Do you remember when..... ( Archived) (229)

And in the back on the floor was that hump and you'd fight with your siblings to sit on it! OMG..I don't think we even wore seatbelts half the time. I even remember laying in the back window waving at people!!!

I remember when...

Playing meant spending time with the neighborhood kids outside climbing trees, riding our bicycles everywhere, playing kickball, skateboarding down the street, being so excited to hear the bell of the ice cream truck coming around the corner, chasing fireflys, playing hide 'n seek in the woods while pretending we were stalking prey through an Amazon Jungle, when putting a fake rubber snake in my bed (or sneaking real worms into my hair) and waiting for my scream was the height of hilarity for my two meanie older brothers (I'm still in undergoing extensive counseling ), when a slice of watermelon shared with neighbors was such a special treat, when we didn't lock our doors and neighborhood kids came in and out of everyone's home without knocking and it was not considered unusual....Staying indoors on a hot summer day? Who would want to stay indoors when the Incredible Mysterious World was right outside the front door?

We didn't wear helmuts and elbow pads on a bicycle either. Yet, we somehow survived intact and here we are in all of our glory.

Yeah but that's why we learned to ride a bike faster then our kids did. You hit the pavement once without padding and you learned real fast how to keep your balance