Childhood memories

Childhood memories are one of the best things a child can experience. Good ones. Not all of us are privileged to have good childhood memories. These memories can sometimes make us or break us. Sometimes it scares us and affects the way we live our life. The best thing a parent can give a child is a childhood worth remembering.

I had quite an adventure and fun growing up. Here are some of my good childhood memories

Growing up, my siblings and I had this squad that included the kids on our streets. We all kinda grew up together hence the tight bond we had at that time. So yeah, most of my childhood included them. They are one of the reasons I enjoyed the thrill of being a kid with no major worries. Everyday mostly after school, from 4-6pm we always hung out outside together doing all sort of things from bicycle races, swimming, football and playing on the trampoline. We had a place we called skate island.PFffft.It was nothing typical. Just a place with a tree that won’t catch your attention at all. Really, up until now, I have no idea why it is called skate Island. Them boys tho.

MY FIRST BIKE RIDE

Bicycles were our means of transportation. Like everyone in our estate wanted a bike. I remembered how my siblings, the people living behind me, my neighbors and I learned to ride a bike with my brother’s bike. This was one of those kiddies bikes with four wheels. We later removed the training wheels just so we could ride two-wheeled. I was the first to learn. I still remember that day and the joy we felt. We rejoiced over that and of course, your girl was feeling on top of the word that day.

FIRST PLANNED PICNIC

So yeah. I and two of my other friends: Soibifa and Onome, decided to have a  picnic. We invited Stephina as a guest. So yea we start planning for the picnic. We got everything we wanted except a cake. So we decided to make a cake. It came out good looking but pink with a trash taste. I never understood why the cake was pink until some months later when it occurred to me that we used food coloring instead of vanilla essence. The boys were not happy about not being invited, so we offered them the cakes as compensation(just cause we didn’t like the cake) and let’s say I enjoyed their reactions.
 SWIMMING
Apart from the swimming classes we had once a week, we always wanted to swim. If I had the chance, I would swim every single day. I was good at swimming and always wanted to represent my country at that time. So as little kids, we were not allowed to swim without a guardian. We always had to beg one of our aunts or our friends’ elder siblings to take us. The pool had like this bouncing castle float the ut on top of the water and also a lot of other pool equipment. I already knew how to swim before I turned ten and at that time I was good at water polo. Swimming was like my life. It was one thing I was really good at. There was just something I liked about it. Although it really wore me out but who cares.

SNEAKING OUT OF THE WINDOWS

One of my all-time favorites. I really do not know how we managed to sneak through that burglar proof but we did till our head could not pass through it again. My mom was fond of preventing us from going out whenever we did something to infuriate her and that was like almost every time. We had our friend look out for us just in case my mom happens to drive by or come back from wherever she went to. I remember them shouting “Firdaws see your mom’s car” and my brother and I will start running towards the window to get back in just cause the maid probably thinks we are napping in our room.

SUMMER SPORTS

Every summer we had sports lessons.This included golf,squash,basketball,football,table tennis,swimming,tennis and badminton.I enjoyed it a lot. My dad wanted us all to at least master one sport and be good at that. My siblings, later on, went to play these sport in high school and won awards and medals while I didn’t. Now my whole family has labeled me as the laziest just cause I don’t sport like before and my love for sleeping. Also, My dad is still trying to encourage me to do one sport or at least keep fit by gyming.

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BIRTHDAY PARTY FAIL

So this is the most unplanned birthday party ever. So yeah, my friends and siblings were trying to throw a surprise party for me. It was meant to be a private party and they handed out invitation cards to the really close friends only. At that time, I was out to do my hair and it took longer than expected. A lot of people turned up for the party. We did not even know some of them. And apparently, the birthday girl was nowhere to be found. Two hours later, the party disbanded and everyone went their way. I came right after that and yea I laughed my head off at their failed attempt. I really appreciated it tho.

SKIPPING<HOP SCOTCH AND OTHER GAMES

 

 

Let’s not forget about the games.Hopscotch.I had a chalk set which I used to draw the boxes and will have my girls come over to play and sometimes, I played it at school. Also, there were other games like “Tinko Tinko” This involved the hands only and also tag, we had the skipping games. We sometimes invented these games just for the fun of it. I remember jumping to this song
When will you marry
this year or next year
second forever
January, February, March………

if you stop at a particular year, color, the number then it’s ascribed to you. Like if I was to stop at January then it’s like I’m getting married January. Sure we did make up ours.

I have other better memories but these are the only ones I could type down for now. We all have memories that make us smile when we look back. These are some of mine.