Star Wars with his mom. They had all the pieces to the original movies and would set up the entire thing. They would play for hours and my mother-in-law really could never part with all of it. Our boys love Star Wars right now so John asked his mom for his old toys back. It was fun for him to go through this huge tub of toys and explain everything to us. He even had some old cars he made in middle school, old cowboys and Indians, and some old awards. We got rid of some of the smaller pieces and misc stuff and are excited to find the people in storage to play. While we were pulling it all out we started talking a little about toys in the 80s. John and I had a few toys in common - Garbage Pail Kids Trading Cards, Transformers, and Choose Your Own Adventure Books. While he enjoyed playing Star Wars and GI Joes with his mom, my sisters and I loved playing Barbies and store/bank/house. What were some of your favorites?

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Jamie said…
Star Wars is big at our house, too. I found Frank's old Star Wars Legos when we moved and Leevi has just loved playing with them. I think that kids love having things that used to be mom or dad's when they were little. And of course, all those toys you and John had in common were our favorites growing up, too. It's funny to think some of those things that were around when we were growing up are now coming back i.e. Hello Kitty, Cabbage Patch Kids, Strawberry Shortcake, & Popples, just to name a few. It makes me feel so old!