Have you ever walked into a toy store and felt a rush as your mind mentally travels back in time to when you where a child ?
A sudden overflow of childhood memories, laughter, falls, fears and timeless mental snapshots as your eyes scan the different toy sections.
The words:
I remember
Ages ago
when I was
once
I used to
All become word transactions between your sentences as you rant along loudly and eagerly.
Just like the 8 year old boy that’s jabbering on ever so excitedly with a Cheshire cat grin on his face while he sits on the toy store floor legs, stretched out flat in front of him, while a sales assistant helps him strap up the coolest Rollerblades ever..
Wait a minute..
I know that boy.
That wasn't any 8 year old boy!!
That WAS me.
I literally was sitting flat on the floor and like a child insisted I had to had to had to try on the Rollerblades. The sales assistant managed to get my tiny feet into the last pair, a size 34/35.. I managed to pull a Cinderella!!
That’s what happens to me when I enter a toy store !!
I know I'm a grown woman, that works a respectable professional serious job.. But I am still a child deep within! And if any one of you denies the true child in them.. then read the title again and you'll know you still are :)
Anyways moral of the story..
If you wanna little lift me up... A laugh... Or just a good time.. Visit a toy store when you get a chance to..
For continuous amusement and joy.. Simply surround yourself with kids...
P.s. No matter how much you say you hate kids... We all know you really don't ;)
32 comments:
Mother of all Weapoooooonsssss!!!
NyaHahahahahahahahah me 1st me 1st
BACK SEAT AGAIN !! :(
im gonna kiss zizo's ass... if he comments here one more time before me he's a dead man..
hehhee.. i see where this post came from... you still didnt get me that remote control car toy...
I cannot agree more. You know, when I go with my eight year old brother to the toy store, BOTH of us have fun! I like playing with the weird small toys and he gets another Hulk Hogan look-alike.
And of course, we both enjoy going to the park as well, swinging and leaning backwards with our feet in the air :)
We always love kids! As for old school toys I always get the "OLA, SHAKHBARI!" sentance in my head or "Ayam awal! Ayam 3iz! I wish I could go back to the days when I first started using this!"
Zizo, take it easy, love :-p
Ah .. toys ..
I took my five year old brother to fantasy world, like over a month ago before I left. It was great fun. he took five or six toys while in the car we 'agreed' that he can only take one. lol and before we left he took a bear, you know the 'russ' bears? not something that he plays with. i asked him why he wants it, he said 'mo 7aggi ana, 7ag ammoona'. It was so thoughtful of him to think of our younger sister :-p i miss them two rugrats, lol
Digmaa i am making every effort to physically live the child days back, my most buy of DVD's are cartoons, my bathing towels are prints of donald duck with his towel, and i never 'ever ever' miss to watch two shows from cartoon network 'foster's home for the imaginary' and 'courage the cowerdly dog'
as for toys... tarkeeb most likely, cz engineering rules :D
hey listen now, i already signed ur copy, and want to deliver it to you, for u to pick it up, specify the place by email to me. deal?
Aaaawwwww!! My childhood memories, wish I could go back to those days =/
Zizoowooo:
hehhehe fa9la walla fa9laa !!
inzain 3al aqaal 3aliq 3ala ilpost mo bs shot gun !! ;P
Dr.Lost:
Slow Coach ;P
Fight ??
wait, let me get my camera ;P
as for the remote control car.. you said you're not 12 !!! anyways, ma e9eer 5a6rik ila 6ayib.. afaa 3alaik.. shakly I wanna go anyways to check if they have any new skate boards ;P
Erzulie:
Welcome darling to my virtual space.. (I forget if this is your first visti or not)
you're a sweet big sis mashalah ;)
Don't let me get started with the park, playground, swings, slides and all the fun stuff.. ahh what bliss it is to be a child !!
Stallion:
"Ghbaaar" is another one ;P
Scarlo:
Welcome to my blog
(again i have a memory of a gold fish so ignore if it's not your 1st visit :P)
I always do that to my nieces, "one toy only" and then I'm the one that starts running around behind them trying to force toys on them hehehe
Your Rugrats sound so cuuuute and allah ekhaleekum 7ag ba3ath ;**
Vintage:
I have a question.. now.. Cartoon characters hardly wear clothes.. but, why is it.. when they shower or swim they always wrap a towel around their waist like Donald Duck ?;P
Cuuuteness !!
I love my daily dose of cartoons.. even though the kids aren't in kuwait and on vacation in Kids Heaven now (Disney).. I still switch the TV on kids channels and enjoy with a bowl of cereal ;P
p.s. sent you an email darlin :)
Nunu:
come with me to the toy store when I go again ;P it'll be fun ;)
So true!
There was something about an overpriced piece of plastic that made me giggle and want to play...be it dolls, action-men, costumes...*sigh* Those days were simple.
Now after taking couses in feminism I just can't look at Barbie the same way. Or taking courses in politics and looking at the materialism of it all. It has been...tainted.
I HATE KIDS !!
loved ur post girl ;)
woooow .... looking at the pic reading u
got me baaaaaaaaaack way back!!
i miss my babrbie and my strawbery toy!
shit!!! my thunder cats ,,,,
:***
thank u .
my barbies used to suffer. I gave them funky haircuts, amputated feet and hands, used their body parts as decoration for homes of other barbies... i miss my barbie-backward-legs
So my "back seat" comment is catching on. Int-er-est-ing!
