childhood – just a bucket list dream

Some of the things I miss about Christmas during my childhood blogmas day 23

Posted on December 25, 2023December 25, 2023 by crazydreamsgirl

Hello, my bucket list, friends! Christmas is a time of year that seems to create lasting memories. AlsobIt is not a secret that things change when we get older. I wish very much that I could go back and visit my childhood. Since I can’t do that, I decided to make a list of the things I miss about that time. I hope you enjoy this list!

1. Going to be my grandparents’ house on Christmas Eve

2. circling things I wanted in toy catalogs

3. Being in Christmas plays at church

4. Christmas arts and crafts projects at school

5. Getting time off from school

6. Other fun activities at school, like building gingerbread houses and decorating cookies

7. Spending most of Christmas day playing with / enjoying my new gifts

8. Waking up early and being very excited about it

9. Getting things that I couldn’t get for myself (since you have no money when you are a kid)

10. Trying to guess what was in the wrapped presents that had my name on it

11. The pure excitement I felt

12. Dressing up in fun Christmas outfits

Discovering Pictures from the past

Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 by crazydreamsgirl

Hello, my bucket list friends. I’m pretty excited to write this post because yesterday I finally got an answer to a question I’ve been asking for a while. What pictures are on the old disposable cameras that we never got developed? Yesterday I got the digital copies of the pictures on the cameras. I’m very excited to share the pictures with you but first let me tell you a little bit more about them. First off there are a lot of photos of our cats that we used to have. There names are Boots and Princess. It looks like I was a fan of having my cats pose for pictures especially Boots. There is also a few pictures of my toys. I love the build a bear group photo so much. There are also a few pictures of me at what I believe to be a county fair. The picture I was the most surprised to see was the pictures of me feeding and petting a Zebra. It turns out that I had crossed this item off my list long before 2018. Some other highlights include me at a pumpkin patch, me in my 4H uniform and a picture of my mom at her desk when I was home schooled. I hope you enjoy these pictures from the early to mid 2000s.

Rock On- Christina Epperly

My Childhood without Santa Claus

Posted on December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 by crazydreamsgirl

Hello, my bucket list friends ! I hope all of you are having a very merry December ! One thing I really love about blogging and writing in general is that it allows people to express feelings and ideas that they might otherwise keep to themselves . Now this is not the typical post that I usually write .This is definitely much more on the controversial side but it is something that has been on my mind lately and I feel the need to express it . Get ready and hold on tight for a different kind of post from just a bucket list dream !

My Childhood without Santa Claus

When I was growing up my family didn’t do the Christmas tradition of Santa Claus . Both my sister and I knew that the gifts under the tree had been bought for us by our parents or other family members but that didn’t mean we didn’t love Christmastime ! I looked forward to Christmas just like any other kid did . I loved decorating the Christmas tree , decorating sugar cookies , looking at Christmas lights ,being in church Christmas plays , and of course getting some pretty awesome gifts ! Some people may have felt like my sister and I were missing out on something great but we didn’t think so . Neither of us really minded knowing who our gifts were from as long as we had presents to open on Christmas day . Looking back now,knowing that my parents were the ones buying the gifts for us made me really appreciate the things I got for Christmas . We didn’t have a ton of money to spend and I knew that. Seeing all the effort that my parents put in to Christmas made it more special . Another benefit of not doing the Santa Claus tradition was that I realized the important of giving to other children whos parents could not afford any gifts for them . I remember participating in the toy drive at church and helping out at the toys for tots donation center . Since I knew how presents really got under the tree I knew that it was up to the kindness of others to help those children . Not doing the Santa Claus tradition made me want to help others more. I knew that Santa didn’t bring gifts to those in need but that people with kind hearts did . Not believing in Santa Claus helped to teach me the importance of kindness and giving. I look at it as a very positive thing not only did I learn some important character qualities, I never had to deal with the disappointment of finding out the truth and I was able to enjoy Christmas year after year without questioning if reindeer could really fly or if one guy could make it to every house in the world in one night . Now, all that being said Santa Claus wasn’t banned in our house or anything like that. We owned the Santa Claus movies and if we wanted to pretend Santa was real we could . Overall not doing the Santa Claus tradition had a very positive effect on my childhood. It taught me important values and lessons that helped me grow in to who I am today.

Rock on – Christina Epperly

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