five memorable childhood experiences

1. the beaver club
• until the ripe age of seven, i grew up in brigham city, utah. my next door neighbor was eric lewis. naturally, we were best friends. i remember one time in particular playing with him outside, in the summer, just before dinner. we were exploring the other side of eric's fence. this just happened to be the peterson's side yard, i was unaware of this at the time. i don't remember who spotted it first but it seemed like it had been built just for us. the beaver hut. picture, if you will, an igloo made out of purely sticks. there was a front entrance we would use to crawl in and the back opening had been partly caved in. it was time for dinner, so we would have to fix that the next day. within the following week, we had successfully fixed the rear entrance and carpeted the inside of the hut. we had also recruited the twins, dorie and dayley williams along with heather thompson from down the street. that was the beginning of 'the beaver club'. we'd call meetings pretty regularly. i am not sure what we would discuss at the meetings. then i moved. i am unaware if the club lived on or not. perhaps they still meet to this day. i'll request eric as a friend on facebook one of these days and ask him.
2. eggs
• growing up, my family had a rule where you were able to choose one meal that you did not have to eat. this was with the understanding that you would have to eat every single other meal. my one meal was FISH. i could not handle it. however, i also could not handle eggs (scrambled, fried, omelets, boiled, etc). we had eggs on a very regular basis. why i didn't chose fish, i still don't understand. but, i sure got creative in my various ways of "finishing" my eggs. the most memorable way was stuffing the eggs into my pocket and then later, when our meal was over, i would go to the bathroom, dump them into the toilet and flush any evidence.
3. truth or dare in the back of the classroom (4th grade)
• mrs. thomas and mrs. stevenson were the teachers. perhaps they never saw us because i don't remember ever getting in trouble. i also don't remember who the other girls are that we played with. i only remember jordan and stockton, if you know what i mean ;) we would sneak to the back of the classroom during clean up time and sit indian-style in a circle. i just remember we would ALWAYS choose dare and the dare was ALWAYS to hug one of the other people playing. we would play all the time. i am sure i hugged jordan and stockton each countless times. that is where i got my top hugging skills from. after all, practice makes perfect, right?
4. natalie's toothbrush
•  i used to fight most with my sister natalie. i remember one time she was mad at me and rubbed my toothbrush in soap. i didn't realize until the lather in my mouth was more soap foam instead of toothpaste. i cried to my dear mother and natalie got in trouble. a short while later, i got mad at natalie for who know's what. so, i took the liberty of rubbing her toothbrush all around the toilet's edge. under edge. i don't think she is aware i did that. and she still won't be until at least dec. 7th, 2011. happy mission nat!
5. not wearing underwear
•  i was young and late for a birthday party. i was old enough to dress myself but could not find any underwear. i did, however, find my favorite party dress. life was good for the entirety of the party. it wasn't until our family bbq that night when my choice finally caught up with me. i was swinging on our swing set while my family was sitting at the patio table directly in front of me. the underwear-less girl in a dress was happily swinging away until everyone was suddenly in an uproar. my dad called me down from the swing and i got sent to my room. i longingly watched the rest of the bbq from my bedroom window. i have not gone commando since.