Top 10 Childhood Memories

1. Trying to balance the light switch between on and off

   This used to really annoy me. I wish my parents had installed button switches. It would have made my childhood life much less stressful.

   I thought I was the only one who did that.

   I used to always do this. I always succeed.

2. Making clubhouses using blankets

   I did this as a kid, but my parents always used to put the chairs and blankets back.

3. Restarting a video game when about to lose

   Yeah, screw you, boss.

4. Watching two drops of rain roll down a window and pretending it was a race

   I thought I was the only one that did this. Guess not.

   I always did this, laugh out loud.

   I thought I was the only one!

5. Watching the Saturday morning cartoon block

   I used to watch Animaniacs every Saturday when I was in elementary school.

   I loved Disney's One Saturday Morning!

6. Waiting behind the door to scare someone

7. Being afraid of the dark

   Every night when I got scared of the dark, I always played games in my head to take my mind off it.

   Sometimes I was afraid of the dark, but not all the time.

8. Swallowing a fruit seed and being scared it would grow into a tree

   There is a Chinese kid's song dedicated to this. Thanks to whoever created that song for messing up my fruit-eating habits during childhood, and every other Asian kid's as well.

9. Going into the toy aisle in the supermarket

   My grandma used to take me to Toys R Us when I was a kid. Too bad it went out of business.

10. Closing the fridge extremely slowly to see when the light went off

    I did this a few times when I was 5 years old.

    I STILL do this and I'm 15.

The Newcomers
11. ?

    Inserting coins in a piggy bank

12. ?

    Going to a toy store

The Contenders

13. Drawing on foggy windows

    I used to do this and my dad would get mad at me.

    I draw a lot, everywhere I guess.

14. Being unable to wait to grow up

    Then when you grow up, you wish you were a kid again.

    Then you wish you were a kid again.

15. Thinking the moon followed you

    I love this list! During day trips with the family, I used to look up at the moon at the seaside and be amazed that it was still there when we got home. Oh, the wonders of being a child.

16. Fearing the dentist

    I used to hate going to the dentist when I was little due to my anxiety disorder. In fact, I remember when my mom thought I had a doctor's appointment once when I was 4 or 5 years old even though I had a dentist's appointment that day. I knew I had an appointment with the dentist that day but I kept my mouth shut because, as much as I disliked seeing the doctor, it was still better than seeing the dentist to my young mind.

    Eventually, my mom remembered that I had to see the dentist that day and I was disappointed. I also remember dreading going to the dentist for a filling on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, when I was 4 years old. I was sedated under general anesthesia and I don't remember what happened after the procedure, but I do remember what happened before the procedure from waking up that morning to being called into the room at the dentist.

17. Trying to stay up on New Year's Eve

    I always stay up but lose sleep.

18. Losing your first baby tooth

    It was Friday, August 2, 2013, the day before my 7th birthday and the last day of summer camp for me that year. I remember having my first baby tooth pulled out like it was just yesterday. When I went home that day, I watched The Powerpuff Girls on Boomerang, and I put the tooth under my bed that night.

    When I woke up the next day on my 7th birthday, I found $5 under my pillow.

19. Eating all the candy you want without thinking about anything diabetes-related

20. Coming home at night

    I love coming home from places at night. Coming home during the day is boring and lame in my opinion as a night owl.

21. Watching TV at night

    I have a bunch of memories of this for some reason.

22. Riding the coin-operated horse at the grocery store

23. Smelling the scented markers

24. Drawing on the sidewalk

25. Going to Scholastic Book Fairs

26. Wearing Jelly shoes and Silly Bandz

    I had a few Silly Bandz until they all broke in July 2014.

27. Playing with the parachute in gym class