Do you remember?
Before the MySpace frenzy.
Before the Internet & text messaging.
Before Sidekicks & iPods.
Before MIKE JONESSS
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX.
Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.
Tag.
Hide-n-Go Seek.
Red Light, Green Light.
Heads Up 7 Up.
Playing Kickball & Dodgeball.
Hopskotch.
Slip-n-Slides.
Tree Houses.
Mother May I
Red Rover.
Four Square.
Hula Hoops.
The annoying Nano Pets & Furbies.
Playing Street Hockey with the neighborhood friends.
Running through the sprinklers.
Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.
Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.
Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your Garfield comforter.
Hey Arnold, Doug, Rugrats.
The original Power Rangers.
Or what about:
TV Shows: -
Transformers -
SuperTed -
Gumby -
of course Captain Planet! -
Babar -
Monkey Magic
Gummi Bears -
The World of David The Gnome -
Dungeons and Dragons -
The Smurfs -
Saved by the Bell -
Degrassi Junior High -
Bananaman -
Astroboy -
Alf -
The Trap Door -
Ghost Writer -
The Muppets
Ren & Stimpy.
Double Dare.
Rocko's Modern Life.
AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS.
Wild & Crazy Kids.
Clarissa Explains it All.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
The original 'All That' cast members.
Kenan & Kel.
Toys/Games: -
slinky -
Rubix Cube -
lego -
Storyteller cassettes -
Guess Who -
Snakes & ladders -
knock n run -
british bulldog -
handball -
pick up sticks -
tracking
Who could forger Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.
Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.
Class field trips.
When Santa was your favorite person in the world.
When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.
When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.
When Toys R Us overuled the mall.
Decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'.
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming 'do over!'
'Race issue' ment arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in 'Monopoly'.
It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.
Being old referred to anyone over 20.
A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Nobody was cooler or stronger than Dad.
Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the 'big people' rides at the fair.
When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.
When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.
When Being a Kid was a blast.
But what you remember most was wanting to grow up.
Toys/Games: - slinky - Rubix Cube - lego - Storyteller cassettes - Guess Who - Snakes & ladders - knock n run - british bulldog - handball - pick up sticks - tracking
just keep adding in all the good times.