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.
  • 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.
  • 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 ~ 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.
  • 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.