My memories

My memories

When I was a kid I was thin and blond, I was the third son of my parents but the first man (my father always told to the hall family that he wanted a son to play sports with him), my mother is a librarian and my father an economist. When I was born my mother quit her job to take care of me and my sisters.
One of my earliest memories was the smell of rain after a dry season, another memory, I went outside and I could feel of the wet earth. The other thing was when my father and his cousin from Argentina sang to me different songs, my father used to sing to me when I was a child and nowadays I still remember those songs because it sounded really funny.
On my street I used to ride with my parents and one of those times I met my best friend Matheus, we went to Maceio and we met each other in the beach, we had lots of fun together and when I went to school for the first time I discovered that he was in the same class as me, so I remember until now our adventures in school, we used to play soccer and studied together, but today is not equal to what it once was.

My childhood

I have a lot of memories of the time I was a little kid, I guess everyone has. From all those memories, I have separated one that is for me the most special... the first time I went to the beach.
I was six years old by the time I first went there and as I was born in the center of the country, in Brasília, the sea wasn't something very common to me. The people in the capital only have a lake called paranoá that is not even close compared to what the sea is. As opposed to the sea, "our" lake is useless, maybe that's the reason why the ocean is so important to me.
I still remember that feeling of that new experience. It was in Praia de Ponta Negra, Natal, north-east of the country. Since then, every summer vacation I would go there and stay at my uncle's house until the start of my regular classes at Brasília. I had very good moments there when I was a kid, in addition I still have. I'll never forget it.

Childhood

Childhood

I do have many memories from my childhood, but there are some of them I can remember very well.

I remember, when I was around 4 years old, I traveled by plane for the first time. I loved it. I didn´t even care about the air conditional which was very cold, because I was only interested in looking at the blue sky.When the plane landed,my dad took me to see a place that I had never visited: the cockpit.I was so enchanted that I decided to become an airplane pilot.

When I got older, around 10 years old, I started to invite my friends and my neighbors to go to my house on the weekends.We swam and jumped on a big trampoline that I still have in my house.At the end of the day my friends backed home and just Júlia, my best friend, stayed and slept with me. Of all the things we liked to do, the best one was imagine that we were airplane pilots. We went into a cardboard box and asked my mother to shake it.This way it seemed that we were in the middle of a turbulence.

Nowadays, every time I enter a plane, I remember my chilhood and how fun it was. Until  today, I wanted to be a pilot. Nevertheless now this is not my fist life plan, only a child dream that could become true.

by Bruna

My Childhood

I was born in 1994 in Brasília, where I still live. However, I used to live in an apartment in 205 sul but, when I turned 3, my family and I moved to a house in Park Way.
My house is made of wood, so I remember that in the beginning, it used to make noises in the cold. My garden was very big, so my brother and I used to play outside when the sky was blue and the weather was hot.
Since my father was rarely at home because he was a very busy businessman and my mom was always traveling, everybody used to see me with my nanny and my grandma. I have had a summer program in my street. There, I met my neighbor Nathália and we've found out that we were studying at the same school so we started going together.
Nowadays, my father spends more time at home and my mother stopped travelling. Furthermore, my grandma, that used to live with me, moved to an apartment in 310 sul. Finally, Nathália and I have changed school, so that our friendship is stroger than ever.

My childhood

My childhood is unforgettable to me. I will never forget each morning I used to wake up seven o’clock to see Teletubbies while I was eating my breakfast. I won’t forget the first time I saw my dog and it tried to bite me, and I will always remember when my mother tucked me in and kissed me wishing I had a good night. In addition, I will also remember the taste of the horrible vegetable soup that I had to eat once a week. It was really disgusting.

When I was younger, I used to play with my brother, my sister, my neighbor and my classmates. Therefore, I can’t complain that I hadn’t had a friend to play with. Moreover, another thing that will be in my memory for the rest of my life is the first time that my parents travelled without me. I remember that I was seven and that they went to Russia, Portugal and Spain spending two months there. Consequently, when they came home I was very happy that I gave them a big hug because I had missed them a lot. Furthermore, they also brought a Russian chocolate that smelt so bad that I didn’t eat.

I miss kindergarten. During nap time, my teacher put on a CD with some songs that my mother used to sing to me as well. Also, I used to dream that I would become a teacher. Nowadays, I don’t want to because I don’t like the idea of having to correct a lot of tests.

I really cherish the memories that I have from my childhood and I know that I have a lot of opportunities that a lot of people didn’t have. So, I will never forget the happiness that I had when I was a child.

