- 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 ∞
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