Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[bobbiwoz]

Sorry, I missed yesterday, I didn't get onto the Dis at all!!

Favorites toys

The board games thread makes me think of games, so

I had a game I loved called Fun Fair (I think it's still in a box somewhere)

Scrabble for Juniors is another one I remember enjoying.

And Twister!

ETA: Reading all of yours is making me nostalgic for Play Doh Fun Factory and PlayMobile and cycling around for hours!

Scrabble for Juniors!!! Loved it a lot!!!

 

[bluecastle]

Big Wheel - the ultimate cool toy!! Took forever but I did finally get one!!! Loved it !!!
I love doing paint my numbers mazes those kind of things spot the differences they used to have these books I wish I could remember the name of them something rangers and they come I think it was once a month they were geared at kids and they had stories and all these little puzzles and things to do with them I remember getting those when I was a kid they were a lot of fun

Do you mean the Ranger Rick magazine?

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Swing sets- They were sold in toy stores/toy areas and they seemed to be everyone's favorite outside play-thing when I was growing up. So, I'm going to classify them as toys. The imagination involved in playtime was what still amazes me to this day. My neighbor's set had a really good face to face glider with the high back seats and a nice tall slide that went almost up to the top support bar. Mine had a teeter-totter and a backless glider with singular seats. We both had several swings and trapeze bars. The possibilities for play time were endless! While my kids had a more modern wooden one, they got several years of good play time out of theirs as well.

Atari/Nintendo- Heck, we still love our video games. Still, I remember that first Atari. Space Invaders and Asteroids were early favorites, but Skiing, Pitfall, ET, Air Sea Battle, Combat, Super Breakout, Kool-Aid Man, Missile Command, Star Raiders and even Blackjack got lots of playing time. Nintendo's NES brought us into the next round of games. Super Mario and Zelda meant hours of fun during the winter months.

Play-Doh- I was particularly fond of the kits that came with extruders. To this day, the Fuzzy Pumper Barber shop was my favorite. Even on its own, it was fun to sit down and just make stuff.

Honorable mentions to: Smurfs, Cabbage Patch dolls, Lite-Brite, Etch-A-Sketch/Skedoodle, Merlin, Simon, Little People, Tree Tots, a new box of 64 Crayola crayons, Strawberry Shortcake, Snoopy & Friends, Sesame Street toys, Ollie and Olivia octopus, Creepy Crawlers, Sit N Spin, Lemon Skip It, big wheels, Mousetrap, Parcheesi, Trouble, Life, Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, Colorforms, Make It and Bake It kits, Shrinky Dinks, silly putty, Fashion Plates, magnetic car games, and dress up chests. I should also mention Barbie and toy kitchens. I never liked Barbies, but DD17 sure did and it was hours of fun for her. Toy kitchens also weren't popular in my circles as a kid, but my local friends made sure I got one for my girls and guided me towards a proper kitchen They weren't wrong. It was a big hit!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Do you mean the Ranger Rick magazine?

Our DS’s and our DGS’s enjoyed this when they were younger!

 

[bluecastle]

My Bear and my dolls, bear for comfort, (I even took him to college), dolls to play school with

Outside toys/games: champion pogo stick player in my neighborhood, , kickball, freeze tag, jump roping, Skelly ( a NY thing, bottle caps with melted crayon in them, which we did ourselves, and a sidewalk board we drew with chalk, hopscotch (we called it Potsie), hide and seek, Red Light Green Light. It’s amazing how much we spent outside!

I know this is a silly one, but I loved when we played Head’s Up Seven Up in school! It was such a wonderful break!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Ranger Rick YES !!!! Thank You

 

[newski_mom]

Everyone's bringing back such good memories!

I'll go with:
1. Chinese Checkers - I played this at my grandma's any time I went there
2. Catch Phrase
3. Rummikub

 

[LuvOrlando]

Simon
Rubiks Cube
Twister

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I liked Simon, too LuvOrlando

 

[leebee]

Honorable mention to Parcheesi, colorforms, Barbies (which includes Tressy, Skipper, etc), our swing set, and our bikes. I always wanted a Mr. Potato Head and Operation!

