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In reply to the discussion: What is your best memory of childhood? [View all]zanana1
(6,075 posts)9. The first day of summer break...
Me and my friends lying on my lawn in our bathing suits, having just come from the swimming pool. Realizing we had a whole summer ahead of us. (I went to a Catholic school with nuns, so you can understand my joy).
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When I was four my friend Greg and I liked to stand in the garage with the lights off
LaurenG
May 2012
#2
The time I thought it would be a good idea to stick two keys in an electrical socket
Major Nikon
May 2012
#4
I grew up in Jackson Michigan near Cascade Hill (home of the highest manmade waterfall in America).
MiddleFingerMom
May 2012
#6
I have a 40-something housemate whom I wished STILL went outside to use the bathroom.
MiddleFingerMom
May 2012
#27
Every year, my family, my parents' freinds & their families went on vacation together.
baldguy
May 2012
#11
Learning how to swim without armbands at the exact same time as my twin brother. My dad
applegrove
May 2012
#14
Mine would have to be at about 5 years old, laying in the warm straw with the new calves.
polly7
May 2012
#20
Sitting on my Daddy's lap on Sunday mornings, while he read the Sunday comics to me.
LNM
May 2012
#26
Running through the pasture, barefoot, to find my calf to lie down with him.
sinkingfeeling
May 2012
#44