...I had actually planned to write more time-embargoed posts Wednesday morning before leaving but (a) the power outage kind of bricked my ability to do much other than run around doing the last minute things and (b) I was kind of tired and low-motivation after a poor night of sleep.
But anyway. Here are some more old toys of mine my mom found in her sorting and cleaning. She asked me if I wanted them and I said yes, because I have memories of these. I didn't think they still existed.
They're a trio of finger puppets. As I remember, at least the elephant came as a premium with a tube of toothpaste. They may all have; I seem to remember getting the lion in my Christmas stocking one year, but it's also possible he came off the same brand of toothpaste.
I named them as a kid. For a while I couldn't remember the hippo's name but I'm pretty sure not I remember it as George (this would have been before the "George and Martha" hippo books, however)
The pink elephant is Emily. Of course she has to be a girl, she's pink.
The lion is named Roary.
They're sort of a soft, rubbery plastic and unfortunately they've picked up a few stains from contact with other items. Some time I might try cleaning them gently to see if I can get the surface stains off
Emily's trunk is slightly damaged; I think I chewed on it a bit as a small child. (Gen-Xers are probably about 20% microplastics given what we were exposed to as kids)
I'm happy to have these back. I'll have to find a good place to display them
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