This Christmas

I couldn't make a post about every little memory because there's just so many and I'd be here forever if I did. I picked really random ones to blog about too, LOL. Let's see if you remember them all? Most of them (or all of them) were from childhood before Junior High.

Merry Christmas Sharon, my one and only big sister who I will love forever no matter what happens. Because of you I'm who I am today, know what I know, and am forever grateful for all the time you spent with me growing up. Pictures will fade, but I hope that these memories do last FOREVER. It really feels like you do so much for me and I do so little for you, but I hope in our new future I'll be able to do a lot more for you ^^ since I'm not a helpless, clueless, over-dependent girl anymore!

I hope 2012 treats you well, and that you'll keep pursuing what you want in life. I know you don't go to church anymore and you're not in the mood to be religious right now, but know that I pray for you a lot and I believe that you'll do really amazing things with the gift you've been given that is your life. God knows it too. He has a plan for us all, and even if you can't always put 100% faith in that, I have 200% faith in it which will make up for it :D! ('Cause I'm so cool lol jk)

Try reading from the earliest post to most recent ^^.. Well actually it's not in chronological order so maybe it won't matter anyway..

Hope you liked your Christmas present!
Sooooo BEAST~ (like how B2St says it when they introduce themselves on shows and whatnot)


~Esther

{Seventeen}

You and my brother loved eating contests. Or that's what I remember. We went to buffets a lot while we were traveling and you two always had eating contests. Who could clear the most plates. I joined in sometimes but after losing so much I kind of just left it to the two of you.

{Sixteen}

We traveled a lot together too. To Kelowna and Toronto and Quebec, Banff, all those cool places that I still keep in photo albums at home. When we were touring Ontario and Quebec, you ordered a Tim horton's iced cap and that was the first time I ever tasted one.

I didn't like it at first, but after we came back and I tried it again I guess the taste started to grow on me.

You taught me how to pick cherries too! And I remember us getting in a fight over something dumb one time, but we made up before we got back to Calgary. Even our parents got in a fight but over something stupid they made up. Plus our hotel rooms were right beside eachother and there was a door in between, which was kind of cool.

{Fifteen}

You're always the person who corrupts my childhood (it's true!) because before I even had sex ed. in elementary you told me what a period was and everything. I remember sitting on the floor in your room while you explained it to me and it was hard for me to understand that peeing out blood was normal.

After you told me all this I felt like twitching and running away. But I guess your early warning was a nice heads up for sex ed since I already knew what they wanted to teach because of YOU. Nope, Wasn't my mom who taught me these things, it was YOU. How awkward LOL

{Fourteen}

When you learned how to french braid hair, guess who you tested it on? Me. Honestly though, I actually really liked it when you played with my hair. I'm not big on make up and all that stuff but I always liked doing hair, and I liked different hairstyles that I always saw people have.

We were sitting in your living room and you french braided my hair, and then your mom helped you do yours because we loved being "twins" back then. It was really fun, and it's funny that I only learned how to french braid last year.

There was also that time you liked to stick things in your hair, like chopsticks and pencils and what not and I thoguht you were the strangest person for sticking a chopstick in your hair.

{Thirteen}

You had a phase of nail polish, and when I was a kid I liked it too. You used to always paint my nails, and like any kid would, after it dried and a few days later I'd start picking at it. I still thought nail polish was fascinating, and you're the one who introduced me to make up and nail polish and hair straighteners/curlers and all that other girly stuff.

This was probably one thing that never surpassed time, because in grade 4 I swore never to wear nail polish again and look at me now, still make-up free. One experience with you that didn't carry on into my teenage years, but a fun trial as a kid of course.

{Twelve}

One summer you wanted to teach me how to ride a bike because pathetically I couldn't. Pathetically, I still can't. But hey, at least we both tried.

