Do you remember when....

• You had chubby cheeks, thunder thighs, and you weren’t considered fat or overweight
•  All you needed was a blanket and a mom to feel safe
•  You screamed your guts out when mom left for a date
•  You could eat like a pig and it was “cute”
•  A box is all the entertainment you needed
•  Boys/girls had cooties
•  School was fun
•  Making friends was as simple as sharing a toy
•  Responsibility didn’t exist
•  Your dad was always wrong and your mom was always right
• A band aid fixed everything
• Macaroni and Cheese was a delicacy
• Power Rangers were your life
• Dinner time was an inconvenience to your play schedule
• You rode your bike for the first time
• You crashed on your bike for the first time
• Summer time meant living in the swimming pool
• Camping was an excuse to get as dirty as possible
• You learned your multiplication tables and felt you could do anything now
• You became a certified fort builder
• Spelling bee’s scared you
• Bees scared you
• You had no fear
• Running didn’t cause you so much pain
• All you needed was a blanket and a ball to make a game and be entertained for hours
• You realized your brothers and sisters were your absolute best friends and not your wicked enemies
• It didn’t matter how many gummy bears you ate, you would never get a stomach ache
• Soccer was your life
• Santa existed
• The heartbreak you felt when you learned he didn’t
• Making home videos were how you spent your Sundays
• You hoped for cool scars after an accident
• Sleeping till 11 am was so cool
• Staying out till 11 pm was so cool
• You didn’t have to pretend you were bored during church
• Lighting your first firework by yourself
• Stress didn’t exist
• Cleaning your room was punishment
• You could eat all the cookie dough you wanted and still have room for cookies
• You dressed yourself for the first time
• You did your own hair for the first time
• Your socks never matched
• It didn’t matter if you didn’t do well in soccer, it was still fun and you didn’t get mad about it
• You bought your first cd
• You wanted toys for Christmas instead of practical stuff
• You didn’t dread Mondays
• You caught and gutted your first fish
• Work was having to finish your game
• You cashed that first paycheck
• You thought the main guy in “Blues Clues” was an artist
• Pokeman cards were like gold and you put them in plastic sleeves in a folder
• Nerf gun wars were a daily occurrence
• You begged to have a treat every time you went to the grocery store with your mom
• You didn’t beg for a treat, and your mom surprised you with a treat
• You could slide down the stairs in the laundry basket and not be sore the next day

You desperately wanted to be considered an adult

You desperately wanted to be a child again