About a month ago my Mom gave me my old, old, old Strawberry Shortcake music / jewelry box. It was chock full of some of my old jewelry (it even had my very first Swatch watch!), concert tickets (who can remember that I went to a Foreigner concert in 1993?!?), and old barrettes and other things.
The boys and Shannon and I went through the box the other night. We spent close to 45 minutes pulling out the old coins, old bead necklaces, and putting the barrettes in every ones hair (both boys had at least two barrettes each!!). It was so much fun to see the kids discovering some of my 'treasures' from the past, and it was even nicer to see that these old treasures can still bring so much joy to everyone. In fact, when we told the kids it was time for bed they all moaned and groaned about having to part with "Mommy's stuff". The next morning one of the first things they did was pull out the "Treasure chest" (as we have now re-named it) and put all the jewelry and barrettes back on.
Ms. Shannon loved dressing up (she took great pains to show off her bracelets), but even better than that she discovered a love of the little ballerina who twirls around to the music. She points towards the box and begs to have it on when we put her to bed.
A bit of history goes a long way....
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