I'm In It

Ever notice we are getting older?
Ever notice... we are no longer kids...

I had a revelation this weekend. As I was at a BBQ I was surrounded by many children, running, playing, all having fun and being so...

It made me think.
I want to be a kid again.
I had a pretty good childhood...
I had tons of freedom, and tons of family around.

Let me give you an insight.

I grew up mainly in California, spending one year of my life (that I can remember) in Guatemala. Let me start with CA. We lived in a triplex (three houses on a lot) an aunt and uncle in the back house, my grandparents, mother and siblings in the middle house, and another aunt and uncle and a couple more cousins in the front house. We spent the mojority of our evenings rollerskating, on our skate boards or on the big wheels pushing each other (mind you there were about 9 kids between the ages of 8 and 15 plus neighbors) to see how fast we could get the other to go down the drive way. Summer evenings, we spent playing hiding go seek, or on our bikes outside till it was so dark we couldnt see the sidewalk very well. Those were great nights....
In Guatemala... the one year I spent was great. So much more freedom than in CA (if you can beleive that). We lived in a small town with dirt roads and only one paved road. We had a small candy store located diaganolly from our home, and when it rained... the puddles were so awesome... let me just say... the sidewalks werent 3ft high for no reason!
Well my dad (because my parents were still together at the time) set us (my siblings and I) up with a tab at the little candy store... needless to say... we LOVED that! It was such great times... we spent our evenings playing freeze tag and made sure we wore dark colors so we could hide and blend in with the bushes, when someone from the opposite team came near... that was my idea (and it worked). On the weekends... we used to round up like 20 plus kids... and (get this) 10 or so adults and play freeze tag.. the best games where when we would play against the adults... they were so slow...

(for those of you who have seen Garden State- I am "in it" right now!)