Six

Found this photo today while searching for a suitable  retro Facebook profile pic. It perfectly sums up my life at 6: independent, uninhibited, active, imaginative adventurous, and comfortable in my own skin.

Four year old Beth, in her popover bottoms, also looks comfy, but I'm not too sure about Miss Tiny Tears' comfort level. As I recall, she, a hand-me-down doll, required an energetic punch in the tummy for tear production. Beth looks pretty protective of her here. I wasn't much interested in Tiny unless she was fulfilling her sole function: crying. Mechanical tears were the closest a doll could get to what I enjoyed even as early as 1961: technology!