Childhood favorites

The other day i was looking through some boxes of stuff that I've not been able to unpack since moving to our new home. To my delight i came across 2 special Paddington bears in football attire and raincoat (Aren't they adorable :D). These were some of my many favorite collection of toys during childhood, all the way from UK. Those day, items from overseas were considered special as we hardly receive gifts or parcels from abroad.

I remembered on one occassion we received a huge parcel from my sister (I was around 13 then). To our pleasant surprise it was a teddy bear the size of a teenager. We love it so much that it was became our bedtime buddy for a while until mom kept it away in proper storage so that it will not continue to accumulate dust. :(

Thinking back I'm thankful for what mom did. Now it still looks as new as before, except that i need to have it sunned!!!

We used to have many childhood stuff kept in our old home. It was not until when we need to relocate that we had no option but to give away and kept only those that space in our new home could afford. Oh... how i wish i could keep all of them.....