Smiling Mom

Yup.  Four.  I had four Cab­bage Patch Kids.

Know how I remem­ber??  Each time I broke an arm as a child I got a ‘Kid.

Four.  Four breaks. Four ‘Kids.

Break #1 & Cab­bage Patch Kid #1

My brother dared me to hang by my toes from the mon­key bars at my grandma’s house.  If you know me per­so­nally, you know that I’m up for a challenge.

Yup.  Bro­ken arm.  What can I say, I was four…common sense elu­ded me that day.

Break #2 & Cab­bage Patch Kids #2

I was stan­ding on the balance beam at age five wai­ting for my turn to do my somer­sault when I began to day­dream when whoops, I fell.

Bro­ken arm num­ber two and the second addi­tion to my Cab­bage Patch Family.

Break #3…Cabbage Patch Kid #3

I was rollers­ka­ting in my front yard around the age of seven and trip­ped over a small rock.  At this point my pedia­tri­cian was begin­ning to know me by name… much to my mom’s chagrin.

Break #4…Cabbage Patch Kid #4

Six months later just before I ente­red second grade, on my mom’s birth­day in fact, I was pla­ying soc­cer in my back yard with my brothers and some friends when I trip­ped and fell.  I infor­med my mom that my arm was bro­ken and she reac­ted EXACTLY as I would.  It went something like, “Uh huh, Nette, just rest it for awhile… you’ll be fine.”  Awhile later I was still com­plai­ning about the pain when my mom took me down for another x-ray.  (It’s a won­der that I could even get preg­nant as an adult with the amount of x-rays that I’ve had in my life!) This time I, again, broke my arm.

So it’s clear that I was a fan of Cab­bage Patch Kids!  Hell, if my mom wouldn’t just go out and buy me one I’d up the ante and break my arm!

Hehe, ahem…

About a month ago I recei­ved an email from Team Mom let­ting me know that they’d be sen­ding me an new and very exci­ting NEW item to review.

Ladies and gent­le­men, please wel­come my daughter’s new and very exci­ting authen­tic, limi­ted time release Cab­bage Patch Kid, Jac­que­line Edith.

Kinda cute, right? Looks a bit like eClaire, no?  But really… do you think that I’d hand off a BRAND NEW CABBAGE PATCH KID for nothing in return???  Pu-LEASE!

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Stay tuned for the next edi­tion where Nette says to eClaire, “In FIVE DAYS Jac­que­line Edith can be yours IF and only if you stop suc­king your thumb.”

Dun-da-dun!