Flávio Malta Fleury 5A

Childhood Memories

I have a lot of good memories of my childhood. I was a happy child, with lots of toys and friends. Once a week, I used to go to a club near my house, to meet friends in the playground and have fun until 10 o’clock, the time to take a shower and prepare myself to go to school, to tell you the truth, be prepared by my mother. The most significant aspects of my childhood were in my school, it was like paradise for me. Nowadays, things are a little bit different, I want to go away from school as fast as I can. I remember there was a train in my school and all Fridays we used to go around the school on it. It was like magic, the railroads were behind playgrounds, on top of buildings, under classrooms, it was all around the school. There was a mini zoo in the school too, there were lots of animals, birds, insects in cages and we could go there in the break, but just with the teacher. I remember we had beds in case of somebody wanted to sleep. That school had everything to make us comfortable, and I spent 5 years there, and for me, magic and awesome years. Currently, I’m studying with my old friends from my first school because I’m at Sigma now, and most of the times, students from Montessori, my old school, go to sigma. My parents made the right choice for a school, and that’s why my brothers studied there too, and we all loved it! It’s very important how you care about your children, there are habits learned as a kid that will be present in all their lives, and with the certain education, it helps preparing their feelings and actions in the future, and it makes the difference.

My childhood

My parents always wanted to have a daughter and their wish became true in December 31, 1993, New Year's Eve. They spoilled me a lot during my childhood, which made my only and older brother really mean with me, just because of his jealousy. One of my earliest memories is crying in my mother's arms because my brother had hidden my toys in his room and didn't want to give me back.

I've lived most part of my childhood and life in the same house. There are a big backyard where I used to spend a lot of time playing with my friends (and sometimes with my brother), specially with my best friend and also neighboor Gabriela. We loved to play with barbies and used to imagine that we were like the dolls: tall, thin, blond, had a huge pink house and also a gorgeous boyfriend!

Now that I look back to my pastimes I see how amazing they were and how I miss it! My childhood was full of great moments but what I miss the most of it is the sensation of freedom I used to feel. I miss having no worries too and incrediblely, the over protection of my whole family (that all children receive)!

My Childhood

In my opinion, I was brought up solely by my father and my brother. My mother was always working or studying and when she was at home, she didn't stay with me, she was too tired. We used to live in an apartament and one of my memories there, is that my father used to cary me to my bed and tell me a story that he had invented. He always whistled when he left my bedroom which meant "good night". Now, he says some things whistling to me.

My brother anda I are very close and I remember when we moved to a house. We were playing ball at the garage and we broke my mother's plant. We were so afraid of my mother's reaction that when she arrived he told her that it was his fault and I told it was mine. My mother was so impressed we were protecting each other that she didn't do anything.

Well, I don't have just good memories. In 2007, I went to Florianópolis. My brother and I were jumping waves in the sea when we saw a little pink and purple thing. I tried to catch it and when I touched the thing, it burned me. It was a jelly fish. My brother tried to help me and he was burned by the jelly fish too. It was a terrible experience but in general, my childhood was full of hapiness. Especially because my father and my brother were always with me.

My Childhood

My mother always dreamed about having children. However, what she didn’t know was that her wish wouldn’t be easy to fulfill. When I was born, in 1994, she had already been through three pregnancies. Therefore my birth was an achievement not only for her, but for my father too, that also wanted to have kids. In spite of all the difficulty my mother had had to have children, they wanted to try once more in order to give me a sibling. Fortunately, this last pregnancy was much easier and, three years later, she gave birth to another girl.

I can still remember the moment my mother left home to give birth to my sister. In the beginning, I cried a lot, thinking she wouldn’t come back. However, as my aunt, that was going to take care of me while my mom was out, explained to me what was my mother going to do, I started smiling. In spite of what people usually think, I wasn’t jealous of my future sister, but happy, because she would be a good company to play with me.

When my sister was born, I was already going to school. In the beginning, it was really hard to leave home to stay with unknown people of my age. However, once I noticed something very interesting on the way to school: a high robot all made of car parts, which used to be in the entrance of a garage. It was love at first glance. Suddenly, I wanted to go to school every day just to see that beauty. I didn’t care if the robot was a little rusty and dirty, it became an idol for me.

Since I was very shy, I didn’t make many friendships in school. Fortunately, my neighborhood was full of kids of the same age as me, the only problem was that they were all boys. I really liked to play and to talk with them, however, as a girl, I also wanted to play girl games. When my sister was born, everything became easier and I finally found a way to figure it out. During the evening I enjoyed the sun light playing with the boys in the street and, at night, that I couldn’t be outside home anymore, my sister and I played with our Barbies.

There isn’t a better moment in life then childhood. That’s the time, when you can do whatever you want even what could be considered politically incorrect. Fortunately, my father recorded many tapes of when I was a kid. Watching them, I realize how much I miss that time and how much my life has changed since then. The fact is that time never comes back and, as Dan Brown said in his book Deception Point, “one day we all would have to get rid of our past and go ahead”.

My childhood

My childhood was amazing. I was a very happy child. I was born in Brasília at golden hospital. My first home was a big apartament and I had a lot of friends in my building, we used to play a lot. Me and my friends always wanted to build a treehouse but we never finished it. I used to play soccer and ride my bike without worring about the time. The feelling was so good.
My two best friends grew up next to me, we had never lost contact and this is one of the reasons that explains why I was so happy. Been with friends always made me feel better.One of my biggest emotions was in Rio de Janeiro. I traveled with my family just to watch my favorite team´s game,Flamengo. At the biggest soccer stadium of the world. I felt the sensation of watching the real soccer for the first time. After that, I went to Argentina. I had never felt so cold as I felt on that day, where I spent all the day sking on the montain. In the end,I was completly wet and my legs started shaking.
My memories are precious for me, my childhood was so good that I want to have the same felling when I were a child for my hole life. Childhood is very important for the formation of the person. The biggest part of the happiness of life is to remember the happiness of childhood.

