Do You Remember...
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1993
DO YOU REMEMBER...
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Christmas Clubs...Candy houses...Christmas trees on the coffee table-Playing Turkey with VJ as the head Tom... Climbing on the roof... When we had the fire in the house...Chasing Riley's turkeys...
When the relatives took us to the lake and mom told them not to forget any towels, so they forgot Time instead!!!
Cereal in the morning, but huge breakfasts on Sunday morning... Coconut rolls from the bakery-Walking to school everyday-no matter how cold it was! Staying outside late at night to play games with all of the neighborhood gang... Merida living in the playpen
Ann wearing band-aids on her stomach for her belly aches... Father Herman, Father "Birdseed", and the Smith boys as all the alter boys... The Super Bowl with tickets from Joe Robbie... A yearly trek to Bismark to see all the sights... Trips to Robin's Roost... VJ, the local fire fighting hero...
Mom always writing stories to send to publishers in hopes that someday... Candyland & Pickles
VJ and his BB gun...
Standing between mom and dad while they kissed during noon hour..
May baskets made by Mom and Dad driving around town to deliver them...
Outside Christmas decorations...
The turkey platter...
Always sitting in the balcony at church...
Walking to church when Dad was gone...
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Presents on the dining room table when Mom and Dad ret
Elmer's for pop...
284-2198 (Would that be one ring or two?)
No one could eat until Dad got home...
"Down went McGinny to the bottom of the sea"...
"Everyone roared!"
Driving home on Dad's lap from the Reformed Church-
The pogo-stick...
Mrs. Werner's chickens...
Steve sleeping in the hall & reading the entire set of .encyclopedias Dad saying on a cold morning, "Quit breathing!"
The trombone, clarinet, cornet, flute, and French horn...
Christmas movies at the lyric...
Whiffle ball in the front yard...
Those wonderful front steps in the winter-
Dishes for 1 0...Did Wayne really like to do dishes that much?...
When we played games at night up in the boys's room, when we were to be in bed.
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Big meals on Sunday afternoon at 5:00..
Having to share the back seat with Smokey...
Visits to Kimball and Stickney...
Never being able to stir our ice cream...
Hot chocolate & fresh doughnuts on a very cold day...
When eating at school was a treat...
"Shit-O", the owl...
Visits from Mary Cecile
Parties when mom and dad were gone...
The "new" addition...
Mom singing in church and while walking downtown...
Wendy being burned by a pot-pie...
Pheasant hunting with Dad and we were always his dogs...
Mom reading at the kitchen table with her feet up...
Tim and Terry's debate marathons...
That your sister Barbara was so sweet, quiet, and enchanting!
To be continued next year...