Your inner kid

United States
February 16, 2007 5:57pm CST
Today I was digging a snow tunnel with my friend and found it to be a lot of fun. Tomorrow I plan on going sledding with my friends. Do you ever find yourself wanting to do some childlike activity because you'll find it a lot of fun yourself?
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@sj_chaudhry (1537)
• Canada
17 Feb 07
ohh yes many times when i see kids playing in park it really make me tickle inside to join them and it is so strong urge that i find it very difficlt to control myself. but when i got a chance i do take swings and took some rides.... :-D
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17 Feb 07
Oh heck yeah. I have two boys and I love playing with them cuz it means I can be a kid again. I remember building a snow fort across a road once with friends. Oh, and going crisco sledding. LOL. Don't ask.
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@babyhar (1335)
• Canada
22 Feb 07
Yes I find even though I am a grown adult that I still allow my inner child to shine through. Still to this very day I find myself wanting to do certain childlike activities just so I am able to escape reality, & relive my childhood all over again. I know that my other half & me sometimes go to the park.. I love going to the park because it makes me feel young at heart for a few hours. I love being able to go down the slide or have someone push me on the tire swing. I remember as a kid I didn't care if I got dirty, now it seems as you grow older you become so aware of things such as that.. I always find myself wanting to go to the park on a regular basis, not only because it's fun.. But because it takes me back to my childhood & the days that I miss.. Another reason I love being able to go to the park as I feel I didn't enjoy certain parts of my childhood because I was always rushing to be an adult since I had a broken childhood. I know that since it is still winter time here. That when me & my other half would be shoveling. Instead of shoveling I'd start making snow balls & throwing them his way. I don't know what it was but just shoveling made me want to be a kid all over again. Instead of carrying about the responsibilities I wanted to let go for a while. I love doing this occasionally just going outside & being able to make forts, or have a snow ball fight. I know when winter time rolls around I find I want to do this childlike activity quite often. Sometimes in the summer time I will purchase some bubbles from the dollar store or a store in general. And I will go outside & just blow bubbles on a hot summers day. I love doing this childlike activity as it reminds me of how I used to spend hours upon hours outside in the summer doing this. I remember as a kid purchasing this chalk & how I used to draw things all over the sidewalk. Or play hopscotch. I did this one year where I actually purchased this type of chalk. And found an area close by my house & actually started drawing shapes, & people, among other things.. I'd love to actually do that again sometime when summer time rolls around. I know that my friends kids have lego & I remember once going over there. And actually building things with the lego with them it was a lot of fun. I would actually love to buy my own lego sometime soon so that I can experience this childlike activity on a regular basis. I find there are some really interesting things that one can build with things such as lego. I know that I love playing monopoly or old games such as snakes & ladders. And how this childlike activity seems to bring me back to my childhood because I remember playing this all to often when I was a kid. And how much fun I had. I sometimes will even find myself doing childlike activities such as even playing old nintendo from back in the day. Still to this very day I love playing super mario 3 & I love how I still can make it to the same level that I used to when I was a kid. And how I still have a difficult time getting past that level. haha. I think it's important to let your inner child out because I believe if we didn't then everything would be all to serious all the time. And sometimes you just need to let your hair down & allow yourself to experience these childlike activities. In conclusion.. All of the things that I had listed above are the childlike activities that I find myself getting involved in quite often. I think sometimes when you get the urge to do childlike activities you just need to allow yourself to go ahead & do them. Instead of worrying how foolish you may look. I love revisiting my childhood all to often. I find even though I had a broken childhood these childlike activities helped me get through this difficult times during my childhood! . . Thanks for allowing me to share! xx