Pete Pages: I heart the '80s

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

I heart the '80s

If you still happen to have one of these...

it makes a great library bag.

8 comments:

Perschon Family said...: I am so sad that I don't have my ESPRIT bag anymore! I feel a post dedicated to the 80's coming on myself because when I was in Aeropostal yesterday I saw zippers on the bottom legs of levis....striped levi's nonetheless! And let's talk about the leggings that are back in style! I swore I'd never wear bell-bottoms or flip my hair and I did that eventually so who knows....someday in the future you may just see me running around in tight little leggings!!! (or not!); September 9, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Anonymous said...: Oh I just had such the flashback. Lime green, big white letters...; September 9, 2008 at 10:15 AM
The Grant Family said...: Lovin' it! Go 80's!!!; September 9, 2008 at 1:51 PM
cory and tara said...: Well, if you heart the '80's, you must heart NKOTB! Where's the love? (refer to my nerdy post earlier this week.) LOVE the Esprit bag! For some reason it remided me of my LA Gear shoes with hot pink and green laces. I must have worn them carrying my sweet bag a lot.; September 9, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Mrs. Whitney's Classroom said...: Aren't those Esprit bags still in style, oh I mean, yeah, I got rid of mine a long time ago (hee, hee). That would be a great library bag, nice and big! Okay, I don't know where to leave a memory of you (for Memory Tag), so I'll leave it here.
I loved when we were talking to Lenny Brinkerhoff about Benson, and she said she thought he was shy (or something to that effect,) and you looked at her all crazy and busted out,"Benson!" And we both started busting up so hard! I love that we share the same sense of humor. I also loved doing the triathalon with you. I cherish my picture at the finish line with you and I together! So fun! Simone; September 9, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Heather Ashby said...: We went and saw BIG and Hale Center a few weeks back. They were all dressed in their 80's best. Bomber leather jackets, tuck and roll pants, units, chest high jeans. It was so much fun to see. However, at what point did it become that the youth of today are making fun of us - that's what we did to our parent's generation. I miss my ESPIRT bag! (And those LA Gear shoes. I thought I was something special when my mom bought me the LA Gear shoes) Thanks for the smile.; September 9, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Siggy said...: Mine was green with hot pink writing...yes I had one! In the 6th grade and I used that bad to shreds. Good memories for sure!; September 10, 2008 at 1:12 AM
Lisa Marie said...: Oh, goodness. The second I saw that first picture, my mind shot back in time. Not only did I have the ESPRIT bag, but a shirt that I wore nearly everyday, too (paired with my favorite leggings, of course) And oh, the LA gear shoes, too! Peg-leg pants, jeans with zippers and bows on the bottom, hammer pants, donut rolled socks or the layered, scrunched-just-right socks.... Ahh- I don't miss those fashions one bit, but they sure are fun to remember, and I'm quite certain our kids will get a kick out of the pictures one day :); September 17, 2008 at 5:16 PM

Pete said...

Hewitt was just telling me about a new game he created where you can't touch the ball with your hands or feet. He said, "You can only hit the ball with your leg or foot-wrist." And so I clarified, "You mean your ankle?"
(10/8/09)

Me to Hewitt: Whatcha doin?
Hewitt: Arting. It's making art.
(10/2/09; Hewitt's 5th b-day)

Two jokes by Burke:
What does a storm wear?
Thunderwear!

What do you call King Kong's feet?
Big Foot!
(9/26/09)

I had the following conversation with Tosh:
Me: Are you a boy or a girl?
T: Boy
Me: Is Livvy a boy or a girl?
T: Baby
Me: Yes, but is Baby Liv a boy or a girl?
T: Girl
Me: Is Daddy a boy or a girl?
T: Big boy
Me: Is Mommy a boy or a girl?
T: Mommy a babe!
(Not prompted, I promise! 9/3/09)

Hewitt had set up a bunch of toy figures and Tosh was trying to play with them... Hewitt was telling Tosh not to touch them and I asked him to share the toys or to go and get some more figures for Tosh to play with. Hewitt said, "These are not toys! They are art!" (9/3/09)

We were driving along a road near our house (a rather quiet highway, really) and Hewitt suddenly exclaimed, "Mom! I just found the road to our old house! Keep driving straight!" I looked up and realized there were some big mountains in the FAR distance. Hewitt clearly thought he was staring at Utah. (8/28/09)

