Barbie rides again!
Spending the weekend with Barbie and her admirers
Oh, the memories!
It has been at least 20 years since my house saw so many Barbie dolls being played with! It's a moment I have been waiting for.
My granddaughter is finally old enough for Barbie dolls!
For 25-30 years, my daughter's Barbies have been lying in a box, waiting for someone to come free them from their cardboard prison.
This last weekend, a tiny little girl, dressed in denim and pink, came to visit MiMi, and she unleashed the flock of feminine pulchritude from bondage.
Three-year-old Sophie just received her first Barbie doll for her birthday, and she has no idea what joys await her, as she changes the dolls into ball gown after ball gown.
"She doesn't understand that Barbie can't go everywhere in ball gowns," said my 30-year-old former Barbie aficionado daughter. "She'll have to learn to use the street clothes, too."
A few years ago, my daughter and I rescued the Barbies and their paraphernalia from the basement. I documented this fun project in my blog entitled "Barbie never dies." As we washed the tiny wardrobe, we dreamed of the day when my son's little daughter would be old enough for Barbie Mania.
Never was child more suited to the Barbie whirlwind lifestyle! I think my granddaughter was born with a sense of fashion. At the age of two, she loved getting clothes for her birthday, even more than she loved toys.
Watching her dance around my living room last weekend, pretending a stick was a microphone, I said, "How did you get to be so cute??"
She gave me a smile and a big hug and said, "My mommy did it!"
As she opened the birthday present from my daughter (clothes!),she said, "My mommy will LOVE this!"
I may not have many years left in my life at this late stage of the game, but I look forward to sharing them with my children and grandchildren, and I have no doubt that the skinny, big-boobed doll named Barbie will be a part of our lives.
When my granddaughters ask, in their sweet little bird voices, "But who will play Barbies with me?" Grandma Madeline--alias 'MiMi"-- will be right there to join in the fun!
Thank you, God, for the times we have to share with our families.
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