For all you pals that still ask for crayons with your menu and dash straight to the free cookies at the grocery store, this one's for you.

1. Building forts.
2. Buying (and using) coloring books for a flight.
3. Swinging.
4. Baking cookies (but eating all of the dough instead).
5. Putting flour on your friend's nose and starting a flour fight in the middle of making cookies.
6. Having handstand contests in the pool.
7. Running out to get some ice cream from the ice cream truck in the summer.
8. Watching Disney movies.
9. Playing hangman at the dinner table while waiting for your food.
10. Participating in a game of Marco Polo in the pool.
11. Settling things with Rock Paper Scissors.
12. Planting flowers in your garden at home.
13. Darting straight to the free cookies when you get to the grocery store
14. Dressing up for Halloween (and still getting excited about all of the candy...that you now have to buy).
15. Giving into temptation at Dick's by grabbing some bouncy balls and dribbling them all around the store.
16. Blowing bubbles.
17. Cannonball-ing into the pool (and giving friends scores for the biggest splash).
18. Still getting excited over Easter baskets and finding out what "Santa" brought.
19. Wearing matching Christmas pajamas.
20. Sleeping with a stuffed animal or Ugly doll (because those are the greatest).
21. Juice boxes.
22. Bubble baths.
23. My Elf on the Shelf named Peppermint.
24. Playing Go Fish with your friends.
25. Getting a birthday cake/wearing a tiara for the night because it's your birthday so why would you not?
26. Treehouse adventures.
27. Getting a toy with your meal (I'm talking about those cursing minions now).
28. Hiding under the covers during rainstorms.
29. Building sandcastles/looking for shells on the beach.
30. Doing puzzles.
31. Playing the game Headbandz.
32. Getting excited whenever the People magazine comes in because you can do the new crossword puzzle.
33. Sticking stars on your ceiling so they glow in the dark at night.
34. Diving into a brand new book/being able to buy a new book at Barnes and Noble.
35. The feeling after a haircut.
36. Picking two raindrops on the car window and seeing who goes down the window the fastest.
37. Wanting to have someone hold your hand when you're getting a shot at the doctors.
38. (Still) feeling super bad to the bone with you watch an R-rated movie.
39. Splashing through puddles with your rain boots on.
40. Sliding down the bannister.
41. Making s'mores.
42. Having sleepovers with your friends.
43. Playing PIG or Horse on the basketball court.
44. Sleeping in your dad's big t-shirts.
45. Making snowmen (and snow-women!) with entirely too much detail.
46. Making your friends do your makeup and play with your hair so you can feel like a princess.
47. Desperately hoping to catch a foul ball at the baseball game.
48. Writing with sidewalk chalk.
49. Writing notes in class to your friends.
50. Painting pottery.
51. Shopping for back to school supplies (and new shoes).
52. Getting letters in the mail.
53. Sneaking in candy under your sweatshirt to the movies.
54. Using the old "Eenie meenie minie mo" method for important life decisions.
55. Playing MASH to help you discover your true life path.
56. Taking naps in the middle of the day.
57. Trying to count how many licks it takes to get to the center of the lollipop.
58. Thinking that boys still have cooties (just kidding...)
59. Water slides.
60. Having tea parties with your grown up friends.
61. Finding fun in the smallest of things.