Do you plan to keep any of your children's toys after they outgrow them? Which ones have you chosen?
Only one doll of mine was kept. My husband's parents kept quite a few from his childhood, but he still wishes he had kept all his GI-Joe items which were passed on to one of his cousins. I'm hoping to choose things my kids played with and loved the most.
Aside from a FEW favourite stuffed animals, I plan to keep my daughter's Barbie things, and also her stash of dress-up items. She has a large pink makeup/dressing table as well, but I'm not sure I will have the space to store that for long. Of my son's things, it looks like I will keep toy tools, which were his first favourite, and also spiderman items and toy soldiers.
I'll probably try to keep an assortment of books as well. I'm not too excited about keeping videos, but DH likes the idea of it. The leggo will be stored as well.
What about you?
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were always furry-a few bears and one striped cat, all named of course! I'm rather glad they are all pint-sized. If I had to keep the big talking Barney, he'd take up quite the space. I hope to pass him on to someone else in the family-maybe my new nephew, if he takes to loving Barney.
My daughter is 19, and I've kept some of her favorite dolls, and books. The dolls all have names, personalities, and are as much a part of the family as you can get. Why I swear sometimes I feel their eyes following me around the house! But not in a creepy way.
I am sort of disappointed that a FEW more of my toys could not have been kept. I had so few anyway-even just one of my Barbies (I had 2) would have been nice. I loved my Lily-of-the-valley Kiddle-wish I had that too! My mom was never too sentimental about keeping much, and she was maybe a bit too serious about teaching me the "gift of giving". (most of my stuff went to my niece, or to neighbours)
Now that you mention it, I also have 2 books. One is about a first visit to the doctor, which I never liked. The other is green and called something like All About Flowers. (I still like that one-glad it made the cut!)
Oh yeah, it would have been nice to have a little purple car I got at the doctor's office, but just for a laugh. I remember it was purple, with a white interior, and it had doors that opened. (a matchbox car) Anyway, I must have been no more than 5 at the time, and I absolutely REFUSED to take off my shirt for an examination. In the end I did, for that car. LOL!
My stuff was all given away or tossed, and I so wish I still had some of it. I have one book - nursery rhymes - I almost cried when I saw it. I have a little trunk for DD's baby stuff. I will be careful selecting items - I will still purge the junk regularly - but I definitely want her to have some of her stuff when she's older. Of course, easy for me to say now - she's an only.
NOPE-definitely not that. I'm sure there are thousands of people out there that would cry if they saw the speed with which my kids cut off (!) those red tags off the beanie babies they have accumulated. I don't particularly love the beanies, so I have no plans to keep them. (the collectors put plastic cases on the tags and are seriously upset if the tags are even a wee bit BENT, I hear)
It's for sentimental reasons. I liked how my husband got a kick out of how our kids could play with the toys that his parents kept-they kept a good bunch of The Little Golden books, too. We have a fairly good bit of storage space in our home, but of course I will have to see how I manage with the further accumulation of things that will take place as they get older. I'll try, anyhow. We try to keep clutter/accumulation down to a minimum by making regular donations to charities that pick up used items at the door, so hopefully that will keep some space free for the special toys that I am storing in rubbermaids.
If storage space were no object, I would have kept more, but as it is I kept a few baby toys that my kids really loved, a few favorite stuffed animals and a few favorite books. I have moved a couple of times and did a lot of culling at the time. Are you keeping things for sentimental value, for the grandkids or for investment?