Remembering when...

This is for Tim and Vin, them being the best brother and sister in the world.

• Tim, remember the rock quarry and arguing over whether or not we should tell Mom we had seen a cobra?
• Remember the trips we made through the cemetery just because we thought we weren't allowed?
• Remember when we would go to the park and not speak English because we thought it was fun when people started talking about us thinking we couldn't understand?
• Remember the chicken that mom kicked during the invitation that started squawking got the deacons glaring at us?
• Tim, remember all the clubs I started and dragged you into joining?
• Remember the language we invented?
• Remember the tortured scorpions?
• Remember the fruit bat that got loose?
• Remember Mom's screaming?
• Remember when Valinda wanted to see Niagara Falls up close?
• Remember Mom's screaming?
• Remember the hotdogs Dad made that the dog wouldn't eat?
• Valinda, remember the year I thought we should keep Christmas lights up in our room all year long?
• Remember the night the three of us stayed up all night reading ghost stories by flashlight?
• Remember going to MacDonald’s and ordering french-fry foam and a chocolate marlamo?
• Remember the lady that swallowed her brains?
• Remember eating lunch under the piano?
• Remember the day we turned all the pictures in the house upside down and Mom didn't notice?
• Tim, remember when I used to sneak into your room to watch scary movies after Mom and Dad went to bed?
• Remember the day Mom decided to roast mini marshmallows?
• Remember the red wagon?
• Remember the lemonade stand--except we used our own nickels, thinking we had to buy our own product, and drank more than we sold?
• Remember when Valinda scribbled all over my face with a magic marker and it wouldn't come off before school?
• Remember the Little Black Kitty song that Dad would sing just to torment Vin?
• Remember the log slide?
• Remember riding our bikes pass the kitchen window and Mom giving us lunch "Drive-thru" style?
• Remember when Mom and Dad didn't realize we understood Sango and we found out all our Christmas presents early that year?
• Remember the more "creative" ways of eating spaghetti?
• Remember the hours in the back of the truck singing at the top of our lungs?
• Remember how much fun automatic doors were after living in Africa?
• Remember going up all the down escalators?
• Remember all the shop keepers that had no sense of humor?