17 Summertime Pleasures That Take Us Back To Childhood

The Sunshine, beaches, family vacations, and a perfect tan are only a few of the things we love about our favorite season: Summer. Though we’re all grown up now and have long kissed the days of three-month summer vacations goodbye, we can still feel like kids again when we smell the tropical scent of suntan lotion or bite into a cool slice of fresh watermelon. There are so many pleasant memories of childhood summers we decided to ask our Fans to chime in with the little pleasures that take them back to a time when all they had to worry about was running their own lemonade stand. 1. Salty air and sand between your toes. 2. Campfires and smores. 3. The Beach Boys music. 4. Freshly mowed grass. Click NEXT for more summertime nostalgia 5. The sound of lawn sprinklers. 6. Coppertone. 7. Carnival foods: cotton candy, corn dogs, funnel cakes and so much more. 8. Charcoal barbecues. Click NEXT to see more memories... 9. Honeysuckles. 10. Citronella candles. 11. Lake water. 12. Laundry drying in the sun. More Memories NEXT 13. The smell of library books and an abundance of free time to read them all. 14. Freshly picked berries. 15. Chlorine. 16. Flip flops. Last but not least is NEXT 17. Fireworks. (Source: Huffington Post) What takes YOU back to childhood summers? Let us know in comments. Source: Huffington Post Related: Things 70s Kids Did During The Summer That’ll Make You Say, I Remember That Childhood Summers If you LIKE this story, please SHARE this story!