Day 168 found the treasure!

You. Guys. Look what we found!! Probably the only good thing about packing is sometimes finding really cool stuff that you forgot you owned. Have I ever sat down this past year and thought "Man, I wish I could play Super Mario Brothers right now."? Actually, yes, I have. My favorite childhood memory was the summer between 4th and 5th grade, playing Nintendo games with my grandma, my sister and my cousin until 6 in the morning. We would play for hours and hours, never getting tired. My grandma would run down to make us popcorn and sandwiches and we'd stay up till all hours of the night playing. Then we'd sleep for a bit and get up and go to the pool for the rest of the afternoon. Best summer ever. This brought back all those great memories. What I'd give for my old Nintendo station today!

ps. This is what it looked like. Who remembers these?? Also did anyone ever play Bomberman or Zelda?? Other great childhood favorites. If anyone still has these, you are obligated to schedule a play session immediately.

Day 129 feels mischievous

Thank you Google! I was pleasantly surprised this morning to see Google's home page celebrating the 76th birthday of Roger Hargreaves, author of the Little Miss and Mister books. Bedtime stories were a huge part of my childhood, particularly this series. I was obsessed. Some of my favorites: Little Miss Shy, Little Miss Chatterbox, Mr. Messy and of course, Mr. Mischief. I have vivid memories of this book. My favorite part? You guessed it, it involves food. He mischievously fashions a cake out of mud, cotton, and toothpaste to give to the unsuspecting Mr. Greedy. What a trickster! I will never part with these books, even if it means they just end up in a box with old cassette tapes and other items that will be outdated by the time I have kids.