When I was a kid meme

M did this meme where you describe ten things you did when you were a kid.
It brought back some memories for me so I decided to give it a shot:

When I was a kid: I hated to be naked. I always had clothes on no matter how hot it was. I never went shirtless unless I was in the pool. When I was 3 I had a tug of war with my mother over PJs because it was 110 degrees outside, we had no air conditioning and I refused to sleep in my underwear.

When I was a kid: I cooked for myself from second grade on. I wasn't allowed to use the stove when my parent's weren't around so I learned to put odd things in the pop up toaster, like broken up frozen pizza, sausage patties and smores.

When I was a kid: I used to walk for miles without my parent's knowledge or permission. I would take any money I had and go buy myself breakfast in a diner somewhere to treat myself. The waitresses didn't know what to think about an 8 year old by himself in a restaurant but they never messed with me.

When I was a kid: My favorite video game was Star Castle. My uncle had sent me a shaving bag full of Korean coins from when he was stationed there. I noticed that they were the same size as quarters and if I pushed them into the coin slot with extra force bingo! Free games.

When I was a kid: I never told my parents when I was sick or hurt. My mother would wig out and have a conniption fit if I ever became ill. So I kept it to myself and waited for whatever it was to heal or go away by itself.

When I was a kid: I was walking through a construction dump site looking for materials for my club house. I stepped on a board with a 5 inch long nail and it went through my shoe and all the way into my foot. I stepped on the board with my other foot pulled off of the nail and kept on with what I was doing. I forgot it happened until I got home and saw my shoe and sock was soaked with blood. By this time it had stopped bleeding so I didn't tell anyone.

When I was a kid: My dog would get me in trouble. The dog and I would be hanging out in my room and suddenly the he would squeal and start limping out into the hall for no apparent reason. My parents assumed that I had done something and wouldn't let up until I invented a story about me hurting the dog just to get them of my back.

When I was a kid: I would dress my dog in my baptism clothes (the whole works bonnet, booties lace and all) and let him walk out into the living room so I could listen to my parents laugh.

When I was a kid: I accidentally kicked my dad in the balls while rough housing. This was right after his vasectomy. I got very scared when he curled up into a ball on the living room carpet and whimpered incoherently for 20 min. He claims to this day I did it on purpose to get back at him.

When I was a kid: (About 5) I thought animals could read, so I would write a newspaper for squirrels (with comics and everything) and leave it outside by the tree for them to read. After the third week my mom finally broke the news to me that animals were in fact illiterate.

I tag anyone who wants to do this one. I'd like to read them.