The last of my Lincoln Logs arrived today and I had so much fun!
I had purchased and received these three vintage canisters of Lincoln Logs; #890 (the smallest one), #891 and #892 (the largest one). I had all three of these as a child!
But all three were incomplete sets. Each was approximately 80-85% complete. So I decided to purchase an extra lot of Lincoln Logs that contained the pieces that I knew I wanted, which is what arrived today!
And I had a ball building something similar to what I used to build as a child!
So much fun!!! And even with the additional lot of Lincoln Logs, they all fit into the three canisters without any issues, which is what I had hoped for!
When the first canister arrived, #890, the smallest one, I built something with those but could not build much at that time; however, I still really enjoyed it!
My son also had some Lincoln Logs growing up, and we occasionally built log cabins together. But, aside from this, it had been over 45 years since I played with them as a child! As an adult, there isn’t much time to play but every now and then, when time allows, it is quite nice to take a little time to have some fun!
Some things happened in my family that had essentially ruined my entire childhood and, for years, I preferred to forget all of my childhood years as a result. But many, many years later, I have found that I can pull out some fun memories of my childhood. Most, if not all good memories exclude my parents. There were many times that my sisters and/or I enjoyed either in the playroom (at our first two homes growing up), upstairs in our bedrooms, downstairs in the large basement, upstairs in the huge walk-in attic, outdoors, time at friend’s or cousins’ homes, or time at our grandmother’s home; moments that our parents were not a part of.
Lately, I am really enjoying reliving these happier moments of my childhood without bringing the negative memories with it. And there are some memories that I had not thought about in years! Like, 30+ years ago! Good memories that were completely forgotten have been recalled! I know it appears rather materialistic that many (not all) of my good childhood memories revolve around material objects. We weren’t poor growing up. We had some cool things throughout the years that my sisters and I truly enjoyed. Again, our parents were rarely a part of our “play time” since they rarely got involved with this part of our lives. It is my favorite items that trigger these good memories!
I enjoy searching for vintage items from my childhood and pinning them. I found that the more pins I had in my “Vintage” board, more pins would be suggested; some of which I barely recognized until taking a closer look and thinking about it more. Sometimes I see something that has a vague familiarity to it. After looking at it for while, I will suddenly remember having that item! And then it brings back a fun memory related to that item.
For example, there was a doll on Pinterest that came up and it looked vaguely familiar. But I couldn’t remember if maybe I just saw it in a store and wanted it but couldn’t get it, or if maybe I played with this doll at a friend’s or cousin’s house maybe. But it was a doll from the 1950’s; about ten years before my time. So I began to think that maybe, at some point, I might have played with a doll that was similar to it. But I decided to pin it anyway. As a result, the doll appeared two more times, at which point I remembered playing with this same doll when I was about four, five and/or six years old. I remembered the terry cloth sleeper that the doll had on. When I was little, I thought it looked just like a real baby. Then I remembered it was a doll that my mother played with as a child herself. She had given it to me. It was a boy doll and she had named it; but I can’t remember for the life of me what his name was! Even now I just can’t recall his name!
I thought (very briefly) about buying one because it did bring back memories of the fun I had with the doll as a ver young child. But then I decided against it because recalling that it was my mother’s doll as a child made me not want to think about that doll anymore. I haven’t talked to my mother in over 35 years now, which was the best decision I have ever made in my life!
So, why buy something that brings her back into my memories? I prefer my vintage memories without either of my parents being attached like this. Plus, the doll wasn’t as cute as I once thought it was. In fact, it is quite ugly! I have no desire to own one for that reason as well!
I prefer my Reborn dolls and full body silicone doll! They are beautiful and they look and feel so real! They might not be vintage now but some day they will be; and they all have Certificates of Authenticity (COA’s). They are also far more valuable than this ugly, 1950’s vintage doll: Ideal, Blessed Event Doll! Too funny!
Not sure how I went from fun with my vintage Lincoln Logs to this but I am enjoying a good laugh right now! But now moving on back to better parent-free memories now; right after I share photos of this ugly, funny-looking doll! LOL!