It's funny... you can almost guess the age (or at least the decade of age) of people by the toys they played with.

 

[SpaceMan5]

Atari/Nintendo- Heck, we still love our video games. Still, I remember that first Atari. Space Invaders and Asteroids were early favorites, but Skiing, Pitfall, ET, Air Sea Battle, Combat, Super Breakout, Kool-Aid Man, Missile Command, Star Raiders and even Blackjack got lots of playing time. Nintendo's NES brought us into the next round of games. Super Mario and Zelda meant hours of fun during the winter months.

I was just talking with DS18 tonight about the Atari I had way back when. I wish I still had it

 

[SpaceMan5]

SSP Smash up Derby cars - loved shooting them up the ramps and watching the pieces go flying

Atari - amazing how the graphics have evolved to now

Nerf - the basketballs and footballs

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Chinese checkers oh my gosh haven’t played those in years!!
Yes you can definitely get a good guess for an age group by the toys that were mentioning
No Internet no Atari‘s game boys and none of that stuff was around when I was a kid
I’m the go outside and play all day come in with the lights come on garden hose drinking age group here !! I mean seriously my mother locked us out of the house all day I’m not kidding

 

[PollyannaMom]

Legos
Jump Rope
Art Supplies

 

[PollyannaMom]

Today's Topic (Fri, 3/8) - 3 things you're grateful for beginning with the letter E

 

[LuvOrlando]

Early morning bird songs, woke me today and yesterday
Eyes that look at my with love, grateful
Even temperament, blessed

 

[leebee]

My cousin, Eleanor. We cousins are all of the age where WE are now the heads of our families; my cousins now grandparents (or great grandparents) in their own families. Every year (or several times a year) my cousin, Eleanor, organizes a "cousins get together" where those cousins of my generation, who grew up together, meet for a meal or a weekend outing. At the very least, we are usually a group of 12 or more, and often closer to 20 if some of our spouses or adult kids join in, so it's a bit of a task to organize, but El does it happily, as she is happy to keep us all together!

Elephants- Such lovely creatures, so smart, so family oriented. I took Animal Kingdom's "Caring for Giants" tour and learned a lot about the elephants themselves, as well as how they are cared for at Disney World.

Eggs- Eggs are so versatile, you can have them at any meal, and there'd be no way to bake without them! Also a great protein source, which is important to those of use who've had bariatric surgery. I love eggs!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Eggs
Evening Sunsets - preferably from deck on a cruise ship or on a beach
Envelopes - to help keep things organized

 

[slo]

Good Friday Morning!

#1 - Elevators - I like working out, but I don’t like climbing up to many stairs with bad knees.

#2 - Eyes & Ears - I’m grateful for my sight and hearing every day

#3 - Electricity - I’m grateful until I have to pay the bill, which autopays today - LOL!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

I love every E answer and thank you all for sharing. I feel best early mornings. What a privilige this time of quiet communion with God is for me too. Eyes, Ears, Elbows, and Earth.

Grateful beyond for God's promise through my faith to me of Eternal life.

Every breath and moment are a blessing.

Envelopes! Love that answer. Friendly mail within them and organizing, too. Email that is uplifting sure is a grace, too. Kind PM's, of course, are a blessing too.

I do enjoy as part of dinner most evenings a scrambled egg.

Energy, electricity, even keel temperament, editing capability especially early in the day on here, and enjoyment, too. Engines that help make safe cars and other transportation possible are blessings too.

Eternia, the home of Prince Adam sure brought me comfort as a child on He-Man.

Elephants and one certain elephants ride at Disneyland

Off topic, do any of you get Reader's Digest? I was wondering whether the magazine still has uplifting stories in it. Thank you, everyone. How grateful I am to God for each of you!