Kayleigh was not what we would have called a 'girly girl'. Even as a baby/toddler she didn't show much interest in dolls or other girly toys. Her favourite toys, other than Row Row, where matchbox cars and lego. She liked to build things and drive cars around. She did have a few teddy bears and soft toys, including her favourite Moosie but always seemed to be drawn to toys that involved smashing and driving and building rather than pretty things and dolly dress-up.
For her 4th birthday, someone bought her a Barbie doll. Kayleigh's look of revolt as she opened it was soooo funny but she managed to maintain her composure to politely say thank you. That poor barbie . . . . I found her 3 days later, armless, leg-less, naked and with all of her hair cut off. It was like a bad CSI episode :).
When she got older my mother started buying Kayleigh and Natassja the porcelain dolls from Home-Art - the ones with delicate faces and flouncy dresses. Every year it was a new one and Kayleigh hated them. Every year when we got them Kayleigh said 'I know what it is, I don't want to open it.' Each year they would only last a few days. One year Kayleigh and Natassja pretended the dolls were at a rock concert, hand banging away to the music, until the dolls eventually head banged each other. Another year I have no idea what happened to it. One day is was there and the next it wasn't and Kayleigh refused to tell me where it went (I suspect she might have given it away). Either way, I never ever bought Kayleigh any dolls or Barbie because she really didn't like them.
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