A Long Long Time Ago

Days after these pictures were taken the most wonderful thing EVER to happen in the history of my world (besides getting boobs) happened.





And it wasn't my grandparent's getting new wallpaper. Or curtains...excuse me, SHEERS. Oh, I think we lived with that lovely combo at least until I got my boobs, and that was well into my teens. And that was the '80s. The 1980's.

The most wonderful thing ever was Sesame Street made its debut, and with it, so did this song...which was my absolute FAVORITE! And fueled my continued love for Madame Alexander Dolls to this day...(though since Evan has informed me he isn't having children of his own, I must leave my collection to some poor orphan girl...taking applications now...)

Yes people, I am officially older than Sesame Street. As Oscar would say, "Suck it".

And, is anybody else concerned about a one year old child near open flame like that? Without an adult near? Do you notice the lack of people or decorations at this festive party? Almost like they just set a cake WITH AN OPEN FLAME in front of me and left the camera on auto play and went in the other room to watch Walter Cronkite or something while I just amused myself...you know things were a lot different in the 60's...we even had lead paint back then.


*Okay, now that I have my glasses on, I realize the cake with the lit candle is actually on the counter and not on my highchair tray...BUT, I still stand by the above statement...we did have lead paint back then, and I am willing to bet that this cake was served after my grandfather got home from work...and back then that meant it was cocktail time for my grandmother (all the housewives did it!) and one Budweiser was consumed. Not by me. And I'm pretty sure my mom made this cake. And I loved it.