My Favorite Childhood Memory is.....

footprintsangel

Collecting shells at the beach

They were so beautiful then

and much bigger.

footprintsangel

Trying to break a coconut by myself

was little and couldn't, Dad hammered it

Was my hero

footprintsangel

Breaking the wishbone from the Thanksgiving turkey.

Happy Thankgiving to All.

footprintsangel

Making alot of turkey soup and thank goodness

mom froze it, We were tired of turkey. Got to

eat BLT sandwiches and tomato soup. Now

I love turkey and can never get tired of it.

footprintsangel

Making Bisquick biscuits in my little oven

My dad love me to put sugar and Cinnamon

on them, still have the book

footprintsangel

Making my first snowman by myself.

I was so proud and my dad knew what it was.

footprintsangel

Singing a solo in church when I was 10.

I was scared, then it went fine.

footprintsangel

Playing jacks and winning for the first time

footprintsangel

Watching King Kong at the movies (In black and white)

footprintsangel

Looking in my Christmas socking and getting gum and little

things that alot of kids would not want now.

footprintsangel

Making a Cross out of burned wooden matches in Girl Scouts

footprintsangel

Finding myself a rock collect when I was 5, No one

thought they were pretty. But I thought they were wonderful!

footprintsangel

bobbing for apples at parties

footprintsangel

Doing a Christmas play in 1 grade and was very proud

that my dad could come home from Korea for a week

and see me.

Makratz

Christmas morning in my parents house with my 4 siblings.  We would all come down the stairs one by one, according to our age.  Now I have my kids do that too and I video tape them.

Merry Christmas to alll!

footprintsangel

Watching Lawrence Welk Christmas program on black and white TV

footprintsangel

Whistling in a pop bottle to sound like a horn.

footprintsangel

Taking bamboo and making a tent

footprintsangel

Watching the airplanes take off to war, I lived

on base alot. Now I dont hear airplanes alot.

footprintsangel

Show and tellin first grade, I had a butterfly and

to me nothing was more beautiful. Then I let it out again

Kayree

Cuddling with my Mom at bedtime; Playing in the snow with my Dad; baking cookies in my easy-bake oven; and playing school with my best friends.

Wonderland

Using my Daddy's WWII army socks as our stockings at Christmas.

My Mother's soft,warm hands holding my hand when I was sick.

footprintsangel

I had an easy bake oven. I forgot Thanks Kayree.

I hated when I lost my skate key.

footprintsangel

Looking for different color leaves to decorate the school

walls with.

Leah_S

Whenever I had nightmares a a little girl, I would wake up and my mother would be right there. It didn't occur to me that I might have cried or made noise - I just would wake up and she "knew" I had a bad dream and would help me.

She was always "right there".

Now she's in the beginning stages of Alzheimer's and she's fading away. My heart is breaking in little pieces.

Leah

footprintsangel

It is hard Leah, But someday we all will be ok again

God bless You.

I always like to dress up my cat and put him in

my baby stroller, He was very happy.

redspark3

 Leah, I'm sorry.

I just read all 14 pages of this thread - thank you for all the wonderful memories!

Some of my favorites:

Playing all sorts of games outside - tag, hide and go seek, greenlight/redlight

Making rice crispie treats & Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookies with my mom. And, if we were short on an ingredient, we didn't think twice about going next door to ask if they had an extra egg or some flour.

Riding on my awesome banana seat bicycle that was a beautiful rainbow and it had a sun on the seat to boot!

Being a brownie and going camping and having sleepovers

Finding all of our pets - my dog, Clancy, I found when I was about 5 and he was an irish setter/newfoundland mix. He weighed over 100lbs and could knock me down with his tail. And yet, I brought him home and let him in the house and he didn't want to come back out! I still miss that dog - he was like my very own big, red dog.

Going to my neighbor's house, there was a lady there who lived alone and she would make me lunch and I would sit on her screened in porch and visit with her. Sometimes her granddaughter would come over and I would play operation with her or some other game.

Picking up the different colored leaves for a school project.

Playing outside, skating, or riding our bikes until the streetlights came on.

Doing gravestone rubbings.

Camping, I really miss that. I haven't been camping in years. We had a regular tent for awhile, and then a pop up camper. Also, loved driving from Detroit to Tucson - it was such a great experience just getting there.

Going to the apple orchards and having the hay rides and then the cider and donut at the end. 

Running through the sprinklers.

Block parties/parades.

Cracker Jacks 

I'm sure I have many more. 

footprintsangel

I love alot of you answers redspark3

It brings back some of mine, And I hope to

hear more.

I remember finding a pop bottle and returning

it to get a candy bar.

footprintsangel

Mcalls magazine had paper dolls every month.

I love to use them

footprintsangel

Going to church in my dress that mom made

cause we couldnt afford to by one.