I was five when my parents bought me one of these:
It's a glo-worm. This little guy wears a night cap and his head lights up when you squeeze him. But I just watched BBC's Planet Earth, and turns out that real glow worms don't actually wear jammies and their heads don't light up. Glowing goes more like this:
I guess I can see why Playskool took a few liberties. I don't see too many parents buying Glo-worms for their toddlers with this catchphrase on the box:
"Squeeze me and my butt lights up!"
glowing in the wrong place
6.13.2008 | Posted by kathy w.
Labels: childhood
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Kathy! HEY!! I didn't know you had a blog!! this is great, and I can't wait to see you at the lunch/shower special. miss you!
actually i lie. i think i saw an email, but it just hit me. oh, and i had a glow worm too. i loved mine. :)
And I totally had one of those. Or actually maybe I just remember latching on to yours... I dunno, regardless, I loved it. Actually maybe it was Amy's...
LOL! that is hilarious. awesome post. so...when are you two going to come up to the Lord's country, aka, rexburg and pay us a visit?
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