Wednesday, May 6, 1925
Albert still isn’t well but he is able to be out so I sent him to kindergarten to keep him off the damp ground. I ironed till 5:30 today. Then made a strawberry pie for supper. The boys love them so. I like to give them all the good things possible. I got a quart of berries for 15 cents. Gilbert and Dale have a game of ball every evening these days.
(Yum, strawberries. Those would have had to be brought in from someplace else, as it would be too early (I think) for strawberries in central Indiana. Just 15 cents for a quart. Sometimes I read these diaries and think how things are so different, like strawberries for 15 cents a quart. Then I read how Dale has a ball game every night and I think about parents today who spend every evening at a ball diamond, so maybe things aren't that different!)
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I think one difference between ball games every night of the week in the 20's vs now, is that back then you could send your kids by themselves and have a nice quiet evening to yourself. Today, it wouldn't be safe to send your kids by themselves. So, if your kids are at the ball park, you are there too which kills an entire evening.
ReplyDeleteAmazing how perceptions change! Of course it is just as safe today as it was in the 1920s. Kids today are so over-protected and parents are so fearful, I wonder how they will grow up.
ReplyDelete~ Aging Baby Boomer