• being the first child sent to my chair during reading time in second grade
  • wearing black overalls in first grade on my birthday
  • getting wooden spoons and drawing faces on them with marker
  • being told i didn't "keep my hands to myself" in 3rd grade and was given a "ticket" every day I kept my hands to myself which I could cash in to eat icecream with the principal. I got one every day in a row.
  • wearing exclusively tights and dresses in kindergarten
  • christina racing to the front of the line like it was a race
  • trying to get a swing on the playground and being "married" to someone when your swings were in sync (once you were out of sync, you were "divorced")
  • In first grade, Angela moved to town and she had the same powerpuff girls pencil set that I did and I was weirdly mad at her for it.
  • paying Laura Singer a rock to hear her sing
  • smashing acorns with Stephanie in third grade when she first moved here and I wasn't sure if I wanted to be her friend.
  • telling everyone in 3rd grade that garett conforti liked christina
  • finding a neopets keychain in the rocks on the palyground in 4th grade
  • making a birthstone project in 4th grade
  • keeping mealworms in 2nd grade
  • getting my first check minus in first grade (it was in handwriting)
  • crying in 2nd grade when the teacher didn't use my name as a handwriting example when learning the letter "c".
  • getting excited over book fairs and book orders
  • being the only one in 5th grade to run the full mile
  • calling shant a "nerd" in 5th grade on the playground
  • being a farmer on egypt day in 3rd grade (farmer is the only job that wasn't in the upper class and only three kids in the class were farmers.)
  • being allergic to gluten for about six months
  • getting cupcakes or cookies on kids' birthdays
  • the amazing parties and candy we would get during holidays
  • when someone put glittery glue on ashley winters' chair in 3rd grade (it was a huge scandal)
  • creating a giant cutout of Nathan Hale in 5th grade
  • making pomander balls in 5th grade for colonial day
  • thinking field day was the best thing ever
  • singing the friday song with the school librarian, Mrs. Barden
  • Feeling super accomplished when I was able to spell "present" on the first try for the pre-spelling test
  • Finding a British Pound in the small wooded area during recess
  • switiching over to a new elementary school in 5th grade in my district
  • Science days(s)
  • International Day when my mom did a class on Norway in 3rd grade
  • International food day in 5th grade
  • being the only one to use purple and white construction paper for my valentine box in 2nd grade
jan 15 2010 ∞
feb 9 2010 +