Dolls...Dolls...Dolls...

Not all but many have a collection of Ball Jointed Dolls.. and a collection of barbie dolls and others have a few childhood dolls around their house.  Many a special doll that they wouldn't sell even if they were given a million dollars.

For me there are a few dolls that I have since I was a child and I will never ever give away... I would let little kids play with them. After a few had little accidents I learn that a doll that is valuable in 'sentiment' to one well, one should not let young kids play with them.

the first doll that comes to mind is a swimming doll. she swam thanks to the help of her yellow floater.  By winding her, she would just swim anywhere as long as she had her floater that got clip on her arms.  I would ask my grandfather to fill up his bathtub so my sister and I would see her swim.

During the time I had the swimming doll, I got a walking doll. I dont remember right now but I think she too got winded and she would push her stroller.  She would move her head left then she would move her right foot and take a step forwarded. She would slowly move her head to the right and she would move her left foot forward.

When in high school: both dolls at the same time had a little accident and their legs broke.  My mother put a diaper on the dolls and the diaper holds their legs together.  I have them standing up at the top of my closet.  When I decided to put them on top of my closet, I put them in a transparent bag so the dust wouldn't be damaging them.

My third toy that I remember was  an older toy than the diaper twins which was a big doll that would drink water and go potty.  I would play with her all day and I even have pictures of her feeding her real food LOL.. I dont have her now with me as she is at my grandparents home. She sits there naked waiting for me to one day keep her.  She has marker all over and her hair has been chop by kids that would go to my grandparents home and play with her

My fourth doll was a barbie: Once Upon A Time, My grandparents gave to all the grandchildren barbies. Each got a barbie and mine had an umbrella. I was so happy. Before we went home from the Christmas Party I couldn't find her.. She was naked and all her accessories were missing.. who took them? well, I know who but I dont want her to start a big argument about something she did years ago. (no it wasn't my sister as her doll ended up naked next to the stairs). My mother Crochet two beautiful outfits and Since that day they have them on and the only time the outfits were removed was to wash them. Or when my sister took them to have barbie tea time where they would sit outside their homes and anyone that had a barbie or a ken or a G.I.Joe could join the tea time with barbie.  Even kids with fake barbies would go to the barbie tea gatherings and they would play for hours.  We Had Fake Barbies and they are kept now in the famous briefcase where all the extra clothes was kept and was used on those happy barbie tea gatherings as kids.

My fifth favorite is my lil miss makeup doll from Mattel. I personally didn't know the brand they were and honestly I still dont think its this is the right brand name of the doll as ours had short hair. All I remember from this doll was that my sister got one too from Santa Clause and we would use cold water to put their makeup on and hot water to take their makeup off.  The Dolls were close to the window and when we waked up and saw that they had makeup we knew it was going to be a VERY COLD DAY.

While in High School My mom arrived with a 18" doll that was so beautiful. She looked like a little baby. I am not talking about it looked like a new born.. what I mean that it looked like a little baby.  A few years ago, We went shopping and there it was a doll that looked just like her.. she had a Z Stamp with the numbers 65-20. I purchased her for 10 dollars and when I left her on the sofa. Her hair is braided and a few weeks ago, I started looking at her back and I learn that it was a ZAPF CREATION DOLL all this from the Z STAMPED Z 65 - 2.  Will Take a picture of both of them and put them on this blog.

Now 2013.. I was looking on line to things and I found a beautiful doll that is Ball Jointed Doll.. I think she is very life like.. and one day I will own one. 

I always liked barbies so I am going to start collecting them but only from the drift store. I can buy them like 5 to 10 barbies for 10 dollars and I can re-root them, clean their face and get a little outfit for them. maybe in the future I can saw the outfit myself..

signing off for now.. sweet dreams..