IJMC Be a Kid Again

                       IJMC - Be a Kid Again

Ahh, much better. Yes, I like this one a lot more. Good stuff, all. I 
would suggest you re-read this one lots of times til you have it 
memorized. Or just scrawl it on your arm with a black marker so you can 
look at it all the time like you are cheating on a test. Only you will 
not be cheating so it is all ok! I want to retire by the time I am thirty 
so I can life like a kid again while I am still alive and kicking. Anyone 
care to join me?                                                    -dave

P.S. I thought dating was a game where you make the rules up as you go...


~ 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'tmatch. 
~ 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. 



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