Day 9 —What was your favorite childhood toy?
Did I ever really have a favorite toy? I don’t really think I did. Or if I did, I don’t remember this at all.
Perhaps I was fickle even as a small child.
I remember the grey keyboard that played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star if you wanted it to. I could speed it up or slow it down and pretend I knew how to play. I only ended up knowing Happy Birthday and Mary had a Little Lamb.
Then there were the little train and train tracks that went round and round. And, there’s no way I could forget the huge set of legos. We would make phones or houses out of them. Okay, so maybe I completely sucked at it, but I always watched my sister make them.
Other than that, I had a little battery powered doll that rode a bicycle. That didn’t last long as my uncle accidently stepped on it. I also think he was the one that gave it to me.
There were even times I would be mesmerized by snow globes or music boxes. Give me a dark room and something that played music and lit up? I’d be set for hours.
If I had to choose one favorite toy though, it’d have to be Sky Dancers. (Thanks to SD for finding the name for me) I would shoot the Sky Dancer up in the air repeatedly. And eventually, I started shooting it at my sister instead. Now, don’t look at me like I’m a violent child. She shot it at me first. I also eventually learned to make it twirl slow enough to stay on the base. It doubled as entertainment and a fan on scorching days. I’d even dunk it in water to make it like a fan with the water spritzer.
In all honesty, an easier prompt would have been “What toy did you hate the most in your childhood?” The Barbie, whose head I knocked off would be a close runner up. However, my answer would be that unbelievably creepy Cabbage Patch Kids that asked if I wanted to sing in the middle of the night. No I do not! I still swear to this day that I had switched it off before I slept.
