My oldest childhood memory probably dates back to something I attended either before or during my pre-school years. It was this Catholic organization thing held in a local school after-hours once a week. But being so young at the time they weren't ramming the God stuff into my head yet. We did activities though but none in particular stood out in my mind, it was just some thing I remember having to go to every week, but I don't think it lasted long since I think I only did that for a few months total. So maybe my parents wised up and decided not to let another young mind be warped by religion (since they gave up on it themselves early on too, meaning I at least didn't grow up in a religious family...Thank God). Who knows, they could have been using it as an inexpensive day care centre until they found a better alternative lol. I still have the little red and blue vest I wore for it though...It's tiny!
One night they held this evening event and I remember going to it with my parents, I have no idea what the event was about,  but they were selling these light-up toys with fiber-optics coming out of a handle with the switch on it. I remember begging for one but didn't get it.

I tried having an imaginary friend but it never stuck. I made one up called "gloopy" which looked like a small dome-shaped blob with a pair of eyes, somewhat reminiscent of a Pac-man Ghost (oh by the way this was during the early 90's, so the similar looking character "Bloo" from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends was still a decade away from even existing...I was quite surprised to see it though) But it just didn't stick. Guess I wasn't that desperate for friends.

Bouncy balls, marbles and balloons. Maybe it was the Asperger's in me - but I just was so drawn to anything that was spherical and brightly-coloured. Still am in a way. I collected literally hundreds of bouncy balls and probably thousands of marbles over my childhood. I kept the best ones packed away in a box I still have now, the rest were all given away years ago. I loved spinning things as well, making me fond of spinning tops and pinwheels.

Most of the Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network cartoons at the time. Spongebob Squarepants was my most favourite but that came in pretty late in my childhood (I was 11 or 12 when that first premiered) so before that I liked "Aaah! Real Monsters!" the most, I even had a toy Krumm who was my favourite character. I also liked Rocko's Modern Life a lot too even though I hardly understood it back then. Plus the Simpsons from an early age too.

Believe it or not - Twister  was probably my favourite childhood movie. I developed an interest in the weather (particularly tornadoes) very early on after reading about them in a school book and being awed at the photo's of some wondering how does such an eerie sight even exist? Shortly after a bizarre coincidence happened and "Twister" hit cinema's. I just had to see it and I loved it. But I did love animated movies a lot. Some I still enjoy even today (like Aladdin or The Lion King) others...I grew out of (Fern Gully and Aristocats to name some that I loved as a kid but consider pretty dull now)

Best birthday present was probably a lava lamp I really wanted. Sounds like an odd thing for a kid to want but I think I saw one on TV or in a gift shop window and wanted one really bad. I considered it a big deal since those things aren't cheap (well they are now but even in the 90's they were quite expensive for something that had existed since the 60's). Best Christmas present was a classic - a new bike. I remember I was picked on for riding a too-childish, colourful bike by some "bigger kids" and I asked for a "cool chrome bike like the big kids ride" and I actually got it! It was a stunning bike and the envy of all my friends...Perhaps it was too good since years later it got stolen. Lucky by that point I was over bike-riding anyway, I at least got some decent use out of it during the time though and I'll never forget waking up and seeing that under the tree.

I never put too much value on backpacks, I just let my parents pick those out for me and they just chose something neutral (no characters or anything). In pre-school I remember having a bright red one, in Kindergarten I remember having a school-supplied one that was dark green. After that just...ordinary backpacks in neutral or boyish colours. So at least I never got made fun of for backpack choice.

Same food it is now - a good o'l cheese pizza, sightly crisp and with extra tomato paste. My food tastes didn't change much.

I wanted to be an artist since all I wanted o do is draw. Plus I was under the false impression that artists end up rich because of how valuable I heard some famous paintings were. I had no idea that the only reason why they are so valuable is because of their historical relevance and because the artist is long dead. I just saw art as a sweet deal where I could get rich just for doing what I wanted to do.

