Reliving Summer Memories
July 24th, 2008 by Amy Sleep
Many of you know that I have an insaniac 2 year old boy who’s constantly on the go and who I think would not sleep if we didn’t make him go to bed (seriously, my hubby and I have considered just letting him go to see what time he would actually fall asleep).
Anyway, one thing my outdoorsy, active 2 year old has recently done is remind me of all the fun summer things I did as a kid. It’s sad to admit, but I had forgotten about so many of these.
In a way I’m now able to relive my own childhood memories while making more for me and him (OK. So he’s only 2 and won’t remember any of this when he’s older, but I like to think he will anyway). It’s so fun to remember being a kid at summer and spending hour upon hour doing nothing and loving every minute of it. Every day was filled with imagination and fun. Ahhhhh. It’s just too bad I wasn’t able fully appreciate it all when it was happening, but at least I can appreciate it all now.
With all of this, I now give you my list of “How to Tell It’s Summer” based on all my old (and new) memories. Hopefully these bring back some fun memories for you too.
- Eating Popsicles on the front steps
- Laying on the grass and figuring out what all the clouds look like
- Running through the sprinkler
- Water guns
- Dirty feet (seriously black-bottom feet)
- Sand found everywhere. Yes-everywhere.
- Sitting in the driveway watching ants walk away with bits of the apple we left for them
- Playing wiffleball and hide & seek and tag and red rover and. . .
- Rolling down grassy hills or spinning in circles to see who can stay standing the longest (I was pretty darn good in my day!)
- Staying up way past bedtime since it was still light out
- Lightening bugs
- The warm smell of asphalt when it rains (I love that smell) — and jumping in the puddles, of course!
- Riding my bike all over the place
- The ice cream man! (mine was called Jolly Joe)
And since I’m sure I forgot a few, make sure to send me some of yours!
July 24th, 2008 at 3:36 pm |
I love rolling down hills. I can’t wait until I can teach my little girl all about rolling down hills and calling my mom about grass stains!
July 25th, 2008 at 8:54 am |
Oh the good old days… I used to LOVE catching lightening bugs! T is not into it yet (most days he’s in bed before they really come out), but it will be fun to catch them with him when he’s older.
-Way back when, when I was about 5 we had a SNOW CONE guy that used to come to our neighborhood–Yum! (we also had the Snoopy snow cone machine!)
-Climbing trees
-Getting to stay out “until the streetlights came on”
-Being paid like a nickel to pick up walnuts from my grandmother’s yard (I think that was the summer!)
PS - A red popsicle with a white t-shirt–you are such a nice Mommy!
July 25th, 2008 at 7:13 pm |
Sleeping in, and getting to stay in PJs as long as we want. Flying a kite.
BBQ!!! I love watching my two little ones enjoy all the fun that summer has to offer.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:38 am |
I have a couple…
- Bounce pitch baseball (with a tennis ball in our driveway)
- Sleeping in our parents room in sleeping bags on the floor because they had the air conditioner in their room.
- Outdoor showers during our week at the beach, still my favorite!
July 28th, 2008 at 2:28 pm |
Summertime was, and is, so much fun. I especially enjoyed taking you to the beach. We always had a great time there! Love, Mom