Cherry,

This is a wonderful thread, thank you for starting it!

I am not sure if this counts or not, but the first dolls I remember playing with are my mother's three beloved Toni dolls--a brunette, a blonde and one with ash blonde hair--which she saved from her childhood and allowed me to start playing with when I was three years old. My mom allowed my babysitter Laura to get the dolls down from the high shelf in the closet in my room whenever she came over to entertain me as a special treat.

Oddly enough, I have no recollections at all of my mom playing dolls with me ever, but my memories of Laura are quite vivid. Once I got old enough, my mom let me and my friends play with the Toni dolls all the time and we combined them in our games with the 8 in MA's for numerous hours of creative play. Hence, my decision to collect the AG's for my DD!

[img]smile.gif[/img] Katie