It wasn't all crayons and rainbows

A lot of college kids I know miss their childhoods and try to go back to that fun, worry-free time of their lives by watching Disney movies and coloring. But I don't miss being a little kid. For me it was a very confusing time of my life.

For example my mom often told me lies to get me to not do stuff. Like once I wanted a Spiderman balloon. My mom told me there were hundreds of little spiders in the balloon and if it popped they would all come out. She also said if I slept in a ponytail my hair would fall out. I just recently tested that. It's not true. 

Once my dad played a trick on me. After dinner he called me back to the kitchen saying that I didn't drink all of my juice. I thought I had drank all of it, but there was my juice cup filled with with juice. I couldn't deny that. I was so distraught. But he had refilled my cup- I found out later.

Of course just because my parents told me something didn't mean I believed it. They warned me one night before bed not to touch the humidifier because it was really hot. I had to see for myself. So I touched it and burned my finger. It was really hot. And it hurt.

O Christmas tree

My family finally put up our Christmas tree. Good thing we didn't wait 'til last minute. I really like our Christmas tree- it's timeless. It's the same artificial tree that we've had always. A lot of the ornaments are ones that my siblings and I made from as far back as preschool. There are new ones- like my frogs or my brothers' drum ones that he likes to put all in the same place and call it his "drum line". But we still put up old favorites like our power rangers (the ones from when we were younger). We did, however, stop putting up the sesame street ornaments.

Tootsie roll vs gum

Boy: Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
Mr. Owl: A good question. Let's find out. A One... A.two-HOO...A three..
(crunch sound effect)
Mr. Owl: Three

In my psych class we did how many licks does it take to get to the center of a blow-pop. It was one of my childhood dreams (actually I would have preferred the tootsie pop). It was so hard though. It hurt my mouth to keep it open and to keep on licking. It took me 624 licks. Everyone was saying that they didn't like blow-pops anymore after that.

My hair smells like smoke

Guess What? I just saw Smash Mouth! Of course, the only people who are reading this already know that. It was so much fun. I've never seen like a real band doing a real concert before. It was so much fun(did I already say that?). I bet my 10 year old self would be so excited.