barbie adventure

arley and i were talking about our childhoods today.  i told him i thought he was the eat glue and crayons type.  and he thought i seemed like the "kool-aid mustache barbie" type.  and i told him right about the barbies but most definitely wrong about the kool-aid mustache.  my mom would Never let that happen!

so i was thinking about my two favorite barbies.  and guess what!  i found them!!


here is Wet N Wild Barbie (from the 80s! yikes!!)

i remember thinking how beautiful she was.  it was a sad sad day when i pulled her head off in a valiant attempt to braid her hair (like my sister could).  

her swimming suit changed colors when it got wet.  wet n wild barbie went swimming a lot.  probably the water in her head contributed to the ease with which her head popped off.  she was never quite the same wearing a tape neck brace...

and here is Rollerblader Barbie.  her name is apparently kira... (from the 90s - 91, to be exact)

i never pulled rollerblader barbie's head off.  probably because i was more mature by the time santa brought her to me.  also.  look at that fanny pack.  and those bangs.  i got in trouble a lot for trying to make her rollerblades spark using all the tables in the house (and scratching them, of course).  rollerblader barbie knew some great tricks.