Reflecting On Childhood Gifts

"When I was 5 years old, I put all my money in a pickle jar. Of course, my money was soggy and the pickles tasted funny."

Haircuts

Bike Rides

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

"When I was a child, I drank like a child, but when I became a man I put away childish drinks."

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

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

'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.'

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

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

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

"I said remember those extra years we added to our lives by good clean livin'?"

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

Jack in the Box

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

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

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

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

Sliding Down the Banister

"I thought I'd come back YOUNG!"

"From Zero To Sixty In What Seems Like Eight Seconds Flat."

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

"Dear Mom and Dad: Thanks for the happy childhood. You've destroyed any chance I had of becoming a writer."

"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.'

'True, I'm nearing the end, but at least, there's rarely a dull moment.'

"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."

Mall of ages

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

'Yeah, I hate change, too.'

'Don't worry...you'll grow into them.'

'It's true that I never fulfilled my early promise of greatness, but I DID manage to catch a lot of really outstanding TV!'

"Blasphemy, yes, but it was funny."

"This is where I come to unwind."