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  • being read to, story-time
  • the feeling of absolute freedom that first afternoon that school would get out for summer vacation
  • riding (and sleeping) in the back seat on car trips. listening to garrison keillor and other radio shows.
  • how we (classmates) would play with and braid each other's hair, rub backs, scratch hands, etc.
  • my mom taking me out of the tub and wrapping me up in a huge fluffy towel
  • how bath time could be an adventure
  • how fishing for quarters at the bottom of a pool could be entertaining for hours
  • opportunities to play with clay
  • that is was still ok to share secrets with your friends or ask really personal questions
  • snacks - ants on a log, apple juice and cookies, peanut butter apples, juice boxes
  • building forts
  • nap-time
  • slip n slides
  • sleepovers
  • playground, especially the really good ones
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