Memory Triggers-Valencia Lane

Okay, this is for all of my THOMAS FAMILY... So if you're reading this and you are related to Jack & Ada, then that means you. I thought it would be fun to play a little memory triggers game. I was thinking today about Grandma Ada & Grandpa Jack and the beautiful home that they lived in on Valencia Lane so many years ago. I have so many fond memories there as a child. Here are a few things that I think of when I think of Valencia Lane...

• Orange Couches in Family Room
• Big Orange Lamps & Porcelain dolls on end tables-always dusty
• Pantry always stocked with Oatmeal Cookies with Frosting
• Vitamin C Chewable Tablets in kitchen cupboard
• Grandpa always made me a Blueberry Milkshake
• Eating Frozen Grapes straight from the freezer
• Playing in the Toy/Sewing Room (Glow Worm)
• Grandfather Clock in Living Room
• Chess Game on coffee table in the Living Room
• Piano and Organ on same wall in Living Room
• Grandma Playing songs for kids to dance to: How Would You Like To Be a Jumping Jack Like Me, Halloween Cat, Choo Choo the Big Train, The Giant Takes Big Steps
• Grandpa’s office overlooking golf course (always had a portable heater)
• Blue Water in Toilet
• Snails in oleanders in the front yard
• Uncle Richard scaring me of the Boogie man next door
• Raised garden beds with fruit trees, etc.
• Wheelbarrow rides
• Beautiful tiered waterfall on front porch
• Sleepovers with cousin
• Swimming in pool with cousins
• Fireworks on 4th of July (Grandpa never came for some reason)
• Walks on the golfcourse, running through the sprinklers, climbing trees, looking for duck eggs
• Back patio covered with astro turf
• Going to garage sales with Grandma
• Thanksgiving-olives on all ten fingers
• Porch Swings on Back & Front Patios
• Drinking Fountain on side of the house and in family room
  
  Please Note: This is the memory of when I was a very small child-some of the things are completely random.

Now It's your turn...
What comes to your mind when you think of Grandma Ada and Grandpa Jack's home? Please add a comment below, it will be a ton of fun to see what it is that everyone else remembers.

Little People

This is one of the many things that we inherited when Bryan's Grandma passed away a few years ago. I just found it in the attic recently! Mr. T loves playing with it now. I can remember playing "little people" when I was growing up, and loving it! Does anyone else remember playing this?