My Childhood

I really liked my childhood and I think I wouldn’t change anything from it. There’re lots of things that I can still remember and when I think in them it causes me a really good sensation.

I was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais but I moved to Brasilia when I was 3, so I was raise in Brasilia. When I was a child I didn’t like to play with little cars and even toys. What I really liked was to play soccer with my friends and go to their house to sleep there. I also enjoyed playing video games.

A sight that marked my childhood was a belvedere, a place , generally a mountain, where has a beautiful view, in Belo Horizonte that I still remember when I go there.It was in a mountain near my grandma’s house. Anther thing I still remember from my childhood is the smell of my grandma’s cookies. Every time she made the cookies ll of my cousins and brothers ran into the house to get one.

I've studied in te same school since I move to Brasilia, so I did lots of good friends here that I'm still in touch with them nowadays. I also remember my childhood when I listen to old songs of cartoons I used to watch. A thing I found really interesting is that I remember that I couldn't reach the switch plug of the bathroom and now, when I go there it's just as high as my forehead!

Memories

I remember my childhood not just with pictures, but with smells, sensations, tastes, colors, and especially emotions.

My first home I remember for being really hot, the sunrise getting trough the windown in the afternoon, and I always wore only diaper. My second home, I was seven years old, i lived with my mom and her parents in their house. I liked because there is a pool and I always loved water, especially the sea, and when I saw for the first time, I remember telling to my father: '' Daddy, it is a really big pool, isn't it? '' then I ran quickly to the sea, I loved go to the beach since there.

My memories from school are great, because I have friends today that I made when I was seven years old. Pamella is one of them, and the best memories I remember with her are when we slept in each other houses. Today we're still best friends, she's even my neighbor now, but we don't see each other a lot because this year we are in different schools.

I think that things pass, maybe things we had in our childhood never come back, but the memories are forever in our heart.

My Childhood

I have good memories from my childhood. Most of them are really funny principally because I have always been a shy kid. That’s why I was always involved in embarrassing situations. Well, I was born in Brasilia, in a hospital called São Braz. I lived my first year of life in an apartment. However I moved to a house that I lived in for fifteen years. Nowadays, I live in an apartment.

My house was nice and really comfortable. I used to play in the swimming pool with my sister. We would get some paper and make boats to pretend that we were pirates. I traveled by plane for the first time at the age of five. I spent one week in Natal, but what I will never forget about that trip is the first time that I saw the ocean. Also, I ate fish there and I liked it very much.

A color that I remember is the blue of the blue macaw, I saw that beautiful bird on a trip to Pernambuco, my father was holding it while my mom was taking pictures, I didn’t want to hold the macaw because I thought it would attack me.

The coldest day in my life was a monday, I woke up early because I had to go to CTJ, then I put two shirts and one coat to guarantee that I was going to feel comfortable. I also remember when Brazil won the World Cup of 2002, which was one of the happiest days in my life.

My childhood was really good and I enjoyed it a lot. I expect to continue having great times with my family.

My chilhood

Until I was 4, I lived in Asa Sul. My bedroom window had a tree right in front of it and I remember waking up with birds singing. My parents used to work all day, so I used to stay home with my nanny and my older brother.
Once, I was going to my best friend's house and it started to rain. I ran back home but, suddenly, it stopped and I saw something in the sky. I tried to count the colors but I was so hypnotized. That was the first time I saw a rainbow, I stayed a long time looking at it, like the first time I saw fireflies, it was incredible, even scaring me.
When I was 5, I had my first day at school and I remember seeing all the other new students crying and just smiling at my mother. There was a girl in the same class I was that took her rabbit to school. I remember touching that wonderful soft white hair, one of the best sensations I had that day and also in my chilhood.

Sweet Childhood

I have a lot of good memories from my childhood. I was a very shy and and impatient kid, but always nice and polite. There was somebody hwo was very important for me, my grandfather. He was an architect, so he was always teaching me how to draw, playing soccer with me and playing with little cars. I used to stay every weekend at his house, he was just the biggest man I had ever met.
Also, I still remember the first time I went to Disney. I was seven years old, and it was just wonderful, everything was new to me and I wanted to buy all single toy I saw there, specially in a store called "Toys'r Us", but the biggest surprise came on Christmas Day, I got my Game Boy Color. My parents gave it to me with the game "Pokemon" and i used to play it all day. Also, I was playing so much, that my mother said she would return it, so i stopped playing a hile and enjoyed the rest of my vacation.
One curious thing of my childhood was that I used to be afraid of blood, specially in blood tests. One time, when I was 4 years old, my mother said that I passed out when the doctor was taking my blood out.
Now, life is just too different, we have to study a lot, we have to think about our professional carrer, and we have a lot other things to care about, that's why a lot of adults say " I wish I were a kid again".