Remember when…

We have been having a lot of conversations lately that begin with “Remember when…” These might not mean much to many of you, but I want to document the things that have been on our minds lately.

Remember when…

• We found that “sea poo” (aka sea cucumber) in Portugal
• We were on that bus in Barcelona and daddy stepped off to take a picture and the bus drove away, leaving him running behind us
• We used to go to Hardwick Heath and ride on the zip line and see all of the wild bunnies
• Emmett cut his fingers with the hedge trimmers
• We went into that big “Mouth of Hell” at BLACKGANG CHINE.
• Finn thought that we were going down to see the “Whale” at Hastings…instead of the “well”
• We swam with jelly fish all around us and saw a Portuguese Man of War in the Azores.
• We fed a huge deer buck at the park in Portugal
• We chased lizards outside our hotel in Terceira (I am noticing that Portugal seems to be our most memorable vacation spot!)
• We went inside that volcano…in Portugal
• Mama threw Augi in the snow in her swim-suit in Germany
• We went on that catamaran to see dolphins and Emmett got sick
• We got to hold baby lambs during lambing season…and build caves at Jimmy’s Farm
• Grandma Valerie used to give us orange Trident gum from her purse
• Bellsie and Augi used to have “midnight feasts” (at around 9p.m.)
• We used to climb that big tree at the Abbey Gardens
• That guy was drunk in the cemetery and we called the ambulance and he crawled away from them
• Heidi and Emmett would turn the table over and pretend it was a pirate ship
• We went camping and Augi caught a fish and Emmett caught a “Zombie Fish”
• Emmett put googly eyes on a giant boulder for his pet rock…while camping…and remember Emmett acting out “hat” during charades.
• Our hiding place in the hedge and under the tree in our Linton Gardens yard
• Augi used to slide down the stair banister every day…even in her sleep.
• Emmett used to leave notes for our neighbor Gill, and he had an imaginary friend called “Hippo-hippo’s Grandpa”

There are more, and I will have to start writing them down as we talk about them. What do I notice about these memories? They are all about friends and family and spending time together. Thanks for all of the wonderful memories!