That's Just How We Rolled (2000's) ~ A School Assignment ~

     For those girls who grew up in the 2000's, there were many ridiculous things that we begged and pleaded our parents for. Looking back on our childhoods, the list of popular toys, outfits, hairstyles, TV shows and teen idols drags on, and on, and on. So if you feel like a blast from the past, keep reading! Who knows, you might even be inspired to drag out your boxes of things from under your bed you just couldn't part with.

      Way back when we were toddlers there were so many TV shows out there. Barney, Dora, Bear and the Big Blue House, Max and Ruby, The Berenstain Bears, The Big Comfy Couch, The Wiggles, Zoboomafoo and Veggie Tales. You can't deny it, you've watched at least 2 of those. Those stupidly simple and repetitive kid shows were the building blocks of how we turned out today. I hate to say it, but they influenced us much more than our parents ever did. What Dora says, always goes.

       I honestly think that we had one of the best time frames to be little kids. Everything an adult did, we did too. We had toy shopping carts, kitchens, easy-bake ovens, baby changing tables, babies that you could actually feed like Baby Alive, and we even had doctors sets. We learned how the world worked without even knowing what we were doing. There is no way around it, dress-up happened all the time, especially on play dates. Remember those? The poor giant Barbie heads, we destroyed them. My Little Ponies! I had one in every colour and "breed", if you can even call them that. Our first taste of real technology was the Tamagotchi, and boy did we love those things. And what about Webkinz? Everyone had those things lying around. I still have garbage bags full in our attic! No wonder Toys-R-us stayed in business!

       Now days kids spend all their time inside using electronics. When we were little we got sent outside in the morning and didn't come home until dinner was ready. Forget Facebook and ipods, we loved chalk, skip-its, hoola-hoops, Hop-Scotch, jump rope and even just plain old Tag. On rainy days or when it was cold outside, we hauled out the play food and let our imaginations run free. "No I want to be the mommy, and you'll be the sister!" we've all said those words while 'House' or 'Family'. Those games were mostly played as little kids, but let's be honest and admit that we played them until we were at least ten years old.

    As we got a bit older we started getting wrapped into the popular culture of the world. By age 6 Hannah Montana was the girl that we all wanted to be. She was my biggest idol, and she was probably the biggest female icon for the young girls of our generation. We started listening to those cheesy 'Mini Pop Kids'  CDs and thought we were super stars waiting to be discovered. Little did we know that the neighbours closed their windows when we belted out Britney Spears' "Oops I Did It Again!". Kim Possible, That's So Raven, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and Wizards of Waverly Place were constantly playing in the living room. One day while watch Family Channel, the very first Jonas Brothers music video came on. They were the boy band of our generation, though not everyone liked them openly. You have to admit, even if you hid it, that you got butterflies when they showed up in our favorite magazines. The three brothers were taken over by the massive sensation Justin Bieber. He has to be the biggest teen heart throb who ever lived, the most famous guy on the planet, and he's not hard on the eyes either. Pop culture is what we compare ourselves to, and strive to be like.

     Let's talk about some of the indescribable fashion choices we and our parents made. Jeez, there were some bad ones, starting with Crocs. Let me just put it out there that if I catch anyone I know wearing Crocs, I will seriously disown you. Don't do it. Skorts and flared jeans were all the rage, or maybe just the cheapest things. We didn't really care what were wore until age ten, so why would our parents? Lace socks, we all had them and wore them over nylon tights when going to church, Christmas dinner or a birthday party. We can't forget stick on earrings! Sometimes you'd find them stuck to the bottom of your favorite slippers, or you'd use them to decorate your diary. They were very multi-functional. Middle parts and jagged bangs. Good god our hairstyles were atrocious! We weren't half as bad as some generations before us, but we weren't innocent either.

     I know I'm not even close to having everything down, but if I did this entry would never end. Comment some of your generation's most poplars. No one will judge because it's just the way we rolled.