My Favorite Childhood Memory is.....

Designer,

even better, as I age, I cannot wear the same pants that I did at the same weight. Life is funny that way "cough"

Foots,

Yes, the popsicle sticks would be half stained with the food coloring if each flavor...

Remember those black and white shoes, they hurt

my feet.

How about old maid and pic up sticks

Playing freeze tag or Simon Says

How about those little paraffin bottles filled with syrup?  We would bite off the top, drink it, then chew the paraffin like gum. 

I still remember 10 cent pay phones too!

I used to keep dimes in my penny loafers instead of pennies in case I needed to make an emergency phone call.

Leah

First time staying up til midnight, I thought I was

so grown up! Happy New Year Everyone.

camping with our entire extended family: pies over the campfire, swimming holes, baseball games, eggs & bacon for breakfast. the sound of rain on the tent (my parents decidedly less thrilled about that).....

Making bowling pin by filling up pop can with alittle bit

of rocks and covered the holes and used them for bowling

playing hide and seek in the woods.

coming home to find my mother ironing in front of her soap operas and Rice krispie treats cooling in the pan.

Oh I remember those paper dolls! I also remember my Mom saying the ones she had growing up were so much better.... now our kids don't even get them at all. Sigh.

Going down to visit my grandparents in Florida over Christmas break.  Both sets of grandparents lived in the same building.  My sister and I would stay with one set of grandparents and our parents with the other set for half the week, then we'd switch for the second half.  It was wonderful!

Wow'd I'd remember that slide too if I had ever gone! How totally magical - love that.

You know I never have been to a drive in movie - supposedly there is one in town but haven't figured out where yet. sounds fun!

When I have taken my kids to toy stores it just never seems as wonderful as what I remembered as a child and have wondered if later my kids will have great memories of such things or are they too jaded by TV. I think they just see things differently and not it a good way I'm sorry to say.

I remember going to get tacos on Sunday, 10 for

a dollar and would go to the park and have a picinc

and then go back on AirForce Base were we lived.