Union City Beach Party

When it rained and it wasn't too chilly out, we changed into our bathing suits and ran around outside.

photo by Ronn Ashore

Sorry abuelo!

We'd grab my grandfather's records from the garage and use them as safety rocks so we wouldn't melt from the lava. He started locking them up after he found out we were using them and we couldn't play volcanic eruption anymore.

photo by d hutcheson

What's a telephone?

We never knew my neighbor's phone number, so we'd keep on screaming his name until he came over to play.

photo by Señor Hans

Swimming with the fishes

I wanted to give my fish a bath, so I put a bar of soap into the tank and waited for Ernie to do his thing. The only thing he did was float to the top of the tank. I was heartbroken and refused to use Zest soap because I thought it would poison me like it did Ernie.

photo by andrea

Sasquatch's daughter

My feet never fit in those plastic princess heels, they were always too small for my feet.

photo by Alexandra Brown

Look mom!

I somehow managed to catch the stray cats around my neighborhood, bring them in my house, and try to keep them under my bed. It never worked out too well.

photo by Jon Ross

Graffiti yard

Someone spray painted "SATAN" in our backyard and my family never painted over it. I always thought that was the way you spelled "satin", until someone told me I had the devil in my backyard.

photo by Richard Lemarchand