Child Hood Memories
childhood memoriesI remember it like yesterday. We were all waiting patiently for my father to come home from the race track. He promised me and my sister that if he won, he would take us all to Rye Playland. The minutes felt like hours. It was the longest hour of my life. Then finally we heard the car door shut. Me and my sister ran to the front door anxiously waiting for the news. He opened the door and walked in. We tried to read the expression on his face but of course he was looking down while taking his sneakers off. The suspense was killing us. Then he looked up. No words were spoken between us and our father. He just gave us a blank stare. I didn't know what to think. I was scared to ask because I was so worried of the response. It was that moment when he said to us, "Well kids, pick out what your going to wear to Rye playland this weekend." Excitement just jumped through out my whole body. We both ran over and gave him the biggest hug and ran upstairs to pick out what we were going to bring with us. I wa
Me and my sister then jumped in the back seat and were on our way. It is a memory I will hold forever with me. The first thing we saw was a huge roller coaster with a big loop. Then it all continued with bumper cars, ferris wheels, train rides, go-karts, and all the games you can think of. I brought my favorite book and my game boy. Me and my sister only made about 10 minutes before we passed out from exhaustion. It was then the dreaded the long ride home. We annoyed our parents with repetitious questions about what the park was like and how much longer the ride would be. My mom bought all my favorite juices and made our favorite sandwiches for lunch. s so excited for the next two days, I probably only got about 4 hours sleep. I twas ironic because we spent so much time discussing what we were going to do and how much fun it was going to be, we never once played with the books and games we packed. We rushed and bought our tickets so we could get started...
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