Childhood Sentimentalist Mugs

"I want a pony!"

'Oh, Arthur...You sweet, blind, mad, dear, silly fool....Don't you see it could never last?'

'How do you like my two-tone car?'

'I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still (would you believe?)')

'It must be good chocolate for six bucks a box.'

"And so another trip comes to an end...with family brought closer together by a shared experience."

"When I was a puppy, I barked as a puppy, I understood as a puppy, I thought as a puppy. But when I became a dog, I put away puppy things except for my shabby, old, beat-up stuffy toy. I still freaking love this thing."

'The kids are grown and gone now, but they always keep in touch.'

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

"The house doesn't seem big because the kids are gone - it seems big because we've shrunk so much."

Have I told you lately that I love you

"Nicole’s parents celebrated her curious mind, even in those moments when it really depressed them."

Attic of hopes and dreams...

'A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, a CD player, a laptop computer, a cordless phone and thou.'

"This next song is about my self-driving truck leaving me..."

"The floors are hot lava, but the apartment does come furnished with plenty of pillows."

Woman talking romantically whilst man talks about measuring the scullery.

The stone is semi-precious, so I got you two.

"The family has spent all week crafting a beautiful service of words and pictures - far too sentimental to be of practical use."

"Don't worry - the Power of Dad still trumps the Power of Attorney."

Rapunzel as a child.

'She won't go anywhere without her Teddy Bear...'

This cologne reminds my husband of our first kiss, years ago in the old copy room. It's eau de mimeograph.

Boys happy playing and singing in the snow and ice

Ned and Phylis think back to the days when they didn't have much money and they were poorly drawn.

"I'm looking for a day care provider. . . besides TV."

"I'm sorry, Dad. What I did was really stupid, selfish and wrong."

Childhood's End

Romantic young couple on a bench next to a bilious old man.

'Dad...why would I ever want to get out of the first grade? I love first grade!'

"Someday we'll look back on these and-times and be really envious."

"Four o'clock, dear. 'Sesame Street.'"

Newton's Cradle Romance

"Do you have to be so damned sentimental?"

Musical Chairs: Because kids don't already have a hard time fitting in.