make a list of 43 special memories from my childhood.

My first trip out of the country to England to visit my Aunt and Uncle. A street vendor selling flowers gave me a hot pink gerber daisy for free because it matched my outfit.

Getting my guinea pig, Fifi, from the pet store. My first pet!

Learning to say ‘What’ when people looked at me during ice skating rehearsal for an Andrew Lloyd Weber themed ice show. I skated to Evita in a watermelon costume.

In 4th grade my teacher found an emu egg and we watched it hatch under an incubator lamp.

My collection of antique Nancy Drew book.

My collection of antique Nancy Drew book.

On the first day on kindergarten my teacher dressed up as a clown complete with makeup, nose, and wig.

My pacifier.

Being scared of the fire at our local Japanese Teppan restaurant. My parents would have to warn me when it was going to happen and then I would hide under the table until it was over.

Ziltzie’s was a restaurant in the middle of a shopping mall that had a giant waterfall, a train set, and booths where remote controlled curtains could be shut to drown out everyone else in the restaurant. They had delicious potato soup with sour cream and chives and cheese in medium sized bowls. They also had little plastic multicolored drink sticks shaped like mermaids and animals that olives were put on when people ordered drinks. I also got to play with the electric train that went all around the restaurant, just below the ceiling. I loves Ziltzie’s.