There are many things that are different about your childhood when you grown up in ARIZONA, particularly the Phoenix part.
- snow, and winter as a whole.
- fall, and leaves and trees in general.
- spring, and flowers for the most part.
- snow days.
- daylight savings time.
- humidity.
- public transportation. that works.
- scarfs, boots, mittens, gloves, sweaters, snow pants..
- worrying that you will be too cold in your halloween costume while trick-or-treating.
- thinking of hot drinks and food as a cold weather thing.
- playing/ being outside (if you are not in a body of water) in the summer.
- naturally green grass.
- riding your new bike outside on christmas morning in just your pjs. and not being cold.
- huboobs.
- monsoons.
- heat advisory days, when you can't play outside.
- being a six hour, or less, drive from the beach, snow, and another country simultaneously.
- falling on/into a cactus at some point.
- wearing flip flops all year long.
- not having a day of swim lessons, but knowing how to swim by age five.
- feeling cold when it is 71 degrees outside.
- summer starting in March and ending in October.
- putting an ice pack on the seatbelt/carseat when you go into a store, so you don't burn yourself. again.
- planning your halloween costume so you are not hot while trick-or-treating.
- leaving your chapstick/crayons in the car and coming back to a colorful glob that mom is really angry about.
- frying an egg on the sidewalk.
these lists could go on forever...