Things I Love Thursday - Lovin the Little People

Going along with my wish for the vintage Sesame Street Little People set for Reid, I came across all these vintage Little People that I actually owned when I was a little girl. The Little People house was at my Aunt Jo's and I played with it each and every time I went there to visit. I get so excited when I see anything vintage, so I get super excited when I see vintage toys that I played with when I was little. Which brings me to the present. Reid loves his little people, too. The people are much chubbier than the ones I played with and they are all plastic, as opposed to my wooden head people. The sets from, oh say 20+ years ago weren't as fancy as the ones now, but the barn door moo'd when you opened it, and the doorbell rang when you pushed it. That's about the extent of the high tech features of the vintage sets. The new sets, however, sing, talk, and make all kinds of sounds. They are so sweet. Reid got a ton of Little People and Little People sets for Christmas, and I think I was just as excited as he was when he opened them. Looking at these photos below have taught me one thing...not one piece of the little people that we currently own will be thrown away, put in a yard sale, or otherwise gotten rid of. Rod will love that by the way. He already thinks I'm a packrat, haha! I wish so much that I still had my Little People so my kids could see them. So I want my kids to have theirs, for their children aka my grandchildren (gulp!), to play with when they are at Meme's (that will be me someday). It's funny the things you think about and the memories that return just by seeing some old photographs and toys.