Toys!!

I have always liked toys and games. Ever since I was little I played with Legos, Lincoln Logs, Matchbox Cars, and even my sister's barbies. I went to the jumps as a kid (a few times against my mother's will), played street hockey with the neighbor kids, rode BMX bikes (with pop cans on the rear tire to make them sound like motorbikes), owned a giga pet, played the piano, went grasshopper hunting, collected beanie babies, played basketball and ran cross country/track, played with pogs, played Candyland and Life, and collected & traded stickers from Godfather's Pizza. Those were the times.

In high school I played basketball all the time and managed to play some tennis here and there.

That was my life pretty much. I would bike every now and again, but not a lot. I also spend a lot of time at the gym working out. One of the only toys I got in high school was an iPod. The other was a cell phone.

Now I still do some of those things, but my array of toys/games have changed. I mountain bike and road bike, ski, play the piano, play tennis, play basketball, play football, golf, roller blade, long board, play with juggling balls, camp, shoot guns, try to play the guitar, play Settlers of Catan and Spades, and feed the ducks. I have a Mac, iPod touch, cell phone, and various other electronics.

Times have changed quite drastically. Some of my siblings didn't even grow up with the same toys/games that I did. I'm glad to have grown up when I did. I got the tail end of the "old toys" and the front end of the "new toys." One thing is for certain my children may be exposed to the "new toys" before they are even potty trained, but their dad will always love toys old and new.