Inspired by picking up some Froot Loops from the hotel lobby this morning, I drew Toucan Sam. My mom would never let us get sugar cereal so it was a little cathartic for me to draw Sam. I loved cartoons. I loved sugar. So, why couldn't she just buy me Froot Loops once, just once!?!?
I loved staring at the colorful boxes at the store. Each cereal had it's own cool cartoon character. I was a cartoon manic so I would just look up in wonder. Also, how could any kid resist the little toy inside the box. Wow, what a temptation. Whoever invented that was a genius! So mysterious, so cool and yet most kids would be likely to lose all interest in it by the end of the day - if you ever got your little grubby hands on it to begin with!
I loved the special offers and contests too! I would read the back of a cereal box like it was a map to a hidden treasure. It just made you feel like you were losing out on life if you didn't get that particular box.
Ok, so my Mom caved a few times. One time I ordered a magnet set of the Monster Characters (ya know like Boo Berry and Count Chocula). That was epic. I had those forever and I might still have Boo Berry somewhere.
One time when my Grandma was in town visiting, I went to the grocery store with her and begged her for Ghostbusters cereal. It worked! I couldn't believe it! My mom was perturbed when she saw it sitting on the counter.
I loved staring at the colorful boxes at the store. Each cereal had it's own cool cartoon character. I was a cartoon manic so I would just look up in wonder. Also, how could any kid resist the little toy inside the box. Wow, what a temptation. Whoever invented that was a genius! So mysterious, so cool and yet most kids would be likely to lose all interest in it by the end of the day - if you ever got your little grubby hands on it to begin with!
I loved the special offers and contests too! I would read the back of a cereal box like it was a map to a hidden treasure. It just made you feel like you were losing out on life if you didn't get that particular box.
Ok, so my Mom caved a few times. One time I ordered a magnet set of the Monster Characters (ya know like Boo Berry and Count Chocula). That was epic. I had those forever and I might still have Boo Berry somewhere.
One time when my Grandma was in town visiting, I went to the grocery store with her and begged her for Ghostbusters cereal. It worked! I couldn't believe it! My mom was perturbed when she saw it sitting on the counter.
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