Summertime!!!!

[Marvelmania]

So what are some of the things that remind you of your childhood summers? I'm sure I missed a few but here are some of mine.

Ahi parachuters!
Slurpee Cups
Monster Mash, seems like this song was alwayys being played at the pool I went to as a kid.
Watermelon
Water guns
Bee stings, it never failed that I'd step on a honey bee every summer while running around barefoot.
Jaws, greatest summer movie of all time.
Skatebording
THE ICE CREAM MAN!!! Kids could hear that music miles away and would freak!

[txteach]

Picnics
Baseball
Going to the ocean
Camping

[toys2cool]

definitely sports-Baseball,Basketball,Football,Kick ball,biking

just hanging around with friends

[saildog]

Staying outside way past when the street lights came on.

Baseball!!! All day....league play.....sandlot....neighborhood with our own rules to allow for less than 9..."ghost runner on first, hit past there and it's an out".

Basketball. Ugh...hated it until about 17 (I was a 5' Freshman and always smaller than everyone else). At 17, I hit the height I am now and discovered I could dunk. I'm only 5'10", but once I figured out I had some leapers, it finally became fun.

Stuntman Club. Bicycle ramps, skateboard ramps, jumping off the roof.

Boxing in the front yard.

The retired dudes in our neighborhood would come watch us play and cheer us on. That was cool and the stories they would tell us about WW2....awesome!

Rainy days were for Atari and there were enough of those to account for some fun memories, but most days.....outside all day, everyday. My parents NEVER had to beg me to go outside, they had to scold me to come in!

[theantiquetiger]

Lying in the backyard, looking up, and watching for shooting stars and fireflies.

Bottle rocket wars on the Fourth of July.

My birthday!!!! Went and saw Star Wars!!!

[Nostalgiabuff]

being outside from sun up past sun down and our parents never worried where we were

swimming in the local creek

drive in movies - still do this one with the family on a regular basis

[vulcan2074]

Skateboarding
Making forts in the desert
Going to the park
Playing Football in the street
Swimming at the YMCA
Spending time at the Comic Book store
Road Trips

Sammy

[saildog]

drive in movies - still do this one with the family on a regular basis

Lucky You!!!!

Nothing but good memories of Drive-Ins!!!!

[saildog]

Bottle rocket wars on the Fourth of July.

Spent a 4th of July doing that exact same thing with the entire volunteer fire department in a certain small town.

[saildog]

Playing Football in the street
Sammy

That made me into a good receiver/running back. Something about getting tackled on concrete made me want to avoid anyone touching me while I had a ball in me hands. (Yeah, I got the scars to prove there was a learning process.)

[vulcan2074]

That made me into a good receiver/running back. Something about getting tackled on concrete made me want to avoid anyone touching me while I had a ball in me hands. (Yeah, I got the scars to prove there was a learning process.)

Ha Ha Ha. Exactly, but it was alot of fun
Sammy

[saildog]

Ha Ha Ha. Exactly, but it was alot of fun
Sammy

Wouldn't trade the experience for anything!!!!

[toys2cool]

playing manhunt man being a kid was a trip, and also waiting for the Ice cream truck when it was really hot

[SUP-Ronin]

Sleep overs
Water Guns
The City Pool
Girls
Racing around town on my bike

[4NDR01D]

The sound of the Dickee-Dee ice-cream man coming.