| Be A kId AgAiN Give yourself a gold star for everything you do today. Dot all your "i" 's with smiley faces. Sing into your hairbrush. Grow a milk mustache. Smile back at the man in the moon. Read the funnies... throw the rest of the paper away. Dunk your cookies. Ask somebody if their refrigerator is running. Play a game where you make up the rules as you go along. Order with eyes that are bigger than your stomach. Open a pack of cupcakes and give one to a friend even though you wanted both of them for yourself. Pretend your bread rolls are tap dancing. Step carefully over the sidewalk cracks. Change into some play clothes. Try to get someone to trade you a better sandwich. Have a staring contest with your cat. Eat ice cream for breakfast. Kiss a frog just in case. Give someone a "Hug-around-the-neck". Blow the wrapper off a straw. Refuse to eat crusts. Make a face the next time somebody tells you "no". Watch TV in your pajamas. Ask "Why?" a lot. Make graham-cracker-and-frosting sandwiches. Believe in fairy tales. Have someone read you a story. Eat dessert first. Wear your favorite shirt with your favorite pants even if they don't match. Sneak some frosting off a cake. Refuse to back down in a "did vs. did-not argument". Do a cartwheel. Get someone to buy you something you don't really need. Hide your vegetables under a napkin. Stay up past your bedtime. Whatever you're doing, stop once in a while for recess. Wear red gym shoes. Make a "slurpy" sound with your straw when you get to the bottom of a milkshake. Sit really still for as long as the dog is asleep in your lap. Put way too much sugar on your cereal. Play a song you like really loud, over and over. Find some pretty stones and save them. Let the string all the way out on your kite. Walk barefoot in wet grass. Make cool screeching noises every time you turn a corner. Count the colors in a rainbow. Fuss a little, then take a nap. Take a running jump over a big puddle. Eat dinner at the coffee table. Giggle a lot for no real reason. Make a clover chain for someone you really "like-like". Stir ice cream flavors together. Do that tap-someone-on-the-shouder-while-you-stand-on-their-opposite-side-and-they-turn-around-and-no-one's-there thing. Enjoy your all-time favorite candy bar. (Forget you've heard about calories!) Wear a ball cap backwards. Go to the zoo. Say "duh" when stuff is obvious. Throw something and when it lands make a cool exploding bomb noise. Put an orange slice in your mouth, peel side out, and smile at people. Try to eat all the chocolate off a peanut butter cup. Every time someone says "See you later", say "Not if I see you first", or "Thanks for the warning", then laugh real hard. Whistle the theme from your favorite TV show all day. Help your salt and pepper shakers talk to each other in high, squeaky voices. Remember to say your prayers. Squish some mud between your toes. Stay up late watching scary movies. Buy yourself a helium balloon. Ride a roller coaster two times in a row. Sing the "I see London, I see France" song to someone wearing low slung pants. Eat peanut butter straight out of the jar. When your gum starts losing its flavor, spit it out and get a new piece. Write your sweetie's initials in a chalk heart on the sidewalk. Wave to the engineer. Make a smiley face with your bacon and eggs. Run through the sprinkler with all your clothes on. Lick all the ice cream out of an ice cream sandwich before you eat the sandwich part. Look down as you walk and hope to find money. Catch lightning bugs in a jar and make a lantern. Practice whistling through your teeth. Eat cereal any ol' time of the day you feel like it. Yell out "opposite day!", then tell someone they're really smart. Wear a bubble gum machine ring. Watch a lot of TV and don't feel guilty about it. Skip a stone across a pond. Make somebody laugh just when they start to drink something. Eat just the chocolate stripe out of your Neapolitan ice cream. Ask to be excused. Chew bubble gum. Start thinking now about what you want for your next birthday. Sing to yourself all day. Talk to your invisible friend. Play with your younger siblings toys. Stick your hand in the fish bowl, try to catch one... Draw a gang of "stick figure" persons, and call it your family!!! Color in your favorite coloring book with your really cool box of 144 crayons with the neato crayon sharpener. Finger paint and make a really big mess. Buy pajamas with feet. Get the giggles and laugh until it hurts. Ask someone if they like "see-food". Stick your tongue out and sing "nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah". Get up early just to watch Saturday morning cartoons. Eat food with your fingers. Find some Matchbox cars and have a race (push both cars at the same time). Try to style Barbie's hair some way that actually looks nice. Avoid the opposite sex at all cost on account of "cooties". Scream at cars passing by on the street, asking if they watch "The Elephant Show". Wave at the drivers in the cars behind you. Climb in and out of the windows of cars, just like they did in the Dukes of Hazard. Stick your head out the car window and moo if you see a cow. Play dress up, complete with costume jewelry, shoes that don't fit, and an enormous hat that looks ridiculous; then go to lunch like that. Wish upon a twinkling star... believe in magic... ~ Happy Day! ~ |
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