earliest memories?

[Cassius2]

oh i used to love running around nudie rudie with the sprinklers!!

[~Hestia~]

I remember being in my pram with my big sister sitting on the front bar. I remember playing at the local kinder that was behind our house. I was about 2 years old at these times. I also remember being scratched by our cat and I think I was around 2 then as well, I was laying in front of the heater and he jumped on me and ripped my back to shreds!

[Trillian]

My earliest memory is going to the hospital with Dad to see Mum and my new baby brother. I was 2yrs, 20 days old at the time. I remember it clear as day. I also remember Dad taking me for an ice cream cone after we left the hospital. I also remember later that year seeing my Great Grandmother sitting in her chair so I would have been about 2.5yo.

[Cassius2]

it seems the age of 2 is an interesting time! how cool is that?!

when i was two i remember seeing grey horses and thinking they were sheep (white like sheep lol) so i told mummy that i wanted sheep like that (and so the pony obsession began).
that was the day that i also met my best friend. she is the same age as me and when i walked in she was on the floor having a full blown tantrum i remember because her Mum was totally chilled and my friend had this gorgeous fairy dress on. then she got up, like nothing had happened and took my hand and showed me her bedroom...it was FULL of the best toys. she gave me a dolly to play with: i was blown away

also when i was two i remember being with my Oma at her friends house and they were looking at potplants. it was boring! i was wearing my red overalls. anyway, i got bored and walked up the driveway (slight incline) and then walked to the neighbours house (we had been there before so i "knew" it was OK...soooo wasnt lol). walked down the driveway and saw the pool...
i remember sitting at the edge of the water in a crouch and feeling this awesome desire to go in. so i sat on my bum and popped my feet in the water. being a cautious child however, instead of just sliding in i decided to hold onto the edge of the pool (rounded bricks with a slight 'lip' at the edge...good for gripping) as the water was a bit cold. anway, it didnt take long for me to realise that it was not fun. i was stuck and wanted to get out. but i couldnt cry out much because my grip was slipping. the clothes i remember got really cold and wet and i felt heavy. i remember the colour of the water reflecting and the feel of the vinyl edge of the pool touching my nose where i was hanging and the smell of the water. it felt like ages that i had been there.
aparently my Oma didnt know where i was for roughly 10 minutes. they were panicking and then by some miracle came running down the drive and saw these little fingers holding on tight to the edge. i cannot even begin to imagine how she felt at that moment....

[Nettie]

they were panicking and then by some miracle came running down the drive and saw these little fingers holding on tight to the edge. i cannot even begin to imagine how she felt at that moment....

OMG! That sounds like a really close call!

My earliest memory is of my little sister coming home from hospital. I just remember the love I felt and the awe and wonder at this little person... I was 15 months.

I also remember getting lost when I was around 2. I was looking up at a man at a newsagent - he looked so high up with all these magazines around him and I was staring at him for a while. Then when I looked around, I couldn't see my Mum. I went running out of the shop to look for her (she was still in the shop in an aisle!) and a lady with a pram found me and took me to the police station where the poor Officers calmed down this hysterical little girl with a strawberry milkshake! Then my Mum came walking in and collected me. My Mum must have been beside herself with worry - but I don't remember being aware of her feelings (but I remember freaking out the poor copper!) - I've always tried to remember this as I obviously wasn't capable of registering my mother's fear and worry..

[krystals]

2 seems like a pretty common age!
Mine is around 2 years old, we lived in a court and I was the youngest in the neighbourhood for the time being. All the older kids were rollerskating. I had burgundy patent leather tbar shoes on, I remember as clear as anything looking down at them and thinking 'I want to be doing what the others are doing'. So I tried to rollerskate. Obviously it didn't work. I don't remember much except for the expectation that I would glide. I know I didn't.

I also remember when my brother was born. I remember the night, but not the actual event. My dad cooked me fish fingers in the microwave. I remember wishing I'd gone to my aunty's because I knew they were having chicken. My friend (invisible to all but me) ate my fish fingers for me.

[buffy1]

I love this thread.

I remember being really upset about it and my dad telling me when I grew up the Pony would know were I live and come and find me and be my own real life Pony I would have been 2yrs old

That is adorable. What a dad!

My earliest is dad holding me over a pond looking at the ducks. One of my first words was 'quack'.

Great first word, quite a difficult one for a little tyke too.

I remember our first family holiday, but only snippets - a caravan on the beach. It had a bead curtin across the front door. There was a donkey in the lot next to us that used to bray loudly during my afternoon nap. That's it! Apparently I was 18 months old.

Next one after that was about 3, my first boyfriend at creche. His name was Andrew and we bonded over a bear