Childhood Joy Gifts

Curtsey

'Of course I forgive you. That's what friends do. How did you know it fell out of my cone?'

"Don't worry, dear. You'll grow."

baby sweetcorn...

"You say it all the time, so I climbed every tree to prove it. You were right, money doesn't grow on trees."

"There was no other choice, Mom. It was a double dog dare."

Haircuts

"Go away, he's not done playing Cowboys and Indians yet."

"It only goes forwards and backwards. So, you won't need a GPS."

"I'm not eating cookies before dinner. I'm having cookies for dinner!"

"You know who's tougher than all your little superheroes? The fossil fuel industry."

Dog helps girl jumprope with wagging tail affixed to rope.

"That's her - that's the girl who broke into our house! But her hair was 'goldier'."

"Can Olaf come out to pillage and plunder?"

Boy makes snowman around a lamp post.

Teddy bear with a red balloon.

Ricky discovers only cartoon cats can fly.

Tree house.

"Have mercy on me, Mama. Have mercy on Mr. Pitiful."

Bike Rides

"Dammit, Pooh - don't let the heffalumps win!"

'He's maturing early.'

"I'll be a little late. I'm working a double shift."

'Come on, I dare you: I say you can't drink a whole dew drop...'

"But if I don't break stuff who will?"

"And with you on guard, I won't have to worry about that monster under my bed."

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

"Recess does things to a man."

"No one uses Facebook anymore. I'm on this new thing called make-believe."

"I'm doing whatever I feel like doing, before I reach the age of accountability."

'Don't touch that tooth, dad. I'm expecting the tooth fairy at any moment.'

"And my client will be seeking significant damages for being mistakenly placed in the naughty column!"

For sale. Prime space under Jimmy's bed.

Kindergarten. Today; Simon Says. I don't know who this "Simon Says" is, but he could make a killing in product endorsements!

'I want to chuck all the spelling and math and just get back to playing with blocks.'