 Oldest Childhood Memory
    Age 2. Watching Saturday morning cartoons, fingerpainting and spending time at my grandparent's house, where my grandpa would sing me songs in French and blow smoke rings for me like Puff the Magic Dragon.

 Did you have an imaginary friend, if so who or what was it?
   I tried to manufacture one one summer, around the age of 9 or 10, because it seemed like some sort of childhood rite of passage I skipped over... but I got bored with it after a couple weeks. I did play a lot of make-believe, though.

 Toys you played with the most as a child
   A boatload of stuffed animals, Polly Pockets, LEGO... I loved Barbies too, but would always spend more time setting up and making props out of household items, than I did actually playing with them.

 Favorite childhood TV shows
   Classic Looney Tunes, Beetlejuice, Animaniacs, Recess, Small Wonder, a lot of TGIF shows...

 Favorite childhood movies
   An American Tail, Short Circuit, Casper, basically every single animated Disney movie...

 Best birthday or Christmas present you received as a kid
    Everything. I had a big imagination and all my new toys became new characters in the sordid, soap opera drama. I still feel bad for that one mismatched Pound Puppies cat that became the designated drunken, mopey bachelor who never had a girl to hook up with, and am pretty sure he's sitting around in my storage unit tweeting #foreveralone.

 What kinda backpack did you have in elementary school or what one was your fav?
     I got a new one every year, but the one that stands out was the neon technicolor Lisa Frank leopard one that caused temporary blindness if you looked directly at it. I still have it somewhere and am waiting for the day when it becomes kitschy vintage-chic.

 Favorite food as a child 
     Butterscotch, shrimp and pistachio frozen yogurt.

 What you wanted to be when you grew up
     I went through brief, weird phases, but always came back to artist/writer.

 Oldest Childhood Memory
berth

 Did you have an imaginary friend, if so who or what was it?
my uncel but he wasint imajinery or my frend

 Toys you played with the most as a child
a empty bagg form walmart was verry fun

 Favorite childhood TV shows
i don hav a tv

 Favorite childhood movies
i still don hav a tv

 Best birthday or Christmas present you received as a kid
i don selebrat my birthday or crismis becaus i liv with my uncel and he dosent hav time

 What kinda backpack did you have in elementary school or what one was your fav?
i use a walmart bagg as prevusly stated

 Favorite food as a child
pork rines

 What you wanted to be when you grew up
myself

-Oldest Memory: I'm not sure. The times of my memories get scrambled easily unless specifically noting the date is part of the memory.

-Imaginary friend: I don't think I had one.

- Toys: I played with toy cars a lot. My grandmother had a big metal container full of them. I also had a large collection of Legos that I still use to this day. I also have to mention my blue teddy bear, one of my three most precious possessions, the ones I've had the longest. The other two are my homemade ABC baby blanket and the wooden box I use to keep the aforementioned Lego collection in.

-TV Shows: Looney Toons. That and Star Trek TNG. We even named our cat Spot after the Trek cat.

-Childhood Movies: The first movie I remember seeing in the theater was Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which I enjoyed. There's also an interesting one called Batteries Not Included. It's about an apartment full of older people who take in a family of small alien robots. I also have to mention The Brave Little Toaster. I've been trying to get a DVD of it. I haven't seen it since I was younger than my youngest sister, and I want to share it with her.

-Birthday/Christmas Present: My first handheld game console, a lime green Game Boy Color. Such a luxury was the last thing I expected. Not only that, but I actually had to work for it. Us three kids had to go on a hunt around the house for it. My clues led me to inside the stove.

-Backpack: A black one. That's all I remember.

-Food: T-bone steak, especially with mushrooms. I was also one of the few kids who actually liked vegetables, including some of the less popular ones like Brussels sprouts and asparagus, though Lima beans and spinach were (and are) still out.

-What I wanted to be: No idea. It's not that I don't remember, it's that I had no idea what I wanted to be.

 Oldest Childhood Memory
Vague memories of being 3 and being potty trained. Vague memories of pre school when I was 4.

