Remember when…
We carried pictures in our wallet?
We would tell people to page us?
{and then have to find a pay phone to return their call}
{and then have to find a pay phone to return their call}
You weren’t cool unless you wore a scrunchy in your pony tail,
We used Thomas Guides/Road Mapsslap bracelets were THE accessory
Friday nights involved watching TGIF
and Saturday morning cartoons
Friday nights involved watching TGIFand Saturday morning cartoons
walkmans…say no more!
Ace of Base “The Sign”
“scaning” ALL our photos onto our computer
BEFORE PC and MAC
Lunch tickets in Elementary School
Red Rover and Hula Hoop
Now and Laters and Fun Dip
Brand Spakin New White Keds
When around the corner seemed SO far
The ice cream man would come jingling down the street
hide and seek at dusk.
Sometimes I think back at what my childhood meant to me, and how Landyn’s world will be SO different. What comes to mind when you go back?
m&msmommy says
02.22.11 at 1:26 pmI think about that a lot…how Manuel and Mia will never know what life was like without cell phones, laptops, etc. It's crazy! I mean I know that same thing happened to our parents and they would think, "Our children will never know what its like to have a black and white TV", etc. but when it's your own children, it's different 🙂
I LOVE TGIF! 🙂
Holly Days Closet says
02.22.11 at 1:48 pmHere's what I think of Party lines, one phone company Ma Bell, no cable TV, going bike riding without a helmet, walking a mile to and from school.
Thanks for the trip. Have a great day.
Holly
Val says
02.22.11 at 2:29 pmGah….Oh my…Keds, I lived in them for years with my rolled bottom jeans. When I got my first pager I thought I was really something. LOVE THIS POST!!!!!
The Balch Bunch says
02.22.11 at 2:54 pmOMG yes haha TOTALLY! TGIF oh man how I looked so forward to that every week… and the keds…. Channing just got some majorly sparkly shoes from her Grandmother and I just laughed when I saw they were keds… what keds aren't just white anymore? I also used to splatter paint my keds… now that was cool!
Michelle Life Buy The Beach says
02.22.11 at 3:14 pmThat was fun…I go so far back I don't think I can remember anything…Here are a few.
Home before the street lights come on. The Helms Bakery Man, Getting my own phone in my room. It was pink. The Brady Bunch. Smartys
David Casidy-I think I love. The Golden Arches. Training Wheels.
coolkids says
02.22.11 at 3:50 pmLove it!! The word walkman cracks me up! I miss my ghetto blaster! ha.ha. We called our white keds..buddies, not sure why?!! maybe b/c we couldn't afford keds. LOL.
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Tales of a young mamma says
02.22.11 at 4:11 pmHey The Sign is STILL cool. ha. Maybe I'm a little young for walkmans? Or maybe it's because I lived in Sweden through most of Elem. school but I do remember walking around with my little portable cd player w earphones and taking it on the track bus the CD's would always skip! So annoying.
Ashley says
02.22.11 at 4:30 pmGreat stuff! Brings back lots of memories!
Silver Lining Decor says
02.22.11 at 5:20 pmGreat post! I think about that a lot too. I don't have kids yet, but I think about when I do how much different it will be. We loved TGIF on Friday nights and Saturday morning cartoons! I remember when riding my bike around my neighborhood was the best thing in the world! Slap bracelets, lucky rabbit's feet, and ked's were a must! Things seemed so much simpler when we were kids, and that wasn't that long ago, really.
Lori says
02.22.11 at 5:39 pmI heard The Sign on the radio a few days ago (on an old school station) and I was totally jammin! Ha ha. And I totally remember pager code too– you chose an AWFUL picture 😉 Some people had some majorly blinged out pagers with pretty lights and stuff.
Awesome.
Tiff says
02.22.11 at 6:03 pmI had the keds and K-swiss! Watch out!! Loved fun dip.. just not that stick when all the dip was gone!! I hated Red Rover.. Because I was a scrawny kid and everyone always tried to "break" through me 🙁
Life with the Websters! says
02.22.11 at 6:51 pmOhh, how I miss the white keds! And jellies, oh I lived in them!
Kristin says
02.22.11 at 8:15 pmSlap bracelets…boy does that take me back!
Sharstin says
02.22.11 at 9:45 pmi love it! so many of what you mentioned is taking me back! slap bracelets and watching tgif on fridays! i will still rock some keds:) ps–we are headed to cali next Tues! the kiddos are so excited for disneyland:)
Anna of IHOD says
02.22.11 at 11:32 pmoh how I love this post:) So many fun memories! Slap bracelets were the coolest! It is true how our children's lives will be such a different experience than ours!
Lovely Little Nest says
02.23.11 at 1:18 amhaha aww I love this!
Sidenote: slap bracelets are back in style for kids! It's so weird to see styles coming back…must mean we're getting old 😉
Jenni says
02.23.11 at 2:54 amWow, a lot of these were definitely part of my childhood too!! Gosh, so many things "bring me back…" especially certain smells, oddly enough. Sweet post Lindsay. 🙂
Jesse {GoodGirlGoneGlad} says
02.23.11 at 3:09 amOh my gosh! I haven't thought of some of those things in so long. Ace of Base and slap on bracelets! LOL
Hope you had a great day girl!
xx
Kate @ The Gaines Gang says
02.23.11 at 3:17 pmLove this post! I just had this talk with my kiddos yesterday about how they didn't know what a phonebook was!
Great Post!
Chrissie says
02.24.11 at 5:41 pmThis post made me giggle, because I remember EVERY ONE OF THEM. So funny. I remember when my craft was making and sewing new scrunchies. hahaha
Jennifer says
02.25.11 at 6:43 pmThanks for taking me back down memory lane… (= I was just talking to my son last night about walkmans. We have come so far! (=
Erin Tagle says
02.25.11 at 10:12 pmOMG – totally dig this post!
You know what I think of? Saturday morning Smurfs … riding in the front seat w/o a seatbelt (thank Gawd the law is there now) and Johnny Depp in 21 Jump Street!
Erin
Michelle @ Loving Every Second says
02.26.11 at 6:21 amHa ha! Love these – slap bracelets, white keds, TGIF . . . blast from the past! So funny 🙂
Don't forget braided friendship bracelets, NKOTB and chinese jump rope.
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Marie says
02.27.11 at 6:35 amOh my goodness, I loved slap bracelets!;D
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Heather N says
03.09.11 at 5:50 amLove it, I think you described all of my favorite things about my youth in there.