Subject: be a kid again Eat Dessert First, And Other Ways To Take A Recess From Being A Grown-Up... *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 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 your 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 *Stick your head out the car window and moo if you see a cow *Walk barefoot in wet grass *Giggle at nude statues in a museum *Make cool screeching noises every time you turn a corne *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-shoulder-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 of 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 *Spin the stem of an apple to see what letter it comes out on *start thinking now about what you want for your next birthday *Sing to yourself all day *Talk to your invisible friend *Make up a club for you and all your friends *Make bubbles while you're drinking *Wear two different socks *Build a pillow fort *Draw all over yourself and your friends with smelly markers *Play in the rain with good friends--get soaking wet, do cartwheels and dances and yell at the top of your lungs *Eat icecream or a cupcake so it gets on the tip of your nose *smile as much as you can *take time to appreciate the ordinary *Pretend you are a superhero in your underoos *Get up early on Saturday to catch all your favorite cartoons *Tell stories to your Teddy Bear at night before bed *Tell someone you love them, and mean it! *Eat a popcicle and let more get on your face and clothes than in your mouth *Always have some sort of stuffed animal to go to bed with *Throw temper tantrums *Call the operator when your friends line is busy for more than 5 minutes to see what the problem is *Make snow-angels *Get really excited when someone gives you a dollar or a *quarter *Draw pictures for your mom to put on the refridgerator *Got trick-or-treating with friends of the same age *Blush when you see the boy/girl you like *Wake up and pull the covers over your head and wait until mom comes to tell you that your late *Drink juice boxes *Color in a coloring book 'til your hand gets tired *Treat all your friends the same, except your best friend of course *When you lie, look everywhere except for into the other person's eyes *After you go to bed, get up for a glass of water *When you break something say "I'll go and get the glue." *Ride a bicycle *Play 4-square *Go to the playground *Demand to go to McDonalds/Burger King....or you won't eat *Chase after the ice cream truck on a hot summer day with a dollar clenched in your fist, yelling, "Wait, wait for me!!!" *Write "Love Notes" to the one you love. *Empty out a whole box of cereal just to get to the surprise at the bottom . 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