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Our neighbor was an old man who built a little cart to go on the back of his tractor and he would take us for rides around the neighborhood. I think the top speed was 10 but we thought it was super fun :)

fave summertime memory- making snow cones with a snoopy snow cone machine!

Road Trips! Short or long -either way, we went as a family: us 3 girls, mom and dad and the dog..... whether we were going to get ice cream, see a drive-in movie or across country to see relatives - they are memories I will always cherish! Thanks for the opportunity to reminisce......

my favorite summer memory is when i would run across the road to the field that our local farmer was tilling with his tractor. he would see me running and stop the tractor and let me in. i would sit next to him and he would let me steer the tractor for awhile. those were the great times where it seemed like everyone knew everyone else in our town.

My favorite childhood summer memory is staying at my aunt and uncle's farm in MI. We went every summer growing up, and summer makes me long to be there...actually I think I need to scrap this!! I just need to find some pics that tell this story. Thanks for listening to my memory...and for the chance to win, I am off to see where I can buy your beautiful products!!!

My favorite childhood summer memory is spending summer vacation at the beach in North Carolina. Our room was right on the beach, facing the ocean. It was so much fun!

I have fond memories of many summer days of playing with the neighborhood kids. We'd roller skate, bike ride, play games all afternoon and into the evening. Our parents all told us the same thing, "Come home when the street lights come on." Ahhh...those were such carefree days.
Today we're so scared to let our kids play outside w/o supervision and we arrange playdates and other activities to fill their time. I think they need unstructured times and try to give that to my kids but it's just not the same as when I was growing up.
What great prizes...love Elle's Studio! Thanks for the opportunity to win.

My favorite thing was spending the whole day at the public pool playing all sorts of water games with my cousins. And of course, days at the beach and multiple popsicles!

Because my parents sent me to parochial school, I had no clue what summer school was until my neighbor friend invited me to go-we did the coolest thing one day...we fingerpainted with chocolate pudding. I thought that was the coolest thing. What made it even crazier was the fact that 20 years later I became a colleague of the teacher that let us get messy that day. She ws shocked I remembered...my question to her was, how could I forget!

My favorite summer memorie from my childhood is riding my bike around the little town where my grandma had a beach house. It was something I couldn't do at home, we used to live in a big city. The freedom, the wind, the smell from the ocean... good times!

Unfortunately I don't really have a favorite childhood memory.....although playing with my friends in the pool was always the best.
So, my big thing is to make Summers special for my little guy and husband! :)
I'm just hoping to have a shot at winning!
Thank you Ali.

My favorite memory is sleeping outside with my brother and sister (and always coming back in after a few hours.)
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huge family reunions @ my grandparents farm...we had campfire cookouts & I love roasting marshmellows! those were the good old days!

My favorite summer time memory is having all my friends how swim in our pools. Mom would go all out with Kool aide and cookies. My house was a favorite for a lot of the neighborhood kids.

Hmm, that's a hard one as I have so many great childhood summer memories.
But a great one would be, playing outside with my sister, Jackie and my best friend, Amy. We would play all day until dark or until Amy's dad came to walk her home. We would spend hours outside playing- the carefree summer days where you could stay up later and play outside in the warm air. Eating popsicles, swimming, and of course Barbies were one our favorites to play with!

Favorite childhood memory was biking about a mile to the town pool. No worries. If it looked like thunder, we biked back. And then went to bed exhausted with the attic fan running. gotta love the attic fan!

long visits at my grandparents.... I do miss them so!

Tubin' on the Frio River (in Texas - I've lived my life on California, but went to visit family nearly every summer until college!)

I remember riding our bikes everywhere from sun up to sun down. We had both an ice cream shop and a candy shop within biking distance and we made frequent stops to both of them.

My favourite summertime memory is holiday spent at our beachhouse, fishing, swimming and surfing. Happy, happy times.