Block Party: 1974-1977

When I was going to Howalton Day School and lived in a house on 79th and Kimbark the whole block had block parties! I remember this because I was riding my big wheels when I was a little girl! Me and my neighbors had a lot of fun in those days! The years the block had those parties was from the time that I was in the second to firth grades! The fun ended when people from other blocks started out running the neighborhood kids and that what ended the block parties! While the block parties was going on there was food and fun!

Avalon Community Church: Horse Riding Trip

When I was a student at Howalton Day School and a member of Avalon community church we went to the stables of the suburbs outside Chicago to go horse back riding! There was me, Brandon,Karen,Kimberly and Annette. The horse back riding trip was fun for the first time that I rode on horse back and I was a natural! It was the most fun I had during my childhood! It was a time that I will never forget as a member of that church!

Preschool and Kindergarden

When I was three or four years old the neighborhood where I grew up founded a preschool in the house where I was raised up! Karen, Joyce, Brandon , Ann and Annette was a part of it! They help out because they was already enrolled in Howalton Day School! I was enrolled in that preschool when the whole block was a real village as it goes the proverb It  takes a village to raise a child! Everybody knew each other and cared for each others children! It was one the wonderful times in my childhood!

My spectacular dive

When I was a upper classman in Howalton Day School I and my classmates went to the Y.M.C.A for swimming and gym classes! In swim class I and my classmates had to dive in the deep end of the swimming pool. When it was my turn I got on the diving stand and did a spectacular swan dive and everyone clapped for me. That was the best swimming class of my life ! I bet my classmates are talking about it till this day!

Markham Roller Rink: Skateing Party Part Two

When I went to Howalton Day School I lived on 79th and Kimbark and one summer me, my parents and some of the neighbors went to a skating party in Markham, Il. Markham rolling rink was the biggest most beautiful place in the state! On the walls of that rolling rink was the names of every high school in Chicago plus the high school I went to and my sisters high school. In this roller rink was a smaller rink where you can practice your skating. This skating party had a lot of food and fun! It was a wonderful afternoon!

Movies: Grease-1978 and Flash Gordon-1980

When I was a student at Howalton Day School I and my classmates saw plenty of movies! One we saw in 1978 starring Olivia Newton John and John T in Grease! This movie we loved because we could sing along with the songs and we sang every line of the songs! We sang Oh what a summers nights and We stay together! In Flash Gordon we remembered every line that was said! I along with my classmates saw Grease in the sixth grade and Flash Gordon in the eighth!

Peabo Bryson

When I was a student at Howalton Day School my older sister gave my first LP record album. That's when records were made of vinyl or rubber. The name of album was Peabo Bryson's Reaching for the sky or Feel the fire! The album was boring at first then the album grew on me! That when I first started to begin loving music! That wasn't the only vinyl record LP that I listened to! I listened to the Isley Brothers Winner takes all, L T D, The Brothers Johnson and Earth, wind and Fire. I will be old school until my last day on earth!