 Toys I Played With
Dolls mostly. Ninja Turtles and Power Ranger figures too. I also liked Gak and would squish it in it's container and cover my hand with it. I had favorite stuffed animals, one being a white cat. An older white cat ended up in dirty dishwater when I threw it in.

 Favorite TV Shows
Rugrats, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, Recess, Gargoyles, TMNT, Power Rangers, The Kids Next Door

 Favorite Childhood Movies
Land Before Time, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, 101 Dalmations

 Best Present
My Super Nintendo when I was 9. I played the crap out of Donkey Kong and Mario! I'd have made a day of it if I could.

 Favorite Backpack
My Princess Jasmin one! It was teal with purple trim. That was in 2nd grade.

 Oldest Childhood Memory
I was about 3 1/2 and my brother was a couple months old.  He was just learning how to crawl and mom wanted a picture.  Being goofy, I decided to jump into the picture and "tackle" my brother (who wore a football baby jersey).  Mom laughed.  She still keeps that picture near her bedside.  Ah yeah....my first photobomb.

 Did you have an imaginary friend, if so who or what was it?
I had a lot of stuffed animals that kind of served as imaginary friends plus pokemon plushies.  Pikachu, Pika-Two (my second pikachu), Hop-hop the bunny, Stevie the Monkey, Lucky the dalmatian, Black Kitty the cat...just to name a few.

 Toys you played with the most as a child
Pokemon plushies like pikachu and a moltres figurine.  But when mom got me a gaming system, I adored Pokemon Snap

 Favorite childhood TV shows
Pokemon, Ed Edd n Eddy, Tom & Jerry (the GOOD stuff), Spongebob

 Favorite childhood movies 
Pokemon, Spirited Away, Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius, 

 Best birthday or Christmas present you received as a kid 
The trip to Chicago. I remember riding on a train, seeing a big city for the first time, exploring everywhere, staying in a hotel, pizza, special bond with my mother & brother...sigh.  

 What kinda backpack did you have in elementary school or what one was your fav?
Typical backpack that was two straps and wore on your back?  Mom usually got purple but I loved my turquoise one when I was little

 Favorite food as a child 
Chicken ramen

 What you wanted to be when you grew up
A well-known fantasy author (STILL GOING FOR IT!!!)

 Oldest Childhood Memory
It was when we lived in Winsconsin and it was a very, very vauge memory of my standing in the street, looking at the house. 

 Did you have an imaginary friend, if so who or what was it?
I had many >.> One I remember best was some sort of skater dude that skated along the trees, fences, and telephone wires as we drove along.

 Toys you played with the most as a child
Erhm...does mud count? I didn't really play much with toys. I was mostly an outdoors kid.

 Favorite childhood TV shows

 Favorite childhood movies 
the Magic school bus, clifford the big red dog

 Best birthday or Christmas present you received as a kid 
I think it was a remote controlled car that, if flipped, was double sided so it still kept driving. Either that or a huge stuffed bear

 What kinda backpack did you have in elementary school or what one was your fav?
Erhm...i think it was plain. We really didn't have enough money for anything designed.

 Favorite food as a child 
Same as now! Sphagetti and Mashed Potatoes!

 What you wanted to be when you grew up
Someone who dealt with animals. Now i know that it's a veternarian Still following that dream!

Oldest Childhood Memory
The Grenoble Bubbles!

 Did you have an imaginary friend, if so who or what was it?
The Under The Sink Monster. 

 Toys you played with the most as a child
Puppy In My Pockets. God they were awesome.

 Favorite childhood TV shows
Trapdoor

 Favorite childhood movies 
E.T.

 Best birthday or Christmas present you received as a kid 
My stuffed toy border collie.

 What kinda backpack did you have in elementary school or what one was your fav?
I had one with zoo animals on it. It was also pink. 

 Favorite food as a child 
Steak.

 What you wanted to be when you grew up
A vet or a zoo keeper or an illustrator. And then I went on work shadowing at the age of thirteen and witnessed a German shepherd being put down because it's back legs gave in. And then i realised i didn't want to be a vet.