BACK IN THE DAY

BACK IN THE DAY ...

Close your eyes... And go back... 

*Before the Internet or the AIM 
*Before semi automatics and weed 
*Before playstation2 or X-box 
*Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night... 

..Way back... 

*I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk. 
*Red light, Green light. 
*Playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on. 
*Mother May I? 
*Red Rover 
*four square 
*Hula Hoops 
*Running through the sprinkler 
*Happy Meals 
*Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car 

Wait... 

*Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons
*Like Hey Arnold and Doug 
*Recess 
*Or what about legends of the hidden temple, global guts, double dare, bloody mary and who, ARE YOU AFFRAID OF THE DARK! 
*Who could forget Snick 
*Or the teenage mutant ninja turtles, scooby doo, and Power Rangers, 
*Christmas morning... 
*Your first day of school 
*Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses 

*Climbing trees 
*Getting an ice cream off the ice cream truck (the real ice cream truck w/ cones & banana splits) 
*A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers 
*Jumpin' down the steps 
*Jumpin' on the bed 
*Pillow fights 
*Runnin' till you were out of breath 
*Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt and you almost peed your pants 
*Laughing so hard that you did pee your pants 
*Being tired from playin' all day 
*Your first crush... 
*Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7-Up" & "King chase the Queen" in the classroom 
Remember that? 

I'm not finished yet... 

*Kool-Aid & Icee Cups was the drink of the summer 
*Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars or spokes 
*Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school 
*Class Field Trips 
*When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there. 
*When getting high was swinging on the swing-set 
*When $5 seemed like a million, and another dollar a Miracle. 
*When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were so cool. 
*When Toys r Us overuled the "mall" 

I want to go back to the time when...

*Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe" 
*Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!" 
*"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest. 
*Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly" 
*Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening 
*It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends. 
*Saying cuss words were referred to the "F, B or S - word" or h-e double hockey sticks. 
*Being old, referred to anyone over 20. 
*The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
*The only real heart break you had was when your mom wouldnt buy you that new toy 
*Nobody was prettier than Mom 
*Nobody was cooler than Dad 
*Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better 
*It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park. 
*Getting an inch of snow was a dream come true. 
*Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare" 
*Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. 


If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!