I know, I know, how thrilling! Looking at someone else's great deals.
But please, allow me to be a little excited about this:
It's the REAL Little People, People! A bit more info: the bus is wooden and the date on the bottom says 1965. Yes, be still my heart. Now the question is, let the kids play with it (and inevitably break it?) or sell it on eBay and retire with our winnings? Oh I think I've answered my own question.
I can't tell you how many memories I have of that blonde girl with the red body. And the woman in the yellow with the pony tail? Well everyone knew that was mom. And the third one on the left in the green with a pot on his head (for a hat-not sure what that's about). And next to him, isn't that Mr. Hooper, from "Sesame Street?"
When I asked the woman at the sale how much the bus was, she shrugged her shoulders and said "Fifty cents?" almost apologetically. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. And I almost felt guilty letting her selling it to me for that price. But not that guilty.
A few others:
This cradle is so sweet. It's a little hard to see, but can you make out the little design of the elephant on it? I want to say it's maybe from the '50s? It looks a little like a few things my mom showed me from her childhood. The woman who sold it to me (she looked to be in her fifties) insisted on loading it into the back of my car and told me "I just want you to know that my sister, my daughter and I all played with this." Ellie has already put it to good use, tucking in the likes of Elmo, Leo's dog and various other "babies" in the house. I'm trying not to be sexist, encouraging Leo to play with the cradle too but I have to be honest, it seems like he could care less.
Wooden puzzles! Who could forget Muppet Babies (circa early 80s?). Baby Animal's eye is missing here but I know it's somewhere in the playroom.
I had this book as a little girl and LOVED it.
Another cool looking book. Copyright 1948! Putting this one on a high shelf.
I've been wanting to get the kids an easel. This one isn't perfect but for $2 I can't complain. I'm going to have to rig something because it doesn't hold paper so easily, but the chalk board aspect is nice.
And not shown, a doll stroller, pink with strawberries. Finally, the war of the doll strollers (we only had one and it was blue and decidedly Leo's) has ended. Ellie seems to know that since it's pink it must be hers. Scary.
6 comments:
Excellent work! You'll probably be surprised at how graphic some of the illustrations and rhymes are in that Mother Goose - at least I was.
I remember those little people, too. I think that's definitely Mr. Hooper!
Ummmmmm I vote for option 3. Sell it to meeeeee!!!!! You see that last girl? The red head with the green body? That's Penny. She was my favorite. We had many adventures together. *sigh*
Lucky ducks! I was shocked and dismayed to find that the little people of my childhood have been replaced by rubber wannabes.
You sure scored, didn't you?!
I had that Little People bus, although mine must have been circa 1971 or 72, and I had all of those people. I loved that Mr. Hooper. My mom still has these at her house, and the kids head straight for them when we visit.
Love garage sales. You must have gone childless, though, right? I tried to take Eli to the thrift shop the other day, thinking he would think it was cool, but the entire time he was hanging on my skirt whining "I don't like it here. This is booorrrriinnngggg....". Ingrate.
Oh, how cool is that! Just love the Little People!
man, I want to go to a garage sale in your 'hood.
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