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collecting childhood–growing up in america

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View fullsize ukelele, Stop 14.10.14 This ukelele is the first thing I bought with my own money. I saved up for it for a long time and it cost 3000 baht. I don’t know any songs yet but I will teach myself how to play. #12
View fullsize coke, ose 14.10.14 Coke is my favourite drink. I have it almost every day since I was little. I asked her if she thought it was good for her. She smiled and said: I really like it.
View fullsize cactus, Pakwan 14.10.14 I have a cactus garden.  I grow them and name them. This one died a long time ago. It didn’t have a name yet. #16
View fullsize teddy, Gam 14.10.14 This teddy bear was given to me by my parents when I was ten. I don’t have it anymore. #14
View fullsize mango, Rasinthra 17.10.14 When I was a young girl, I was really naughty. I saw a mango in the tree and really wanted it. I climbed up to get it and got bitten by lots of ants. #7
View fullsize snorkelling, Jareinokwan 17.10.14 I love to snorkel. I was ten years old when I learned how to do itl. It was in the south of Thailand. #9
View fullsize hand, Rachan 17.10.14 I was five years old when I first saw this painting in my house. It was a man in yellow with a glowing head. I was curious and asked my dad, "Who is this man?" He told me it is Buddha. I wanted to learn about Buddha so I
View fullsize dog, J’June 17.10.14 This is my first dog. It was a mix between a boxer and a Thai breed. He was very aggressive so had to wear a muzzle. He was a very good football player and I was very happy playing with him. I had him for three years but the
View fullsize swimmming, Vallapa 17.10.14 I really like to swim but I don’t know how. I have always had to use the floaties. #15
View fullsize tao, Yim 17.10.14 This is my first dog Tao. I had another dog too but he died. Tao is now ten years old. #19
View fullsize el ratón pérez, Margarita 27.10.14 When I was around 5 years old and I lost one of my teeth, I was pretty excited about the Ratón Pérez (the Columbian tooth fairy). Previously, I had already received a gift from him. That night, I heard s
View fullsize drawing, Ayo  12.06.15 I was in kindergarten and this teacher asked us to draw a child going to school. I accidentally drew two legs in one pant leg. My teacher took my drawing and told the
View fullsize swing, Carina  12.06.15 I used to play outside a lot. We had a jungle gym and a tree house too. That was built ten years later on the other side of this tree. I pushed my sister on the tire swing. I had so many memories outside. #16
View fullsize rollerskate, Clara 24.06.15 I got rollerskates for Christmas when I was 8 years old. It was my favourite time to skate around on the flat areas outside my home. It was 3-4 years before I grew out of them and there were holes in them by the end.
View fullsize home, Resa 24.06.15 This is the home I was born into and raised until I was 10. That’s a lilac tree in front and it’s in Long Beach, NY. I remember being asked by an adult, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I said I want to be a arti
View fullsize christmas, Kyle 25.06.15 Christmas was not about presents. My favourite time was when my parents went to sleep and I could walk into the lounge and see the lights on the tree. Even when we moved house we would always have the tree. I want to fi
View fullsize playhouse, Victoria 5.06.15 This is my playhouse that I used to play in when I was a kid all the way up to the age of probably 10 or 11. An adult could stand up in the middle, it was that big. I played in it almost everyday and it was in the ba
View fullsize waterballoon, Jisun 25.06.15 I was maybe six years old and we were living in a third floor apartment. I was with my older brother and he wanted to play water balloons with me. I found a big one and we just dropped it from the third floor. We go
View fullsize shark, Lumans 26.06.15 The last time I touched a shark was also the first time I touched a shark. It was at a shark fishing tournament in Florida. I loved sharks. I made lists of all the species after school. I drew them all the time. And then
View fullsize hotdog, Reneltta 27.06.15 When I was a little girl living in the bush, I was running down the path and I tripped and fell. I went crying to my grandmother and showed her the cut on my hand. She was putting those iodine sticks that they use
View fullsize bote bote, Tito 27.06.15 Bote bote is Spanish for “can can”. It’s a game we used to play in the summer time. It’s similar to hide and seek but involved kicking a can. My childhood was this. Not only because of the game but because it was summer
View fullsize Snoopy, AB 28.06.15 My childhood memory is of reading Snoopy books and drawing Snoopy. I was 13 or 14 and I read lots and lots. It was my favourite thing and I loved to draw. Snoopy’s great. #08
View fullsize jawbreakers, Shanie 28.06.15 (x 2) My brother and I used to come home from the amusement park and share jawbreakers and suck on them and see how fast we could get to the different colours. It was just fun. #03
View fullsize Ichabod, Kerri 28.06.15 When I was little, my sister and her friends used to tell me that Ichabod Crane was hiding behind the rocks behind our house and that he was going to come get us, so I was always really scared of Ichabod. #11
View fullsize Gulf Coast, Melissa 26.07.16 This reminds me of summer beach trips on the gulf coast catching crabs using chicken liver in metal cages. #30
View fullsize butterfly, Siobhan 08.08.16 I was three or four years old walking up the stairs in my house being curious and looking around. I was telling myself I wanted to remember that moment forever. The butterfly wasn’t actually there but I felt it’s ener

book it!

May 19, 2014

Collecting stars on a button for reading books? Sign me up! Loved reading and the pizza was just an added bonus though it did mean a trip into town when my little brother and I both filled our buttons. He would always get green pepper and I’d get pepperoni. Nowadays I think it’d be the other way around...and my Goodreads shelf has replaced my Book It! button.

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In project, series Tags pin, button, pizza hut, books, reading, 80s, gouache, trading card, 6, six
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collecting childhood--growing up in america
crayola
about 8 years ago
butterfly, siobhan
about 8 years ago
oregon trail
about 8 years ago
butter churn
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gulf coast, melissa
about 8 years ago
encyclopedia brown
about 8 years ago
birthday bear
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wader gator
about 8 years ago
ichabod, kerri
about 9 years ago
jawbreakers, shanie
about 9 years ago

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