Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 03:54PM

To this day I can’t say that name without hearing the song in my head. And it was THIRTY YEARS AGO!!! Crazy, huh?

We all have those moments in our lives that force us to look back at how quickly the time has passed. I’m having one of those moments now that is directly related to the sweet smell of strawberries. I had it all! The dolls, books, bed sheets…I can even remember the original 1980 TV special, “The World of Strawberry Shortcake”.

And now that I’ve moved from a little girl to the mom of two little girls…I love this doll even more! We try to instill the right messages and role models for our kids and weed out the images and impressions that may not be the best for little kids. Like…say… scantily clad dolls with suggestive clothing. I’m sure my girls will learn about suggestive clothing at some point, but not when they’re 5 and 9.

Strawberry Shortcake is known by different names all over the world; Charlotte aux Fraises in France, Moranguinho in Brazil, Emily Erdbeer in Germany, Rosita Fresita in Mexico…and played with by little girls (and boys) that are all getting the same message. “Little girls…BIG possibilities!

I LOVE IT!!

E