Favorite Things

I always liked my dolls. One kind of doll was a Betsy Wetsy doll. She had a bottle and if you put water in the bottle and fed it to her, she would wet her diaper like a baby. I had two Betsy Wetsies. My favorite one one was a bit old and had melted fingers and toes (she was rubber), but I liked to take care of her. I also had other baby dolls and a very pretty doll with blonde curls and a pretty dress. But I liked my Story Book dolls even better. These were little dolls that sometimes had on fancy costumes and sometimes pretty party dresses. They weren't very big, so I had a lot of them in a box. Sometimes they would have weddings (There were a bride and groom).
I also liked paper dolls. I had a whole family, mother and father, grandpa and grandma, and several children. I think they were a farm family. They had several different changes of clothes. We also had movie star paper dolls, but the family was more fun. Sometimes we would make them new clothes out of plain paper which we then colored. My mother was an artist, so she could make really pretty clothes.
I learned to ride a bike when I was about 6 years old. It was a 24 inch bike, which is pretty big for someone that age, but that's what I had so I used it. I was proud of myself. A little later I had stilts and a pogo stick. It was great fun to walk on the stilts or jump on the pogo stick.
I also got a hula-hoop and loved to make it go round and round. I still like the hula-hoop. Here is a recent picture of me.

One toy that was a real favorite was my little picnic set. It was a small basket (maybe 6 inches by 9 inches) that opened up and held little tiny plates and silverware and also little plastic food models--chicken, peas, etc. You could set the table and put the food on the plates and let the dolls eat it.
A game that we loved to play was called Blockhead. There were a lot of different shaped blocks. The first person put one on the table. The next person had to put one on top of that one. Then the next person put one on top. If the tower fell down, you were out and the game went on until just one person was left.