When I was 4 years old I longed for a tiny tears doll.
My friend had one and I used to wish so hard that one day I would have a baby doll just like hers. She cried real tears and you could give her water and she would really drink it. My mummy and daddy were not as rich as my friends and I can remember asking for tiny tears for my birthday and being told it was a bit expensive and maybe to ask Santa for it. Well good old Santa delivered! that was all he bought me that Christmas but it was without doubt the best present in the entire world EVER .
me and my dad Christmas 1972
Oh how I loved my tiny tears doll. Mum’s best friend knitted her some clothes and I took her everywhere and told her all sorts of things. I slept with her every night until I was about 12! Once a horrible girl who lived across the road form me scribbled on tiny tears eyebrow with a biro! I was devastated and we scrubbed and scrubbed and it came off, but so did the eyebrow.
Many years later I waned to pass my tiny tears to my daughter but she had a stuck eyelid, matted hair, her missing brow and no clothes to be found. My wonderful mum sent her off to a dolly hospital and she came back looking fabulous. I was so delighted and for the next few years she was played with with so much love it made me teary eyed. She is now safely stored in the loft awaiting grandchildren in about 20 + years.
This year Santa may well be gifting Annalise the awesome long admired Lego Friends Hotel (ssh)
Lego is forever popular and keeps so well that if we keep the box and instructions I am sure this too will become an heirloom toy.
How lovely are toys that can be passed on. What was your best toy to pass on?
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I still have a few of my toys from when I was a child, my much loved Swan Keyper and my Pound Puppy, more recently she has inherited my Silver Cross pushchair and old dolls house. I am always looking for toys for the children that they might one day pass on to their children 🙂