What gave you the most joy as a child?

I love these questions.  I would spend forever outside creating fun for myself.  I can't really believe how crazy i was...but here is an example.  I used to stand next to a tree in the winter time and hold a stick until the birds would land on it.  ha ha.  And I would do self taught gymnastics every night until it got dark outside.  This might be why I have so many back problems.  I also dug a hole in the ground, got a tennis ball and a stick and played golf.
We had this hill in the back of our land that I would climb up, then ski down.  Climb up, ski down.

This question helped me.  I remember that I was the same as I am now.  I would find an activity, practice it until it got dark every night, then eventually move onto something new.  One time my mom yelled at me because I was pretending the outside porch was a stage and I was singing as loud as possible.