My mom has a bin of stuffed animals that she gives as gifts. Halloween is a hit at her house when she brings this out! On each holiday my girls usually choose one, too. This is Andrea picking a stuffed animal on Easter 2010.
When my mom hid the Easter eggs, some had coupons for various activities with my mom. Some had tickets for a stuffed animal, and some had money. Andrea was still excited about the stuffed animals here in this picture. She is a growing girl, though, and she has moved on. This past weekend, when she did some summer cleaning, she chose to pass most of her stuffed animals along to another child who would love them.
That's what Memory Monday is all about. This is my memory, and it sure did bring me back. We didn't travel too far on the calendar this time around, but it seems like forever ago. It's going to be hard to watch our little girl grow into a young woman of her own. I wish we could hold onto the stuffed animals for just a little bit longer, but I knew the time to grow up was coming.
The latest phase is music. I remember when music became such an important part of my life. Thank goodness they make better headphones now days!
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Karen,
ReplyDeleteI cannot bear to give away my son's toys, so I get what you're saying. I still hold on to (against all kinds of ribbing) a Mickey Mouse rattle, a measuring worm, crib toys and...erm...those humongous legos that kids can't swallow. My son will be nine!
Good memories and your Mom sure does make things exciting!
I hear you Anne. I would keep more "stuff," but the benefit of living in a townhouse is that we just don't have space to store things. I tell my girls that they have to let toys move on so there is room for the new things. Same goes for me. I do have some of the REALLY special things.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by. I hope you have a GREAT week!
Hi Karen, hope all's well with you today! Didn't see you on blogfrog and just stopped by to say hi :-)- Anne/AVM
ReplyDeleteAnne: I'll be posting to explain that as soon as I can. It's been a long couple of days.
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