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Flip and fly -

Turning off the basement light and immediately sprinting up the stairs before the demons can get you.

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The raindrop race -

Picking two drops of rain on the car window and seeing which one drips to the bottom fastest.

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Drawing the sun -

Drawing the sun in the corner of the page like this for no particular reason. Why did it seem logical to all of us? 

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G-force at the supermarket -

When your mom let you take charge of the shopping cart and you have to use all of your strength to push it around the corner of the aisle. Formula One baby. 

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Aladdin's cave -

Making a secret world behind the clothes racks in stores.

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Running up the stairs -

Galloping up the stairs on your hands and feet like a dog for no reason. 

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Soda cap shots -

Pouring some soda into the bottle cap and drinking it like a shot.

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Packing the essentials -

Being excited about a new bag of some kind but having nothing to put in it because you’re a kid so you fill it with random toys and household items. You still felt like Victoria Beckham though. 

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Baddest kids in the park -

Going so hard on the swings that the poles start to pull out of the ground. 

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Post-punch panic -

Hurting your sibling while playing too roughly and then begging them not to tell mom while desperately reassuring them that they’re fine.

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High hopes at the arcade -

Pulling your last arcade ticket out really slowly to see if you can work out an extra one. 

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Smoking isn't cool, but fake smoking is -

Pretending to smoke when it’s cold outside and you can see your breath.

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The marker sword -

Making a sword by connecting a bunch of markers and feeling like a warrior for a moment before it inevitably falls apart.

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That awkward moment -

Dying inside when your friend gets yelled at by their parents for something you were both doing at their house. 

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Apple seeds -

Worrying that a tree is growing inside you after accidentally eating an apple seed. (Usually after being convinced of this fact by an older sibling.) 

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Stabbing your eraser -

Stabbing holes into your eraser with your pencil at school. It's just irresistible. 

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GPS for kids -

Locating your friends in the neighborhood by seeing whose front yard was full of abandoned bikes.

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The height of sophistication -

Drinking grape juice and pretending you're très chic with a glass of red wine. 

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A quick way to be humbled -

Floating face down in the swimming pool and pretending you’re dead for a second to see if anyone notices.

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Learning about polarization early -

Trying to force the opposite ends of a magnet to touch because even though the teacher said it's impossible you just have to give it a go. 

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Making the walk a little more interesting -

Running your finger along the joints in the wall as you walk down the hallway at school. 

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Poster flip displays -

Spending endless amounts of time flipping through posters at music stores and never buying any.

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The dreaded thank-you calls -

The horror of having to call your relatives to thank them for birthday presents because your mom forced you. 

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Future interior designer -

Rearranging the furniture in your bedroom and feeling like it was a whole new world.

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Spider-Man moves in the pool -

Clinging to the corners of the pool like Spider-Man. Maybe someone noticed, maybe not. You were just chillin' like a villain. 

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Running away from home -

Dramatically packing a bag and running away from home (for about 20 minutes) when you were mad.

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Sitting? No thanks -

Contorting yourself into strange positions on the couch or floor instead of sitting and watching TV like a normal person.

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#memories -

Making all of your friends put their feet together in a circle to take a “cool” photo.

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The best pen in the world -

Trying to push down every single color at once to see what would happen. (Usually what happened was that you broke your pen.) 

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