Y'know what we need? A grown up jungle gym. That would be loads of fun. When the weather cools we can go back to Ent City. We always revert to 5 year olds when we go there ;)
You should work at FAO Shwartz ;)
Well not all toys were made for kids, seriously though, my idea of an ideal vacation with my girl would be, after a beach honeymoon that is, is to live it up in Disney Land like it was 1993 ;p
DDDIIGGGGMMOOOOO!!! hehehehe!
I love toy stores! I still think that Hamleys in london is the best toy store in the wolrd! I remember going there sooo many times!
I didnt get the roller blades from there ... I GOT THE ROLLER SKATES!!! the real thing! I used to dance in Roller Skates! I was a champ! And I loved it! I love being my inner! Child! I can never get enough! I love that! I love seeing Lego! GIJOE! Batman toys! Even the R/C cars on the third floor in hamleys! ooohhh i love that!
I could never get enough! I always loved walking through.. bes we could only buy one thing! Those were amazing times! U reminded me of them! hehehe!
Anytime I spend sometime in london I always stop by Hamleys and walk around.. I never get enough! I love seeing the joy the kids eyes when they walk in! I cant get enough of that! And there are some kids that are so damn cute that I want to buy the toys for them! I big.. I make money! Let me spoil someone! At least let it be this kids! Im going to spoil my nephew! And now one can stop me! hahahahaha!
sorry i went to long!
Barbie Barbie Barbie ~
As i always say, 1 must let the inner child out every once in a while...
U reminded me of the goood old days... polly pockets, skip-it, barbies, cabbage patch kids (oooooooooooooh i used to go crazy over them)...!!!
Those were the days... Daammmmnnnn i sound like an old woman ;p
I do I do..
I know that rush real well ;D
Its been a while since I had a innocent as this kinda rush..
I wish I could be 5 again.
Caff:
simple is exactly what childhood is about.. but even as an adult.. sometimes its best to keep your knowledge and influences seperate from your indulgances and desires..
Ex: coffee.. chocolate and other happy go jolly items.. they are all in decievingly bad but ever so good !! (too much coffee in my system today.. ignore my wierdness)
No3ik:
I'm happy you loved my post.. you're welcome.. and Yes Yes Thunder Cats !
Scarlo:
I always gave my Barbies funky hair do's too.. then my Brother (God bless his soul) always pulled the heads off, legs and arms.. I used to bury them in the garden just by the pet graves..
Tooomz:
Back Seat Back Seat :P
we don't need a GROWN UP Jungle gym.. we just need a jungle gym :P
as for Ent City: I can smell the cotton canddy just by reading you comment.. can't wait :)
Krispy:
Hamleys & Harrods Toy Dept were my childhood dream work places :P
the 1509:
Welcome to my blog :)
True.. there are plenty of toys today targeted towards Big Kids (aka US).. as for Disney.. great idea.. My first visit to Cartoon Heaven was a couple of years ago, I was 23 and walking around with Mini mouse ears :P
MZzee:
I have a friend that refuses to leave london when he's on a visit unless he picks up a few toys from Hamleys.. He's 26 ;P
Like I mentioned b4.. Hamleys & Harrods Toy Dept bring back the most amazing memories..
(Ya7lailhum my folks dali3ony :P I take back all the accusations)
My nieces have their ways with me the little cute twits.. I spoil them rotten and never refuse them a visit to the Toy shop :) allah ekhalee your nephew likom inshalah :)
Pieces of me:
ok fethee7a time..
forget Barbie.. Me amd you still play house, and tea party.. BUT at the Bristol Lounge ;P walla te6owarna ;P
Bella color:
Cabbage Patch Kids shakhbaaaaary.. wow I can almost smell the plastic and the clothes like when I used to collect them.. but for the life of me I can' remember any of thier names.. I'm the one getting old ;P
filmgirl:
welcome to my space ;)
honey, from your profile you're still very young compared to most of us ;P enjoy your youth and live it up ;)
I still play with toys. I still buy Barbies only now I collect them. Well I just say I do (wink wink) and when in Toys R Us I still act the fool.
Toys have the power to take you back. Come on Miss D I've got a jump rope and a bubble wand wanna come out and play?
i still buy toys, i still go to toy store i still cry when i don't have enough money to buy the toy i want and get depressed all day.
I think I might need to made one of those cool looking retro offices to put all my anime stuff. and keep buying those toys! I will never get enough of toys! Ever! O alah ya7fith ur nieces!!!!! hehehehe! Nothing tops Hamleys! hehehe!
its scary when a "grown man" is still into toys.. no offence.. but ..
Men never let go of toys; they just use different types as they grow older. Here is a list of my toys which I play with daily:
1) My iPod
2) My Sport Car
3) My Sony PS2
4) My computer
If you think about it, the above list is nothing other than toys I play with.
not sure about toys, but playing with a child as s/he plays with a toy .. now that's jolly good living
now i know why we're good friends :P
Mia
Jump rope ??? wooow I so do wanna come out and play ;P Toys really do have the power to take us back :)
Juddy
awwww don't cry.. just get a piggie bank ;P
MZzee
allah esalmik.. and here here for Hamelys :)
Dr.Lost
Be Nice !!
Hitman1
Welcome to my Blog :)
exactly my point ;)
Temetwir
life could only get sweeter :)
Tinks
I though it was coz we liked food ?? or was it men ?? no no it was Barneys!!
I used to have really cool toys. :/
I dunno if the toys nowadays are fun as they used to be.
The differene between men and boys is the price of their toys. I will def remeber this one.
3baid
classics are always the best :)
Abdulla
Hello and welcome to my blog :)
My blog will be here if you do forget :)
Abdulla,
Right on brother
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