Hewitt brought home a little "Groundhog's Day" craft that he had made at preschool and kept calling the groundhog a bear. When I tried to tell him it was really a groundhog he looked at me like I was very silly and said, "It's a BEAR Mom, not a CORNDOG!" (2/2/09)

I explained to Burke about the recent airplane crash into the Hudson River and knowing that he would be very concerned, I quickly told him that all of the passengers were just fine. He looked at me with a worried look and said, "What about the birds? Are they okay?" (1/15/09)

I have a trunk full of old performing costumes from when I was a kid. Hewitt saw the trunk in the basement and told Rob that he wanted to open up the "treasure chest." Rob asked him if he knew what was in the trunk/chest and Hewitt replied that it was full of clothes. When Rob told Hewitt that he didn't want him to make a big mess Hewitt said, "I won't make a mess, I will just get out one clo." I guess that "clo" would be the singular form of clothes... (1/13/09)

Burke is always mentioning how he wants us to have lots more babies because he wants "hundreds" of brothers and sisters. I was explaining to him this morning about how it gets harder and more dangerous to have babies as a woman gets older...he looked at me and said, "Well, you look young Mom, like 19!" Then he leaned in closer and said, "Well, I do see some indents in your skin around your eyes (those would be wrinkles--thanks for noticing)." (12/26/08)

Hewitt blew his nose and must have accidentally gotten some snot or tissue in his mouth because he said, "Yuck! That tastes like cow dung!" (12/24/08)

Tosh got to Hewitt's cup of water at the table today and dumped it all over Hewitt's lap and onto the floor. Rob asked Hewitt, "Are you a little wet?" and he said, "I'm a BIG wet!" (12/24/08)

Rob was playing "Memory" with the boys and when Burke got a few matches in a row Hewitt said, "Wow Burkie, you're on fire!" (11/08)

We just bought some sod for our park strip and while Burke and I were looking at the pallet, I mentioned that some of the pieces looked like crabgrass and that we needed to find the best pieces of grass to buy. Burke looked at the sod for a little while and said, "None of it looks like crap grass to me!"

While I was flossing Burke's teeth he said, "Wait--I need to tell you something." I paused flossing and he said, "You sure know how to be a good mom!" (now there's a treasured compliment!)

Hewitt watched Rob kill a fly in our kitchen and then asked, "Did he cry? Did he want his mommy fly?"

I told Hewitt that I was going to get Tosh a snack and asked if he would like one. He paused and then said, "I'll take a milkshake." What am I, a drive-up window?

Hewitt was asking for toast today and when I pulled out the bread he said, "No, the 'letter O' toast!" I finally figured out that he wanted a toasted english muffin.

Burke came down for breakfast and said, "Mom, it might not look like my bed is made and you might not like it, but it's really stripes that I did as a design on my bed."

Hewitt has really liked eating plain tortillas lately. When I asked him if he wanted one he said, "Oh. Sure. I'll have a mamma mia."

Hewitt understands things very literally. When Rob told him that he "needed to fly" this morning (go to work), Hewitt asked, "Where is the fly? In the house?" When Rob asked him if he had a runny nose he said, "No. It's just boogers."

When Rob was leaving for work he hugged the boys and told them to "be good for Mommy and do exactly what she says." Burke said, "OK bye Dad, you be good at work and do exactly what your boss says."

We were discussing prophets in the scriptures for Family Home Evening and when Rob asked Burke which prophet(s) wrote the Book of Mormon Burke said, "Nephi, Jacob, Enos..." and continued to name the books in order. Rob and I were pretty surprised and couldn't help laughing.

I was just eavesdropping on Hewitt while he was playing with his toys and heard him say, "Ladies and jumpingmen..."

Burke was heading off to a neighbor's house to play and stuck his head back in the door and called, "I'll be traveling by bike."

When the garage door opens for us to drive in, Hewitt will pretend to be scared and say, "Oh no, it's the garage mouth! He's going to eat us!"

Hewitt got distracted and starting playing with his toys during lunch and when I reminded him to please keep eating he said, "But Mommy, I'm working."

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I heart the '80s

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