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What are Your Childhood Memories of the 4th of July? Things my family did to celebrate Independence Day: 1. Pop Its, Smoke Bombs, Firecrackers, and Sparklers – I remember buying stuff from the fireworks stands during the weeks before the 4th of July. 2. Family Picnics with potato salad, deviled eggs, & watermelon (of course there was other food – but these were the …
What do you remember about the school playground? MY PLAYGROUND LIST: 1. Most girls in 1st and 2nd grade (possibly all) wore dresses every day; so, I am guessing there was a lot of “underwear showing” because we all loved to swing on the monkey bars. 2. We had three recess times every day – a morning break, after lunch, …
5 Things I Learned from My Dad's Example 1. Never stop trying new things. 2. The joy of vegetable gardening. 3. Work ethic – my Dad worked hard and he expected the same from his children. 4. Self sufficiency – prepare for what may come, and make what you have work. 5. Keeping the Sabbath – Dad made sure …
At the beginning of the year I asked you to make a list of the grade school teachers you remembered. At the top my list was Mrs. Sams, my first grade teacher. What I remember about FIRST GRADE: 1. On my first day of school the first grade teachers took a look at me, how tiny I was, didn't …
Childhood Home Our family moved quite a bit; but, the place I associate as my childhood home was the house I lived in from ages five through nine. 10 Memories about My Childhood Home: A recent photo of the house I grew up in. 1. My childhood home was located in Portland, Oregon. 2. It was located …
Childhood Scars. Do you remember how you got them? 1. Two scars under my chin. I remember getting one of them (bicycle accident.) The other, I was told, came from a fall down the stairs when I was a toddler. 2. Right knee – I put my knee on my sister's glass mouse cage. It broke. 3. Left …
Childhood Friends I met my best childhood friend in first grade. 1. Her name was Linda. 2. I never forgot her middle name because it was the same as my favorite aunt's name, Jane. 3. She's a twin. 4. Her mother often dressed her and her twin in matching outfits. One would wear a red version and the other …
A family photo – My mom – pregnant with me, my Dad, my three older siblings, and my grandmother. My mom was one of those wonderful mothers. 10 Childhood Memories of my Mother: 1. She seemed to always be in the middle of sewing clothes, quilts, curtains, etc. 2. She baked bread and made wonderful cinnamon rolls. 3. …
Childhood Memories: When I was in Kindergarten… 1. I attended a private kindergarten (at the same place I went to pre-school) because my mother worked. The public school only offered a half day program. 2. We had to take naps every day. (They spanked children who made noise during nap time.) 3. I loved the time on the play …
Pet Love The pets that made their way into my heart over the years… 1. Stray Cats – we lived in a city for several years when I was a little girl. I had a habit of bringing home random cats. Some of the cats were strays and some were being given away by people in the neighborhood. (I'd …