feeling nostalgic

I guess you could call it an addiction because I can't seem to stop.  And then Dan gave me his login information and it's just too easy to buy stuff.  You don't even have to mess with winning auctions anymore, you just 'Buy it Now!'  Amazing.  And Dan, well he is on board, I mean I know he just loves it that his eBay account is now recommending all kinds of vintage Fisher Price toys and sending email notifications that Sesame Street auctions will soon be ending...

I mean look at this stuff...my breath catches in my throat a little.  Yours?




(Insert old man redneck voice) They just don't make them like they used to.  I mean am I right that toys today cannot compare?!  I just can't stand the thought of my kids growing up without this sheep.  So darn cute.  (exit voice)



Here is the new and "improved" version (that I am ashamed to admit we have at our house).  Come on Fisher Price...really?



I guess this nostalgia all kinda started with the thought that funding for PBS/IPTV may not always be there.  And it makes me sad to think about kids growing up without Sesame Street, or a different (most definitely it would be more commercialized) version of the show.  While it has changed over the years (Cookie Monster?  Anyone?) I still enjoy the show thirty years later.  (And while I'm on that subject has anyone else noticed that Gordon hasn't aged a day in 30 years?  What is his secret?)  It was definitely a part of my childhood that I remember dearly.

So the question for me now is - what do I do about all of this?  

a) Go crazy (and broke) buying up all of the toys I used to own.
b) Mourn over and over again that things will never be the same.
c) Consult Mr. Rogers.

I'll go with C.

"Parents are like shuttles on a loom.  They join the threads of the past with the threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go."  Fred Rogers

Yes, I think that's it.  And now, it's time to head back over to eBay for awhile.  In order to preserve the past I'll need a few things...

amy