In my mind, I can see these simple childhood memories so clearly….
“It was a warm summer’s day, the kind when the bees were buzzing and the butterflies where dancing from flower to flower. I can feel the warm sun beating down on my blond little head as my bare feet struggled to keep up with my older sister as we were running through the pasture.
I can see the pasture as if it was right outside my window. The sky was blue, the pasture was green, and I can see the creek in the background.
I am not sure if we were running to get away from the cows or we were running to get to the creek, but what I do remember is jumping over the cow patties along the way. I can hear my sister giggling and teasing me trying to get me to jump over the patties hoping that I would miss and land in one.”
I could not have been more than four, but I remember it as if it was yesterday. That little memory put a smile on my face and I could not wait to ask my own children what their earliest memory was.
- My son who is 27, remembers pushing his Fisher Price bubble mower behind his Dad while mowing grass. He was 3.
- My daughter-in-law who is 24, remembers standing with her family in South Dakota looking at land her Dad had just bought. She thinks she was about 3.
- My daughter who is 31, remembers watching what she calls “bogger bugs” by the door of a townhouse we lived-in in Virgina. She was 3 when we lived there.
- My son-in-law remembers sitting on the front porch watching bugs at an Air Force base his father was stationed at. He was about 4. (I find it funny that they both enjoyed watching bugs as kids, maybe that is why they get along so well being married.)
- My husband remembers going fishing at the pond with his Poppy and he thinks he was about 4 or 5 at that time.
I did not look it up, but at the age of 3 or 4 must be when we have our most vivid memory since all of us were about that age. I found it interesting asking my kids this question and it brought back a flood of memories for me with their answers.
Please share with me what your earliest simple childhood memories are and how old you were.
One of my favorite memories is of me and my dad ice fishing…well he was ice fishing and I was riding my tricyle all around the frozen lake, looking down into all of the fishermen’s holes. I was 3 1/2 and we lived in Montana at the time. Great memory.
What a great memory! Riding a bike on a frozen lake sure sounds scary to me!!!
I loved hearing about your childhood.
One of the traditions my mother-in-law started was piling the kids in the car and taking a ride on the nights when there was a full moon, and going to get milkshakes. They still like doing that, and of course we passed that idea down to our children, but not every month.
My own mother had 7 children. We played outside as much as possible, and she would sometimes come to the back door and yell, ” Come and get it”, and toss a couple handfuls of MaryJanes, Tootsie Rolls, or other wrapped hard candies. We thought it was a big deal, and we didn’t eat hardly any other junk food or any fast food, so it didn’t hurt us at all! Love those candy scrambles, how we giggled!
Be blessed, Linda
You reminded me of a memory! My Grandma lived 2 blocks from a gas station that sold penny candy. Everytime we visited she would give us each 5 pennies to walk to the corner station. What fun! What a great memory your mother-in-law made as well!
Making memories is worth it’s weight in gold!
Here’s how I made mine….
http://karanandmichael.blogspot.com/2014/04/giggly-girls-on-cruise.html
I saw that you took your granddaughters on vacation with you and they looked like they had a blast. What a wonderful memory you made for those girls!
Thank you, this made me think of some fun memories of my own! Thank you for sharing this at the HomeAcre Hop; I hope you’ll join us again this Thursday.
Kathi at Oak Hill Homestead
I used to love going on picnics with my family when I was a child and now I try and organize picnics for my kids too!
Thanks for joining in with the Say G’day Saturday link up!
Best wishes,
Natasha in Oz
Natasha I love picnics as well and try to get my family together for them a few times a year. Nothing says family like watermelon and baseball in my world!