Vintage Treasure

Aaron retuned from his trip to Utah with a suitcase full of goodies. Wow, is all I can say! Lynda knows me well and gathered the most wonderful "package" of treasures for us including but not limited to:

-fresh peanut butter from Whole Foods (my fave!)
-a new sugar cookie salt city candle
-two vintage My Little Pony Play doh Pinkie Pie Twinkle Twirl Parlor sets (we can't wait to play with this one over the weekend! I need to make some pink and purple playdough! My kids have no idea what kind of fun they are in for.)
-old school FHE lessons from Aaron's childhood.
-paper cutouts and the book, "There Was and Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie" (be excited, preschoolers!)
-Dr. Seuss's The Foot Book and The Lorax
-trick or treating flashlights

and, my favorite item, this little treasure.

-a tiny metal cashbox that Aaron for Christmas from Grandma Wini when he was a little boy. It really locks, it is awesome (clearly), and I love it so much I clapped with excitement when I found it in the suitcase! My favorite part is the old school engraved metal name plate. The keys disappeared years ago, but Lynda was clever and figured out which number it needs to be set on to open and marked it with a sharpie. It opens to a bright orange removable plastic tray that is miraculously still in tact.


I quickly put it on the shelf in Corbin's bedroom with the little vignette of other vintage treasures from Aaron's childhood, but then decided the reason I love it so much is because I can picture a young Aaron toting it around full of pennies or rocks or basketball cards or birthday money. It is full of love and it should be played with. I took it down from the shelf and it is the new hot novelty in our home. We've used our microwave timer for turn taking a lot this week!

I love watching my children play "store" and "garage sale" with it. They have filled it with doll clothes, strawberry shortcakes, toy story characters, grass (that was fun), and hair pretties. I wonder if Grandma Wini knew that it would last 30 years and be enjoyed by her great grandchildren.

Thank you, Lynda, for being the Mary Poppins that you are, and continuing to find little treasures like this, that make my children so happy! We love you!