I remember childhood - Part Three - Holiday Fun & School Days
June 20th 2010 18:40
This is Part Three of an absolutely personal, indulgent & really long list! I have been feeling down lately and compiled these random events & items from my past to cheer myself up. Now, I feel wistful. Like most children, I couldn't wait to grow up and do what I wanted when I wanted and not have anyone tell me what to do all the time! - As grown-up, I realize that idea was highly overrated.
Feel free to share any of your long forgotten favorite memories
Holiday fun:
Christmas tree decorating
Not being able to fall asleep on Christmas eve
Coming downstairs in the wee hours Christmas morning & looking at all the wrapped presents and falling asleep down there
Dancing and singing to Christmas music
Easter egg coloring & Easter egg hunts
Family get-togethers with all the cousins
Twirling and waving sparklers on the Fourth of July
Halloween trick or treating in a ghost costume, aka a white sheet
or a “Hobo” in your Dad’s oversized clothes.
Dumping my pillowcase of candy on the floor and seeing what I scored!
Birthday parties
School:
Buying new clothes for the new school year.
First day of school butterflies in your tummy
Waiting for the yellow school bus at the bus stop
Homeroom
sack lunches with peanut butter & jelly sandwiches
Cafeteria lunch food - mini-milk cartons & new potatoes
Climbing the rope to the top of the gym and ringing the bell
Crossing guards
Rubber cement
Elmers glue & peeling artificial “skin” from the palms of your hand
Dodge ball
Red rubber playground balls a little larger than a volleyball
Passing notes
Recess
Snow Days
Selling the second most candy bars in the whole school &
Trading my prize with the kid who sold the most for my first camera
Straws & spit wads
My Mom once teaching a spanish class at school
Favorite teacher - Mrs Peretti
Once wet, crumpled up paper towels stuck to the bathroom ceiling
Ms Mary Mack Mack Mack, with silver buttons down her back, back back…
Cleaning the chalkboard & clapping the erasers
Getting sent to the corner for talking, again!
Timed sit-ups, push-ups & the dreaded pull-ups
The bell ringing - signaling the school day was over!
Feel free to share any of your long forgotten favorite memories
Holiday fun:
Christmas tree decorating
Not being able to fall asleep on Christmas eve
Dancing and singing to Christmas music
Easter egg coloring & Easter egg hunts
Family get-togethers with all the cousins
Twirling and waving sparklers on the Fourth of July
Halloween trick or treating in a ghost costume, aka a white sheet
or a “Hobo” in your Dad’s oversized clothes.
Dumping my pillowcase of candy on the floor and seeing what I scored!
School:
Buying new clothes for the new school year.
First day of school butterflies in your tummy
Waiting for the yellow school bus at the bus stop
Homeroom
sack lunches with peanut butter & jelly sandwiches
Cafeteria lunch food - mini-milk cartons & new potatoes
Climbing the rope to the top of the gym and ringing the bell
Crossing guards
Rubber cement
Elmers glue & peeling artificial “skin” from the palms of your hand
Dodge ball
Red rubber playground balls a little larger than a volleyball
Passing notes
Recess
Snow Days
Selling the second most candy bars in the whole school &
Trading my prize with the kid who sold the most for my first camera
Straws & spit wads
My Mom once teaching a spanish class at school
Favorite teacher - Mrs Peretti
Once wet, crumpled up paper towels stuck to the bathroom ceiling
Ms Mary Mack Mack Mack, with silver buttons down her back, back back…
Cleaning the chalkboard & clapping the erasers
Getting sent to the corner for talking, again!
Timed sit-ups, push-ups & the dreaded pull-ups
The bell ringing - signaling the school day was over!
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