The 12 Days of Cabbie-mas

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...a partridge in a pear tree...

 On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...two turtle doves...

 On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...three French hens...

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...four calling birds...

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...five golden rings...

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...six geese a-laying...

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...seven swans a-swimming...

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...eight maids a-milking...

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...nine ladies dancing...

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...ten lords a-leaping...

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...eleven pipers piping...

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...twelve drummers drumming...

On the last day of Christmas...Julia rested.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us to all of you.

Hard Truths in the Pumpkin Patch

Life comes at you pretty fast in the Pumpkin Patch at this time of year. Friends Jack and Tom tell a modern parable.

Jack: Goodbye, Tom. I'm running away!

Tom: Running away? Why Jack? 

 

Jack: These people are crazy! They CARVE pumpkins on Halloween!

Tom: No, that can't be true. That's a myth. 

Jack: It IS true! My Mom lied when she said Jack O'Lantern was a second cousin who moved back to Ireland.

Tom: Gosh. I wish you were a turkey like me. People don't carve us.

Jack: Here Tom. You better google what happens on Thanksgiving.

Tom: Huh?

 

Tom: Jack, I think I might come with you.

Jack: Tom, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Happy Halloween!

Hound Dog: The King of Cabbies

Here at CPK Rehab, we believe all work and no play makes a dull doll, so we lined up some live entertainment that the Kids--both big and small--are sure to love. Hit it!

 

 

For those who dare, here's an uncensored version...

And for all the ladies in the house...

Beanie Patriots

Two budding, beanie musicians catch up on Monday morning in...

America the Beanie-ful 

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Happy Fourth of July weekend!

A Beanie love story

Having met the Beanie Butts last time, we bring you a BBB tale:   

Love at Firtht Thight

 

Cuthbert has a crush on the new girl in our Patch, but he's feeling a little insecure. Does love conquer all?

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Proving that even in the Cabbage Patch, love triumphth. 💕💖

Introducing: the Beanies

After the initial wave of CPK fever, there was need for a new type of Kid. Officially known as "Cabbage Patch Babies", everyone in the know calls them Beanie Butt Babies (BBBs). Now don't be confused with the 1990s craze for beanie babies, which didn't appear until the year after Coleco/Hasbro stopped making BBBs.

You got a sneak peek at a couple BBBs last month when we wrote about repairing scrapes on heads and faces. BBBs are the smallest of the Kids--less than a foot high--but what really sets them apart is the inclusion of a beanbag in their torsos that lets them sit upright (although it doesn't do anything for their standing).

To show you what this looks like, here is a Kid we disassembled because he reeked of cigarettes. We soaked each of the components in cheap vodka, a trick that a professional costumer shared with us years ago.

 

 

Because they were supposed to be younger than a normal Kid, BBBs tended to come with sweet, infant-appropriate clothes. Here are a few typical examples.

Of course, we here at CP Rehab aren't slaves to foolish consistency. Instead we try to have a little fun and play to the individual personalities of each Kid.

Lil Pooh is "comin' atcha!"

Chow Fat is on his way to the Himalayan monastery.

Carmine "Babycakes" Carpelli found a way to unwind after a long day.

And Tony got a pony. What is wrong with pony?

Stay tuned to our next entry because the BBBs will be back.

New 'do for a new you

CPK boys came with two hairstyles. The main one was short loops, and this earlier post describes how we cleaned those Kids up. The other option was a more informal, fuzzy look like Sir Lance sports, for the knight on the go!

But what if a boy needed to make a change? After all not everyone can carry off the same hairstyle for forty years. We start with a good candidate, someone who has expressed interest in updating their look. 

As with the others, the first step is still to trim off the flyaway extras. Then the fun starts when we cut the loops. Like Samson said to Delilah, "Hair today, gone tomorrow!"

Once all the loops have been cut, we tease the hair out a bit.

After some spritzing and blow drying, this Kid is starting to look sharp! This is a decision point - we could stop here and leave it a shag or press on.

If we go on then it's "Welcome to The Fuzz Zone!" For this we need a specialty tool - a slicker brush that is normally used on championship dogs. 

We give the Kid a biscuit and tell him to sit. Or something like that. And get started.

After an initial pass you can see the change already.

The brushing really frizzes out the hair and takes a little off the top.

The end result is quite a transformation. Trent has become a cool dude ready for action!

Traditionally it's been boys who sported this hairstyle, but here at CP Rehab we don't discriminate. Girls can be fuzzy too!