Childhood Crush Gifts

"Tunnel of 'Like-Like'"

"I don't know why you always have to choose the same hide-and-go-seek hiding spot that I do, Tommy!"

Haircuts

Bike Rides

'Take my tip,sonny and say it with jelly babies.'

"Recess does things to a man."

"It seems like only yesterday that Dad told me I'll be an adult before I know it."

"I don't know why I worry...Baldo's just a normal boy. It's good to see him maturing...making friends...with nice girls...exploring new feelings...and desires.... You have to go home now."

Sigh … They grow up so fast, don't they?

'Here comes the Papa-razzi again...'

"Mom said eat everything in moderation, so I renamed the cookie jar 'Moderation.'"

Playground reputation.

"Trust me. This is going to make it easier to discuss your childhood."

"Next time make up your mind and just pick one!"

Jack in the Box

"Well, I've come this close to asking out Sylvia Sanchez. But I'm just an average guy! Nothing about me says 'I'm cool! Look at me!'"

'No fair. Someone ate the popsicle off the stick.'

'Wanna see my tadpole collection?'

'I almost get out the door and then my mom yells...'Don't you know it's February?!' And here I am again...looking like an eskimo.'

"Frankly, Jackie Paper, I’ve done all I can with strings and sealing wax."

"There's no need to be em'bear'rassed about what you like!"

"Der, dad. . . it's wireless!"

Sliding Down the Banister

"There's my very first school - where I learned how to hug."

'I thought you wanted him to have all the things you never had.'

"I want to quit, spend more time with my family, finish grade 3....."

"I didn't have a carrot so I used a fish stick for his nose."

'Your imagination was so powerful he became real. It happens to me all the time.'

"You want me to explain how there were two doughnuts in the larder and now there is only one? Easy, it was too dark in there to see the second one."

"You see? There are no vacuum cleaners under your bed."

'It must be love if your sneakers melted!'

"I never got the chance to be homesick. You tweeted about me 20 times a day."

"Believe me, I didn't amass a billion dollar fortune just to impress you. But... it does, right?"

"'A', I'm adorable."

'Oh, no! The monster under my bed is my brother!'