SHOPKINS

I remember becoming utterly obsessed with ¨Shopkins¨. When I say that I was obsessed with these toys, I mean that I would cry at Walmart just begging for my mom to let me have them. My mother often refused as she didn´t understand all the hype about these tiny, less than 1-inch toys. Shopkins are an extensive range of little unique figures with their names and characteristics. They were often designed as objects, foods, and drinks, with hundreds to collect. They came out in June 2014 by an Australian company, ¨ Moose,¨ and later became a worldwide popular toy, selling over 600 million of these toys. These days, I don´t quite understand my past obsession with these toys, but I will never forget my little 8-year-old self, happy to look under the tree for Christmas, and excitedly hoping my Shopkin collection would grow. 

CABBAGE PATCH 

I remember being four years old when I got my first Cabbage Patch doll. I would take the doll wherever I went. Whether in the park, the store, or in the car, my doll went where I went, and that´s how it was for a very long time. I found comfort in my doll, as she was my favorite then. Cabbage Patch dolls are cloth dolls with plastic heads, coming in various shapes and sizes. They first originated in 1982 and became one of the most successful dolls in the toy industry. For me, these dolls seemed to be the most important thing to me when I was very little, as my cousins had them as well.  I have vivid memories of times when we would play together with them. Finding out a while ago that these dolls are still making a lot of money and are still in stock was cool to know.

SESAME STREET

Sesame Street is a well-known show, and many of us have watched it when we were little. The show is meant to be not just entertaining but also educational, combining cartoons, puppetry, and live-action. The show centers around a puppet called Elmo and his friends. Sesame Street is known for teaching children the alphabet, math, and life lessons and skills like kindness and friendship, as the show targets babies and preschoolers. A lot of the most recognizable characters are Elmo,  Oscar The Grouch,  Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and more. Throughout my childhood, Sesame Street has been a show I would watch in the living room as my older siblings left for school; it was long before I went to preschool that I knew the alphabet from Elmo. 

THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL

I still remember the family of cats, bunnies, and fish. The Amazing World Of Gumball was an entertaining show I would watch. It was a fun show to watch with my siblings and laughed at how silly the show was. The show focused on Gumball Waterson, a blue cat, and the rest of his family, as each day is an adventure. Gumball always seemed to get into big trouble and then try to get out of it with the help of his adoptive brother Darwin, a fish. It is an animated sitcom appearing on The Cartoon Network. It had been one of the channel's more popular shows, reaching more than 130 million viewers. It is the kind of show you can watch over and over again and not get bored. At least, that´s the way I remembered it.