Ah, Summer is drawing nigh and the chillin's have returned to school to learn more interesting and not so interesting things, but what did they do/learn over the summer? Did they?
visit a library
skip rocks upon a pond
rollerskate on tree-lined streets
roast marshmallows over a campfire
volunteer to read to the elderly
pick up litter on city streets and country roads
swing into a lake from a tire tied to a rope
pick buttercups and hold them under their chins
look for and find 4 leaf clovers
steal crabapples, peaches, pears, plums and grapes from their neighbors backyards
buy ice cream from the Good Humor truck
play jump over the garbage can
get scared when they saw horseshoe crabs on the beach
play Ol' Little Playmate, Miss Mary Mack and other two-handed games
jump double-dutch rope
play Four Corners
play hide n' seek and hope the cute boy finds them
help an old lady/man across the street
double-pump on swings
read a book
run relay races barefoot
walk barefoot through puddles after the rain
slide down the slide and burn ther behinds
play hop-scotch, Girls Are, Twister
lie on their backs, look up at the stars and dream
These are just some of the fun and exciting adventures I had/did during the summer months as a child and youth. What are yours? Cheers!!
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My youth sounds like yours!
ReplyDeleteBeachcombed & jumped off the dunes
Swam in my aunt's pool
Rode bikes
Caught fireflies at night, admired them in a jar for awhile then released them
Took swimming lessons at Lawrence Pond
Italian ice from the cream truck
Jumped off the boardwalk into the creek at high tide
Played a western themed game w/ my cousins when not in the pool
Sleepovers in the coop
Crafts
Ran barefoot from school's end to school's beginning
Trips to the library
Mini golf then ice cream
Barnstable County Fair
Go see Disney movies on rainy days
Explore the cranberry bog and railroad tracks
Hunting for pop bottles and cashing them in for penny candy
ReplyDeletePlaying Kick the Can
Playing "Mr. Brown let me down" on the teeter-totter
Teach our old dog, new tricks
Staying up late to watch scary movies
Sneak out of house after mom and dad went to bed to go hang out with neighbor boy
Trips to the beach
Played house league soccer
Walks to the public pool
Visits to my aunts farm, playing in in the loft
Watch my older brother and his friends play billiards.
We had an huge weeping willow tree in our back yard, and my brother had several old cars sitting under it. My younger brother and I would stand on the hoods of the cars and swing on the tree branches from one hood to another.
My brother also had an old Volkswagen Beetle in the drive way, we used it like a play house.
Thanks for the memories Michelle, I hadn't thought about summer days gone by in a long time.
Where the hell is the Good Humor man???! Is that something you have to buy online now?
ReplyDeleteSwam for hours on end...we were born guppies
Get new tennis shoes...white and everyone would step on them to get them dirty...it would mortify me.
Play "Capture The Flag"
Tell ghost stories at night!
Go for a "hike" with packed lunch and bike
Pick raspberries and blackberries early in the morning (to beat the neighbors who had 7 kids) to put in our cereal
Play "house"
Do acrobatics in the yard
Walk to the drugstore and load up on candy
Pop the bubbles that the melted tar on the street produced
Go to the "Recreation" program they had at the local school for all of us
Jump roped
Rode bikes
Played baseball
Made bubblegum chains
Go camping
Read
Honestly, those memories were the best time in my life, bar none. I mentioned the 7 kids that were our neighbors...with my two brothers and me that made 10 of us...can you even imagine the fun we had??? Excellent post, Michelle, honestly, the best!
There were still a lot of bombed out buildings (bomb sites, we used to call them) in my area and we used to go and explore them. It was great fun, and we felt very brave - till we got home and told our parents, and they went crazy!
ReplyDeleteSounds like we all had great fun as children. Honestly, they were the best times of my life. I guess that's why I'm soooooo young at heart. Yep. I'm certain. Thanks for sharing the memories. Cheers!!
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