hours lost to the sand pit.
mother's massive glasses and statement perm.
bubbling dishes of shepherd's pie.
playground performances of the Spice Girls.
daredevil cousins jumping from trees.
parties in the square.
gingham dresses.
daisy print shoes from Clarks.
picking apples from the orchard with Grandad.
reciting 1-10 in italian with him over breakfast.
disinfectant mouths in music class.
falling asleep to the same old stories.
I'm almost 18, am I not allowed to wear Grandma's jumpers anymore? x
ReplyDeleteAwww such a sweet post and such cute photos! <3
ReplyDeleteLove your list too, especially number 16 - my daily film when I was little was... FLASH GORDON!! :D x x
this was really sweet. i think preforming musicals/plays with model horses to my entire family (complete with soundtrack from lion king) was a pretty big and annoying part of my childhood for my parents!
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Sweet stuff :) I had some pretty good times with my grandparents too, i miss those times. I need to make a date to go and see them again soon.
ReplyDeleteI had so much love for sticker earrings, pretending that I even had a nose piercing if I remember correctly and thinking I was proper cool ;)
Oh my god I remember the daisy print pumps from clarks ! I remember adoring them sooo much ! I love how life was so simple everyone would get exited over gel pens , especially smelly ones! I absolutely adore this post bee ! xxx
ReplyDeleteSo many things on your list remind me of my own childhood - I watched Mary Poppins OVER and OVER! And who could forget sticker earrings? I had Beauty and the Beast ones, I thought I was so cool.
ReplyDeleteAWHHWH I had daisy print shoes from Clarks! I actually used to just love going to Clarks for fittings (Loser!). We too used to have that play stuff that your plane is made from! I think I was rather uninventive though and simply made a house! How square! xxx
ReplyDeleteAmazingly cute post.. I used to make up dance routines to the spice girls in playground.. we got to perform in assembly once coz it was so good haha!
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This is so sweet:) The one about gel pens got me laugh so bad, me and my mates at elementary school were exactly the same:) competing who´s got more of them or better ones, fun times:)
ReplyDeleteI love this list. me and my friend were in the pub the other day talking about how every girl our age must still know the whole dance routine for stop by the spice girls- I know i do!
ReplyDeleteSTICKER EARRINGS!!!! Ah they made my life complete, and I was so obsessed with the spice girls it was un-real, although the first album I ever bought was Wonderwall by Oasis, cause well I was so cool!!
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOODNESS! this list is amazing sooo many things, gell pens swaps! 'I'm telling miss' daisy print shoes from clarks and so many more. I love it! Half of this stuff I'd forgotten. When I get bored and end up on youtube I often end up searching for old shows like fun house and sooty!
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number 2 and 12 definitely take me back. also 13, but we were even worse, i remember someone telling me that their dad was a police man and he would arrest me if i was naughty! turns out he was actually a lollipop man. -x-
ReplyDeleteJust been catching up with this and your birthday post, made me smile so much. This one especially :) I LOVE getting nostalgic about childhood, and getting all the old pictures out. I do remember watching the same films over and over again too. The Big Friendly Giant, Basil the Great Mouse Detective, and The Rescuers! :) Those three stick out in my mind the most. Oh when life was simple eh xxx
ReplyDeletein love with this post, bee! my sister, also nineteen, was overlooking too and was shouting in agreement with every single point you made. nostalgia everywhere!
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SO lovely. x hivenn
ReplyDeleteThis is pure genius in a list. I ♥♥♥ it!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a sweet post. I used to pretend I was a spice girl and make up dances for the songs too! x
ReplyDeleteSo sweet!
ReplyDeleteI love this list :)
Wow I love the 90s nostalgia! Sticker earrings, gel pens and the spice girls were what life was all about :)
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Ah, this was lovely to read :) I get nostalgic quite often too because I hate the realities of adulthood :/
ReplyDeleteTotes with you there on the gel pen/drug dealing stuff, and I apparently used to demand The Little Mermaid everyday and used to sing: ah, ah, ahhhh! ah, ah, ahhhh! in front of the TV, haha.
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I remember performing Spice Girls songs practically everywhere!
ReplyDeleteAhhh spice girls! I used to 'try, to be baby spice lol. Great post btw :)
ReplyDeleteLoved this post :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for reminding me of the joy of sticker earrings - amazing!
And I always remember one particular Summer, we had foreign students staying with us, & my sister & I were SO pleased that we finally had enough of us to actually BE The Spice Girls. Oh yes, we made those poor students dress up & learn our routines. Brilliant.
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Number 5 happened last week didn't it? ;)
ReplyDeleteI adored this post & you were the cutest kid! I went through a period of watching Grease 2 or Lion King 2 on a daily basis after school, clearly I had a thing for terrible sequels. Getting older is terrifying.