You said we'd go slow and steady, that you'd hold onto the bike so that I wouldn't fall, because that's what I was scared of--falling. Since I trusted you more than anyone else in the world I decided to give it a shot (not to mention whenever you decide to do something, no matter how much I argue it'll end up going your way because I ALWAYS give in). your bike was a bit too big for me, but I managed to get on. I don't remember the starting as much as the process, but you held onto the handle and helped to pull me along. I started pedaling on my own, but I was scared of losing balance because I knew if your hands weren't there i'd fall and who knows what would happen?

After a while of pedaling I had gotten a little used to it and you started singing "Just keep pedaling~ just keep pedaling~" In the tune of "Just keep swimming~" from Finding Nemo. I thought it was the funniest thing ever and started singing along. And then you said you were going to let go because you thought I could pedal on my own. I had no time to object because right when you let go, I fell.

That was the end of trying to teach Esther how to ride a bike. Since then I never tried again. (:

{Eleven}

One time our parents actually let us go to a park without supervision.I'm not sure which 1 you took me to, but we were playing around and you went down this 1 slide, slipped and fell hitting your elbow on the gravel. You were bleeding like crazy and I swear even to this day it was the most bloodiest thing I've seen. your elbow had open flesh and rocks were stuck to it, it was so disgusting. I don't have much to say about this memory LOL.

{Ten}

Then you had some weird urge to lead every hobby in my life, because you decided to be some sort of athletic coach or something. You always made me do jumping jacks, laps around your backyard or basement, and remember the uneven ceiling in your basement? You made me jump like 200 times and touch the ceiling counting out loud promising me I'd grow taller.

Up until now I'm not even sure if it worked. My mom always asked me why I looked so tired out and sweaty after going to your house. Answer was, PHYSICAL TORTURE. Just kidding, I actually found it kind of fun.

Even my brother got dragged into this sometimes. And when you started taking karate lessons, I was SO jealous of you. My mom wouldn't let me do it because she said "Id break my neck".... she also used that excuse when I joined Wrestling .__. Anyway, you felt bad for me and tried to teach me some of the things you learned from karate lessons. You practice in front of me and I always thought" oh my god you're so cool you can kick butt".

{Nine}

Remember when we used to always play kickball in your basement? With my brother and your brother? We always used your strange watermelon toy that I honestly cannot remember the name of. Okay maybe it wasn't a watermelon, but since it lost all its limbs it looks quite like one to me.

See? It looks like that but with a face.

(I also remember how mad you got when we called it a watermelon)

Always in your spider infested basement, too. x]

{Eight}

Then there were those warm summer days when we had nothing better to do than set up random obstacle courses from your living room extending to your backyard. We jumped on couches and did all these weird things, ended up outside, ran laps, crawled through your little treehouse thing and played on the swings to see who could swing higher and jump off further.

You even set up a little corner behind 1 of your couches as a prize area and everytime I completed one of your insane obstacles courses you'd give me something from it. In fact, you ALWAYS gave me free stuff. Thinking back I kind of feel bad. You were always giving me things, and still kind of do, but I can't remember a time when I returned the favour.

Then there was the time when Mabel entered into our lives, well, mostly mine since I didn't know her before she came. I didn't like her. apparently neither did you. You made us have an obstacle course competition for a prize we both wanted, and you secretly gave me hints to win. It was unfair, but heck, I never cared of fairness not did I have much integrity at that age. I just wanted to be better than her.

{Seven}

Sometimes, the things you made me do were completely ridiculous, but you'd always tell me you made me do dumb things for my own good and though I never realized it at the time, it actually turned out to help me a bit. Sometimes when we got bored you'd pull out math workbooks and taught me how to do things like subtraction ages before I learned it in school. I hated math back then, and I still do, but along with life you taught me some academics too.

I remember in class in like..grade 3 we were just learning about 3D shapes and the teacher wanted to test our knowledge on the names. I knew each and every one of them before we even learned them because of you. I guess I should really thank you for making me feel a bit ahead of the game in elementary xP