List 43 of my favorite Childhood Memories

But dang, I came up with a lot of amazing memories! I think I’ll hold onto those.

35. Playing with the helicopter leaves of our tree.
36. Sitting under the weeping willow.
37. The smell of bay leaves.
38. The bird that sounded like it said everybody’s name.
39. Playing D&D.
40. Walking a boy home to keep him from getting beat up.
41. Winning the lead in a play (originally written as a male character) as a 5th grade girl over a 6th grade boy.
42. Doing a recitation to the entire camp.
43. Doing a ridiculous French accent in a camp skit.

33. Standing up for a girl from Idaho who was getting beat up.

30. My mom standing up for me to a principal.
31. My mom retrieving my stolen stuffed animal.

27. Playing with a dog I called Fido.
28. Seeing a horse I called Wonder (mostly after the bread).

25. Living near Mystic.

15. Dancing around pretending to be Cher.
16. Reading my serialized story to my Girl Scout troop every night at camp.
17. Making noodles from scratch.
18. Being swung between my parents while they walked.
19. Buying a house full of Wishniks at a garage sale.
20. Winning a fish bowl.
21. Beating everyone at checkers.
22. Making papier-mâché.
23. Always waiting for cats to leave me instead of the other way around.

14. Taking a modern art class.
15. Running naked through the sprinklers.
16. Going to the Lawrence Hall of Science with my Dad.
17. Eating salt water taffy.
18. Doing diving somersaults.
19. Playing in the creek and petting the nose of Wonder, a horse I named after Wonder bread.
20. Playing with rubber bugs at Christmas time.

My Dad dancing around to “Life’s Been Good.” :) :) :)

12. Wearing kitty cat pajamas with footies.