The Good Ol Days

When I was three~

I know, because I got it for my Birthday..

I was given a book~

I loved that book~

I learned to read it that very day!

Mom was really surprised!

I also learned to write my name that day.

Granted the S's were backwards~

I thought that book was Great!

I have looked for that book on

ebay

rare children's book sites

amazon.com

You name it~and I've looked there.

The book was one of these:

But not this one.

Nope.

Mine was
"Patrick and The Fuzzy Duckling"

I read it so many times that I can still see the cover of the book~

the pictures,

the feel of the duck...

I would really like to get one of them

*sigh*

Another book I loved as a child

was given to me by

Gramma Fronk.

this is one of the pictures that was in that book~

I thought it was amazing they could find cats that dressed up!

(mine didn't particularly care for it)

I also had a "Raggedy Ann"

I think we had an "Andy" too
but I'm not sure.
Her hair was just on the top and sides of her head
button eyes
and a heart.
she also had something on her bottom!
right side~
but I don't remember what it was...
ummm...
was that where the heart and her name were?
*shrug*
can't remember.
Andy way...
I never even knew there was a camel with wrinkled knees!
I found this on ebay...
It wasn't 35 cents there.
I remember when most of the kids were little...
before my girl was born yet...
We sisters found a pattern similar to this one;
they didn't make the little one.
They didn't even make the middle size one.
No!
They made the big ones!
They were as tall as the kids!
I was talking to one of my sisters about them not to long ago,
and she laughed and said she thinks she still has the doll~
She didn't sew hers and thinks its still just in the cut out fabric stage.
She mentioned something about not even wanting to finish it...
I bought a pattern this past Summer,
thinking I'd make an "Ann & Andy" for my house...
with the two sides like the old ones.
Speaking of "old Ones"
Wanna see what my mother-in-law gave me this year too?!
That's Honey's first and second grade class picture~
Its the first AND the second grade
together
in this picture.
Can you guess who my little dessert rat is?
He told me about all the doors being a different color-
First and second was orange.
Third and fourth was a color,
Fifth and sixth...
I remember he said one of the doors was blue...
He grew up going to work with his Dad a lot...
On the tractor and stompin' cotton...
Yep
When we were little~
things were a lot different than they are now.

Simpler,
slower,
freer~
and it was good.

Smile and Remember;
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.