More childhood nostalgia!!!

OMG - MAJOR deja vu on this one - back to school!!!

Of course, you would not be complete if you didn't have a docksider... I had one in navy blue... Wore that to death...

This was one of the few school books that I really loved... I still do.

Who didn't like these? Ping Pong!!!

God, cassettes AGAIN - but this shot is the best: I've had SO MANY of those... Well, kids nowadays (God I am getting old), don't even know one of these babies... I literally had to record a song from the radio sometimes, and the voice of the DJ would appear in some of my tapes. I had to sit quietly and start recording and sometimes stop when the guy stared talking...

I swear I still remember this school bag - I had one very similar to this including the reflactive cat's eye closure

I didn't have exactly this one, but had several others and remember them soooo well!!!

Bambo, the robot! Classic toy...

I even forgot I had this Betoneira truck!!! Loved to play with the control buttons!!!

Bingola Disney - remember going mad trying to get them all - they came in Coke bottles (I guess?) and you could get an album to paste them all... Children...

Same for these yo-yos... collect the caps and exchange for those... I actually learned how to play yo-yos with the Coke one...

Now the FOOD SECTION:

no words... tood crunchy and good" KRI!!!

 Monstrinho Creck !!! Forgot about this one too! This was like CRACK!!! LOL

Who didn't buy a lot of Mentex in the movie theater? 

Fura Bolo!!! This ice cream was VERY present in my childhood beach memories!!!

Recreio wafers... hummmm

I really loved this ICE POP posicles - so nostalgic about these things... they came as a liquid mini bag, then you would put these in the freezer and voi la!!!

GROSELHA MILANI!!! This was more into my grandma Nena house - but it was delicious! I still remember the TV ad with the little cartoon smiley faces...

How much did I love Polly??? in 2 words: a LOT!!!

One of the BEST Brazilian cartoons EVER!!! Ziraldo created amazing characters after a popular folk story: Saci Perere! LOVED their stories...

These are a few of my favorite things... more to come, kittens...

I am a BIG fan of big scarves...

You probably already saw one of my posts about the Pimkie funky bedouin scarf with little tassels and coins, but... Now I have another one - YAY!!!!

Found this darling thing at Old Navy :

This is exactly how I wear it. It is way better looking in person... LOVE the tassels and the color is a little bit more muted in person.

I am in LOVE with this things after learning that Europeans (women, men AND kids) are wearing these babies to death!!!
Ciao bella!!!

Brazilian Childhood

Oh, my God! So MANY good memories!

These are a few things from my Brazilian childhood!!! Could not believe when I found those pictures on the Internetzzz:

Bala Soft - LOVED these things, but almost DIED a couple of times by swallowing it by accident. Thanks Mom for rescuing me!!!

I LOVED THESE CHOCOLATE CIGARRETTES. What a non-politically correct product! Inciting kids to smoke!!! LOL!

A Zebrinha do Fantastico - SHE WAS SOOOO ANNOYING!!!

Part of my list of "back to school crap"

I was such a tomboy... Loved to ride this with my sword and Zorro mask - can you believe it??? And I didn't turn out to be gay ! LOL

Had these when I came back from my first trip to the USA when I was kid. We bough one my size and another one one size bigger for when I would overgrow the first one...

Silvio Santos was everything on a Sunday... This program was the BEST

Pablo from Silvio Santos....Creepy and a half!! WHY on earth would he have this freak dub any song?

Pega varetas..

LOVED this lollipop. My fave was the "morango" one... The packaging is also so kitschy and simple...

Urso do Cabelo Duro cartoon

New Wave - SERIOUSLY = for my serious 80's hair

Grapette - I miss that grape taste...

Relogio Champion!!! GOD I loved how I could have like 10 watches in one...

Domingo no parque - LOVED this when I was a kid... Silvio Santos rules!

Chicletes - these tiny things where awesome = you would get a handful in your mouth. That tutti-frutti taste... hmmmm

  

Atari!! We smuggled this inside our dirty laundry in our luggage when we came back from the USA. Customs in Brazil were ruthless - still kinda are...

 

Mixed tapes or recording from the radio... Kids nowadays don't even know that those things existed! I really don't miss seeing those things unravel and get all screwed up in your cassette player...

 

caiu a ficha!!

 

Galak and Lollo - the taste of my infancy.

  

I loved Aquaplay... So simple, yet so entertaining

 

those mini-Cokes = you had to have them and collect all those caps to get those mini-bottles.

Gelecaaaa - I loved throwing this in the bathroom walls and see it crawl down...

 

I used to LOVE playing with this... this was WAY before computers, Illustrator, Photoshop...

 

This was a toy that, as the only child, was kinda useless - didnt have anyone who wanted to play with me...

Caloi!!! Can you believe that I though that Santa Claus brought this to me??? And I went to the store with my mom and didn't even notice she buying it...

MORE TO COME BRAZUCAS!!! Stay tuned...

Childhood Nostalgia...Cartoons...

Some signs that you might be getting OLD... they don't make like those anymore...

I've loved these cartoons when I was a kid:

The Pink Pather - how intelligent were those cartoons? The Panther did not have to speak a word... Brilliant...

 

Seriously, I would KILL for that costume when I was a kid

This cartoon was one of my faves: "A Princesa e o Cavaleiro" or known internationally as the Princess Knight.

"Toro e Pancho" in Brazil, or better known as "Tijuana Toads"

"Cobrinha azul" or the "The Blue Racer" another BRILLIANT and crazy cartoon. The snake is always after the Japanese Beetle... I don't know about everywhere else, but this beetle had the cutest voice in Brazil and sang a crazy "To-li-to-li-to-la" song...

Good times. They don't make cartoons like this anymore.... :-(