As a member of the Millennial Generation, and more specifically a 90’s baby, I can say there a few things from that decade that I am still partial to even today. From toys to TV shows and even candy, there wasn't much I didn't enjoy as a kid. 

Remember those long-lost things from your childhood that always brought a smile to your face? Maybe so, maybe not, but let’s take a little stroll down Nostalgia Lane anyway and see what we can’t dig up. 

Furby: These damn things still creep me out. I think it was the fact that it could blink at you that made them so strange. My older sister had one and always would bring it around me in spite of my lack of fondness for the little creatures. To the creator of Furby, I hope you have an unpleasant day soon.

Laser Pointers: You weren’t relevant if you didn’t have one. Even if you did, you were still pretty basic if you didn’t have the different shapes you could screw onto the end.    

Nintendo Game Boy: I’m not talking about the Game Boy: Color, I’m talking about the OG, original gangster, big, grey Game Boy. You never had a more intense three minutes than when you met someone in the cafeteria at lunch for a Pokémon battle.     

Slap Bracelets: Everyone loves fashion that makes some noise. No, really, if you weren’t popping them around your own wrist, you were sneaking up behind someone and scaring the bageezus out of them by slapping it around theirs.  

The Little Red Car With The Yellow Top: How many miles did you put on one of these bad boys? You never looked so fly cruising around the park in that sweet ride. Go on with your bad self, and strut your stuff.   

The View Master: You had like 20 different reels of pictures to look at, and for some reason, it just never got old. I'd still look through one of these things for an unhealthy amount of time.  

The Water Ring Toss: This was the most pointless game but you still couldn't pull yourself away from it and found yourself getting very frustrated, very quickly.      

"The Amanda Show:" If only giant dancing lobsters would come into the courtroom after every trial. I think we can all agree that the world would be a better place, don’t you?                    

Floppy Disks: One of the more primitive versions of the USB flash drive, you saved all your grade school computer assignments on them and felt like you were actually doing something important.    

The Multi-Pen: Wanna write in blue? You got it! How about sticking with the traditional black? Sure thing. Feeling spunky and want to write in green or red? Well, you sure could with your multi-pen. If you were tired of writing in one color you just clicked another one of those suckers down and keep going without the hassle of digging in your art box to find another pen.   

The First Cell Phones: You know what I’m talking about. You’d get bored, find your mom’s phone, and pretend to use it because it made you feel like you were doing something important, too. It was fun, mostly because you got to pull out the antenna and flip down the bottom to expose the key pad. Then you got in trouble because you weren’t supposed to be playing with mom’s work stuff.   

High Waisted Pants/Shorts: All the girls on TV and anyone who had any fashion clout at all knew what was up. This was more of an early 90’s trend but nevertheless it’s made a comeback, and I have to say I’m a pretty big fan.     

I have to say I miss those simple times. Everything was easy and we were pretty much care free except when we lost a T-Ball game. That was no big deal, though. Nothing the post-game Icee mom bought from the concession stand couldn't fix. Keep your head up, Slugger.