Childhood Joys

This picture made me giggle, it's so over-the-top don't you think?

Call me old fashioned, but I'm having a problem replacing some of my "old fashion" childhood joys, with the new, hi-tech stuff they have out today. I've made my peace with the fact that Jayda and Skyler will most likely understand computers and the internet better then I do, that they won't be able to run the streets and stay out until all hours of the night, like we did, and that they will most likely own a cell phone before they graduate, unlike us. BUT, I will not have my kids growing up without understanding that the classic cartoons that I grew up with are way better then the lame computer animated stuff that they keep pumping out five times a year.

I LOVE the Disney classics, especially the older ones, like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio and my personal favorite, Cinderella (thanks Amber). And I just can't get into the computer animated stuff, it's just not the same! I want the good old fashion animation with the cheesy music and everything.

In the last few weeks, Jayda has become really interested in the Disney cartoons and to my own enjoyment, she loves them and requests them all the time. She hasn't seen many yet, some of them I'm reserving until she's a little older since they can get kind of scary. Right now her obsession is The Little Mermaid (my second favorite), and I catch her walking around the house singing, aaaaAAAAAAH, like Ariel, which, if I remember right, is something I used to do too...like while I'm vacuuming...yesterday.

I guess I like it, because the Disney cartoons are what I grew up with, and they may be one of the few similarities Jayda and I have in our childhoods. Life is so different for kids now, and it's fun to instill even the smallest reminiscence of my childhood into my kids when I can. What are some of your favorite childhood joys?