Fondest Childhood Memory

Nikki's post about her phonograph got me thinking.... what is your fondest childhood memory?

Jeff and I were talking last night about how sometimes we, as adults, get caught up in the QUANTITY of what we give our kids rather than the QUALITY. Ya know? We realized that its really the little stuff that we remember from our childhoods. The little moments that stick out and were special.

One of my fondest childhood memories was when I was about seven or eight years old. My parents rented a Nintendo (the original) game console from the video store along with the Mario Bros. game. This was a big deal because we were never allowed to have video games growing up.

So my parents hooked the Nintendo up in their bedroom and we spent the whole night playing together. I vividly remember my mom and dad laying on their stomachs on their bed playing Nintendo. And my little sister and I were sitting on daddy's back putting pink foam curlers in his hair. LOL!!

Those are the kind of memories I want to make with my kids.

P.S. I think I actually have a PHOTO of the night I was talkig about... off to check...

P.P.S. I can't find it...

HAHAHAHA!!!!! You've got to find that picture & scrap it! lol

digideb said:

HAHAHAHA!!!!! You've got to find that picture & scrap it! lol

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My mom make scrapbook for my sister and I for our HS graduation. This was in the VERY early days of paper scraping and, while she did a good job, she mutilated most of the photos. You know.... cut around the bodies with those tacky shape scissors? So yeah, most of the photos, while preserved in the album she made me, are not salvageable for my own use.

Oh no! That's scary! & so sad!

These kind of threads always make me sad.

Although my parents were good people & provided everything we needed for my sister and me, we didn't DO things together. We did drive down to FL every other Christmas to visit my grandparents and while we were there would hit Epcot, Disney, etc. but our every day was go to work/school, go to extra-curric, dinner together, M & D watch TV in living room and Sis & me watch TV in family room or play at friend's house or do something at church. We didn't do things like pumpkin patches and movie nights, and I was so shocked when I got to college & found out my roommate had played a board game before with her parents. I'm pretty sure my parents don't own any board games & I've certainly never played a game with them before.

I will have to think on a fond memory for a little while...

Hmmm, I would have to say the weekends we drove to my Dad's parents house in Pittsburg from Ohio the 3 years we lived there before my parents were divorced. I loved going to my grandparents house and eating my grandmother's favorite poppyseed cake and steak and dumplings. They were two of my favorite foods ever and after my parents got divorced I never got to see them again or have those comfort foods. Sad memory but also a happy one!

I do have some really fond memories....but they make me sad because I don't talk to my dad anymore

((((hugs)))) girls. My dh also had a tough childhood, many things he has simply blocked out. I think it just gives him that much more reason to be a wonderful father.

While my life wasn't perfect, I am fortunate that I have a bunch of wonderful memories, and I agree that most have to do with the quality time not the stuff. My parents weren't wealthy, and looking back, they actually struggled at times. But I didn't know it. Yes, I would have loved to have had more clothes and toys, or a nicer house, but that didn't matter. I remember the road trips, the game nights, the crafts and the time we spent with my cousins. It is a struggle at times to not get caught up in the bottom line and to keep those priorities for my own family.

Hmmm...I think my fondest memories are moments I spent with just my mom. Every once in a while she would take the day off and take me out of school and we'd go do something together. During the holiday season we'd go to the Christmas Around the World exhibit at The Museum of Science and Industry. Sometimes we'd walk along State Street and see all the window displays or go see The Nutcracker. And in the spring, we'd take the El train and go catch a Cubbies game in the bleachers.

I always loved those days. They felt so special, not only because we took the day off but because we always did something together and just the two of us.

My fondest memories are helping my mom "berdinize" our huge garden. We couldn't say fertilize, so we called it berdinize. LOL We had a lot of fun berdinizing and planting the seeds and eventually picking and eating the veggies.

For me, I'd have to say baking with my mom. My mom baked ALL the time - cookies, bread, buns...all of it. And I remember when I stayed home from school, she'd let me help her bake. Also when we were little and mom was making bread, she'd still be making it when we got home from school, so she'd give each of us a little bit of dough to play with. We'd play with it like it was playdough for quite a long time and eventually make little "breads" that she'd bake and we'd eat with our dinner that night.

We didn't grow up with much money especially after my parents divorced, but I do have a lot of great memories. That just reminds me to stop worrying so much about how much I can provide for my son, but how much time we spend together.

A few of my favorite memories are when we were little, my mom would set up a blanket on the floor of the living room and we would have a 'picnic' supper and watch a movie (I vividly remembering watching The Flintstones Meet the Jetsons that way). I also loved when my mom would pick me up from school at lunch time and we would go out to eat or when my dad who worked shift work would call and we would meet for supper on his break. I also loved spending time out at the farm my mom's parents living on and playing with my cousins there or going to my dad's parents house and my grandma making the best Russian and Czech food ever and my grandpa working on my car for me cause that was his way of taking care of me. I had a good childhood even without much money.

my fondest memories are going to shoot hoops with my dad, going for bike rides with my dad, i remember as small as 2 years old him bundling me up and sitting me on the bike seat thing in the back.

not too much with my mom. she did a lot with us...a lot. i have pictures for proof. i just don't remember as much as with my dad.

the original Lemon Twist!

I'd spend hours with the silly thing around my ankle jumping over it!!! :blink:

I loved our yearly trips to Florida.

Hanging out at my dad's store when I was a kid. I remember him picking me up from school and then I'd go sit behind the counter and color and watch the people coming in. There was this one old lady that drove him batty, and when she walked in all the hunters ran out the door LOL. She had a rank stinky poodle that she took everywhere with her. I do remember the stench. I think the folks in town just let her do that because she was filthy rich. IDK, I thought she was funny because she looked just like her dog. I don't remember much with my mom. She's a work, clean, whatever a holic to avoid any contact with people. Still is today.

Yes, twisted childhood memories.

OH yeah...the best one.....my Dukes of Hazard race track. Got it for Christmas one year and I remember daddy putting it together and playing that with me. It was orange, and had no bells and whistles like the ones today. But I loved it!