Toys in the Attic

I've been cleaning out our attic and look what I found:

Some of Ashlee's dolls. I washed all the clothes and now I have to buy another storage bin (they were in a giant cardboard box that was probably what we stored them in at our old Broken Arrow house-poor little dolls). Notice the red bonnet on one of the dolls? One of the outfits Ashlee wore when she was a baby.

Now, we're talking good stuff. This was my Barbie when I was young. No bendable arms and legs for me! The little long haired dolls are Barbie's little sister, Skipper. The reddish-brown haired one belongs to me, the blonde haired one belongs to my sister. The other doll is "Pepper". Don't really remember her story, only know that none of Barbie's clothes ever fit her and neither did Skipper's. And no, we didn't cut their hair. That's how they came, except it was straighter. I think they look pretty good to be such old, old dolls. All of the clothing is also old. The red velvet coat has a tag inside that says "Skipper Doll - 1963". Now, I was born in 1962, and I know I didn't have a Skipper when I was one, but I guess that's just the year the coat was trademarked. Pepper and the other Skipper have on clothes that one of my mom's friends made for us. They are in great shape. How fun is that?

Here's the reason Mattel decided to have Barbie break up with Ken:He just didn't have a good head on his shoulders!

This is actually the dad from the Hart Family. I don't know if Ashlee ever actually owned a Ken doll, but she does have a Beast and Prince Eric doll. Cleaning the attic is definitely not fun, but I do like finding fun stuff. The best find was this book written by Ashlee when she was around three years old. Her babysitter (I worked until Ash was six) wrote the words Ashlee wanted and Ashlee created her own illustrations. I looked high and low for this when Ash and Jason got married. I thought it would be fun to have it on the tables at the reception, but I couldn't find it. I thought it was lost forever. I found it in an old school binder that belonged to Ashlee when she was in 10th grade. I almost threw it away without looking inside and I'm glad I didn't because she had put several things in there that were from when she was young. Maybe she had a project or something - I don't know, but I almost cried when I saw this. So without further ado, Here's Dogs Marry Other Dogs: