Museum of Science and Industry

When I was in the seventh grade at Howalton Day School I and my classmates plus the boy I had a crush on Timothy King had a picnic at Jackson Park! We had a picnic lunch and drinks plus played games! Then we walked to the museum of science and industry! We saw all the exhibits plus the coal mine! It was a fun day for me and all of my classmates! It was a beautiful day all around and I plus my classmates will never forget it as long as we lived! I just wished that Timothy King would have sat next to me in the coal mine ride then it would be a that I will never forget!

L.A, Hawaii and San Francisco

When I was in the fifth or sixth grade and was a student at Howalton Day School my parents and I went on a summer vacation to L.A, Hawaii and San Francisco! First we went to L.A! L.A had perfect weather and I and my parents did everything! We went to a German restaurant, Mohland  Drive and Universal Studios! Next was Oahu, Hawaii and my parents and I did everything there too! We went on tour, church and a luwow. I spend most of my time either pool side or on Wakiki beach! Our last stop on our way home was San Francisco! San Francisco was the coldest place of our trip! We went to Fisherman Whaif  and seen many of the sights! Than home and there no place like it!

Mayfair Academy

When I was a student at Howalton Day School and lived on 79th street there was this dance school called Mayfair Academy the jewel of the south side of Chicago! Annette and Karen took ballet and tap dancing lessons there and the first lady Michelle Obama took dance lesson there! This famous dance academy taught a many of famous people! Mayfair Academy was beloved by a many of students all over Chicago! I didn't take dance lessons there, but took them some place else! I took ballet lessons at Avalon Community church and at gym at school! Mayfair Dance Academy is closed now due to low student enrollment! Hopefully it will reopen soon!

National Grocery Store

When I was a girl growing up I live on 79th street and Kimbark! I was also a student at Howalton Day School! There was a grocery store in the neighborhood called National grocery store! I remember this because me and my mother shopped there a lot! When we shopped at National it was a nice store! I would ride in the shopping cart while mom did her grocery shopping! Back in the day the neighborhood was the bomb! There was also Red Carpet liquor store, a neighborhood dry cleaners, and Sears and Robucks! National grocery store close it doors when some of the people in the neighborhood that the store didn't sell any soul food! The building changed from National into a welfare office, walgreens, and finally a family dollar store!

Nigerian Princess for a day

When I was going to Howalton Day School I took African studies and my teacher name was Mister Eco! He would visit my house and my parents bearing gifts! So one day he dressed me up in his native cloth from Nigeria! I looked like a Nigerian princess! There was good events in that school. When he dressed me up it was during an event in the school! I felt very special! Mister Eco was the African studies teacher from kindergarden to eighth grades!

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!