tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post8123445532740851471..comments2024-02-23T02:48:33.276-06:00Comments on BABSBLOG: The "kids" on the blockBabshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-14638109912379876762007-05-04T09:34:00.000-05:002007-05-04T09:34:00.000-05:00Yes, my Mother sent me to the store when I was 4 o...Yes, my Mother sent me to the store when I was 4 or 5, but she had to pin a note to my shirt telling the grocer what she wanted, since even then I couldn't remember anything. Just a hint of what was to come, since by this stage, I have no memory at all.<BR/>RonRon Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782249774494334197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-49064740256438873562007-05-04T08:37:00.000-05:002007-05-04T08:37:00.000-05:00Kay, I SO wish you were coming down this summer! ...Kay, I SO wish you were coming down this summer! I know how much you love this place........Marilyn and Chris Wren might be coming from Austin!Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-65548968619557331512007-05-03T23:31:00.000-05:002007-05-03T23:31:00.000-05:00Oh and these children are gorgeous. Very precious...Oh and these children are gorgeous. Very precious!picklesandroses.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07656580922367962385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-60625313127216595642007-05-03T23:30:00.000-05:002007-05-03T23:30:00.000-05:00Thank goodness is right. I remember riding the bu...Thank goodness is right. I remember riding the bus to downtown Austin by myself to go to Sunday School when I was 7 or 8. When I was 5, I stole a nickel from my mom's coin purse and walked three blocks to the drugstore for an ice cream cone...got busted when I got home with ice cream on my face. I don't know whether my mom was madder about my taking the nickel or about my going without telling her. Thank goodness, in Nassau Bay, our kids did have the freedom to ride their bikes to the store. Once when Karen was in high school, she had a girl friend spending the night and they snuck out of the house and went up to Weingarten's for some kind of snack. Remember the little tables in the front of the store?...well, a NB cop came by, found them and brought them home.picklesandroses.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07656580922367962385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-18916233563314532982007-05-03T10:20:00.000-05:002007-05-03T10:20:00.000-05:00Good grief Billie,my daughter lives in Kingwood on...Good grief Billie,my daughter lives in Kingwood on a cul-de-sac and won't let the kids go out on the street to play unless an adult is out there at all times........the days of freedom and being told "to go outside and play" are over, sadly!Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-11260761869006514002007-05-03T08:45:00.000-05:002007-05-03T08:45:00.000-05:00Yes, my mother sent me to the corner store before ...Yes, my mother sent me to the corner store before I was 5 also. Then later I rode my bike about 3 blocks which seemed like a mile to bring home some groceries. I could let my kids run in the neighborhood and know they were safe. Not today.Billie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.com