When Katie was three and Justin was two, we took our first family trip out to California. It was right after Thanksgiving. While we were there we visited with Grandpa and Grandma James. This sweet little gingerbread girl caught Katie's eye and she just couldn't stop looking at it. Grandma noticed and handed it to her. She played with it and played with it. When it was time to go, imagine Katie's excitement when Grandma told her to keep it! It was the best thing ever!
To this day it is still a family favorite!
The cute little thing sings "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" and dances from side to side. I have no idea how old it is but I know that we've had it for 4 years. This year when we took it out, it wasn't singing. It would still dance from side to side but there was no song. This made the kids really sad. And batteries didn't help the problem. So Shawn did what Shawn does best. He took it apart. Right away he figured out the problem. He told me what it was, but I couldn't tell you. Something about the connection to the voicebox. He didn't have the tools at home to fix it so he put it in his backpack and brought it to work with him.
He brought it back home good as new! You gotta love a mechanic!
And a special thanks to Grandma and Grandpa James! I don't know if they realize what a treasure they've given my children! And Katie has never forgotten who gave it to her!
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My little sister...who is now almost 20... carried around this cheap looking, very haggard stuffed puppy dog around everywhere she went for YEARS, up through college even! She was completely devastated when it turned up missing after a vacation. I think she's asking for a new "Copper" for Christmas. You know what else I love.. we'll see that little stuffed puppy in pictures and family videos from ten years ago- cracks me up!
I still have my Genebeth doll (one of the very first Cabbage Patch dolls) from when I was a very little girl. She's a bit - and by a bit, I mean extremely - beat up but I still have her! Along with my AG teddy bear. Don't ask why his name is AG. I have no clue. LOL But I can't seem to get rid of either doll. It's almost like the "skinny" clothes I wore in high school. They will be in my closet forever! Even if I was able to get into them, they aren't in good condition or in style, but dang it...they stand for something!
What a fun story! I bet they don't have a clue how much you guys enjoy it!
I've told them but I don't know if they realize what it means to the kids.
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