remembering the 90's..now through tv shows...

the whole cartoon facebook picture got me thinking about my favorite cartoons as a kid. (and also remembering my my favorite 90's movies was fun, so i thought why not tv shows too?) i wish i could randomly catch some of them on tv some days. also, the last little while i've wondered to myself, gosh, there's just no commercials for kids toys on tv anymore...it probably has something to do with the fact that i don't watch the disney channel or YTV or nickelodeon or any of those other kids channels...yes that would be it... ha..the odd time i do watch something on those channels, i'm reminded that, yes, kids toy commercials do still exist.
moving along...

the smoggies-man did i love this show!! the little suntots spent their time protecting their island from the smoggies. i guess i was about protecting the environment even as a kid ;)

bobby's world-another one that i loved. i always used to do the impression of the mom, "don'tcha know?" also, me and dylan passed (and i kind of stopped and stared) howie mandel in toronto about 2 weeks ago (he was the voice if you didn't know, and the host of 'deal or no deal')

today's special-it was about a mannequin that came to life when someone said "hocus pocus alimagocus"-and he had a magic hat too. good times.

oh pingu. i wasn't a total fan of this show, but i still watch it came on the odd time.

rugrats-i totally had no idea this show aired until 2004?!

hey arnold! i don't really remember this one, but i know i always watched it...

recess-this one ran later in the 90's than i thought, but nonetheless, remember watching it saturday mornings in bed.

any of these ring a bell? i know some are canadian so they may not be familiar to all of you. but anyways, i had forgotten about so many of these!

memory lane ..ie embarrassing stories...

i'm not sure what made me think about these stories, but since i remembered them, i thought i would share! i only wish i had pictures on my computer at a younger age..or maybe i'm glad i don't!

1) back when i was a wee one, i was a little chunky. ok, not really, but i had always been really small. then after grade 2, i got a little bigger, got glasses, and got a little odd looking. didn't we all? anyways, maybe a year later, i think i was in grade 3, i was walking in the hallway at school to go to the washroom or something and i passed the teacher i had in grade 2. and what does he say when he sees me? "my you've gotten fat!" O-M-G..i was mortified; who says that!?? to an 8 year old, to a girl, to ANYONE!? he was a older man, probably in his 50's, 60's, who i loved when i had him. but seriously, i will never forget that haha

2) i guess this was a bad age for me because this story also happened around the 7 or 8 year old mark. once again, i was in school and i went to the washroom. so i'm sitting there, you know, doing my business. this girl who was a grade younger than me stood on the toilet next to me and peered over my stall!! as if that's not bad enough, she then says "you're an ugly duckling!" and gets down. wow, thanks, awesome. (how she was able to reach, i have no idea)

3) oh, and i just thought of this one. again, the same age-ish. i think i was around 8 or 9 actually, because i had glasses and i got those when i was 7. anyways, my uncle was getting married and i was a junior bridesmaid. i thought that was pretty awesome and i loved what i got to wear. the dresses were made by some lady so we had to go to her house every few weeks to try the dress on and get fittings etc. well wouldn't you know it, every time i went, the damn dress would be too tight! i was freakin' getting bigger by the weeks! now, at the time i didn't really know this. the adults were nice enough not to be like,"bree, lay of chips, you're in a wedding soon" haha

i think this makes me sound like i was a big kid, i really wasn't. i guess in comparison to now, i definitely looked chubby. it also sounds like i had a traumatic childhood haha i swear i didn't! and now that i think of it, there is ONE picture on my aunt's facebook of me at a young age. it was before my little weight gain stage, the rainbow glasses etc...here goes..

 yep, that's me right there! (blocked out my friend). now, if i were able to look in my mom's photo album, i could tell you exact date and exactly where i was, but no such luck. i'm guessing i'm 5 or 6.
ps. i still have those shorts. and i wear them (to bed occasionally). i'm now embarrassed.