Looking back at my blog posts, I reread the comments about how similar people's experiences growing up were to mine.
That gave me the idea to make this handy-dandy childhood checklist. If you grew up in a rural area, a small town or if you visited your grandparent’s or older siblings’ farms’, you probably could check some of the things off the list. Certain things would be universal to most of our childhoods no matter where we grew up.
I want you to live life to the fullest. There is still time, if you didn’t get to experience everything on the list you can go out and do the ones you missed out on (at your own risk, of course).
- Been on a horse-drawn sleigh ride
- Skated on a slough
- Had a tree swing
- Built a raft
- Built a tree fort
- Climbed a tree
- Plucked a chicken
- Gathered eggs from a hen house
- Rode a horse
- Rode a cow
- Licked the cows' salt block
- Milked a cow
- Have been on a cattle drive
- Were chased by a rooster
- Got road rash from crashing a bike
- Broke any bones
- Required stitches
- Got blisters on your hands from the monkey bars at school
- Hit the ground when the kid on the other end abandoned the teeter totter with you in the air
- Caught frogs
- Used an outhouse
- Had a wall mounted telephone on a party line
- Used a pay phone
- Captured a snake or a bat
- Cut a section of your to the scalp
- Got a spinning toy top stuck in your hair
- Picked bottles in the ditch
- Picked wild berries
- Played in a stack of hay bales
- Searched for newborn kittens
- Played in a barn hayloft
- Have been in a crab apple fight
- Had a little red wagon
- Shot a slingshot
- Shot a pellet gun
- Went fishing
- Went camping in a tent
- Drove a tractor
- Got homesick at sleepovers
- Went to the Exhibition
- Had a television with two channels and rabbit ears that were wrapped in tin foil to improve reception
- Got stuck in the mud in rubber boots
- Played road hockey
- Snuck a "beverage” from your parent's supply
- Tried to smoke a cigarette
- Played pranks on Halloween
- Drove a vehicle before you had a driver’s license
- Damaged your parent’s vehicle
- Drove a standard shift vehicle
- Stayed out after your curfew as a teenager
I haven't done everything on the list (44/50), but if I didn't try it, I knew someone who did. You know, a friend of a friend type of situation.
What is your score?
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