A Day In The Life of Eleanor
Hi, my name is Eleanor, but everyone calls me Ellie. I’m seven. I am the oldest girl in my family.
Yesterday, someone said that they wished that they knew what I think about things.
I guess, since I know, and they don’t, I’m smarter than they are.
I don’t want to spend a bunch of time writing, so I’m only gonna write about one day. That day, was yesterday.
Well, yesterday was a Tuesday. I like Tuesdays because Mommy has Bible Study. When she goes to Bible study, I don’t have to do school. When I got up yesterday morning, Daddy was making Raspberry pancakes. He knows that I like them best.
On Tuesdays, I get to stay in my pajamas as a special treat, cause Daddy’s in charge. Mommy would never let me do that.
I still have to brush my teeth, and comb my hair. I wish I didn’t have to, but Daddy says that I wouldn’t look right if my hair was tangled or my teeth were yellow.
I went to the kitchen where Daddy and Evelynne were. Daddy was trying to braid Evelynne’s hair, but he didn’t know how. He finally just told her to wear her hair down.
My Daddy is good at a lot of things, but he can’t fix hair. I don’t blame him. Evelynne’s hair is hard to fix.
Daddy finished making the pancakes while I set the table. I’m a big girl, so when I set the table, I use the glass plates.
Evelynne wanted to help so I let her do the napkins. She’s only four, so she can’t do plates.
David, my only brother, was already in his highchair. He’s two.
We all ate breakfast and played a guessing game. We tried to guess what Mommy was doing right then.
Daddy guessed that Mommy was in her meeting. He sent her a text message just to make her phone ring. Then he guessed that she was jumping up and running out of the room, spilling stuff out of her purse. We all laughed.
After breakfast, we played Junior Monopoly. I won. Then we played hide-and-seek. Daddy always let David get to base.
Then we watched Sleeping Beauty. Daddy held Evelynne when she got scared of the mean fairy. I didn’t get scared, ‘cause I’m too big to be scared of movies. After all, I am seven.
For lunch, we had leftover pancakes and strawberries out of our garden.
The we had naptime. Mommy got home during naptime. When we woke up, she told us to put our clothes on.
Daddy had already left to go to work. After snack, Mommy said to run around the house two times and then she’d take us to the library. I carried David because he’s so slow.
I picked out three books and a movie. Evelynne picked out three books, and David picked out two books. David can’t read his books, so I’ll read to him. Mommy got some bedtime stories to read to us at nighttime.
At the front desk, the lady said a bad word. I told her that she shouldn’t say that word and Mommy put her hand over my mouth. She told me that I was being rude.
I don’t think that I was being rude, but I apologized. That’s when she said that she wished she knew what was going on in this head of mine.
I guess I have opinions on a lot of things. I’m not always right, though. I think about a lot of things. Daddy says I shouldn’t say everything that I think, and then I wouldn’t get in as much trouble.
After the library, we went to a park and then back home. I read to Evelynne and David while Mommy made supper.
We had chicken noodle soup. It was hot and I burned my tongue. Mommy said, when you burn your taste buds off, new ones grow back. Just like a gecko or lizard’s tail. I wish I could see them growing back.
After supper, I changed David and put his pajamas on. Then, me and Evelynne put our pajamas on. Mommy read to us until seven-thirty. Then, David and Evelynne had to go to bed. I got to stay up until Daddy got home at eight o’clock.
When Daddy got home, he prayed with me and kissed me goodnight. He came and turned my light off and closed the door. He only closed it halfway because he knows I don’t want it closed all the way.
I like having the door open so that I can call Daddy or Mommy if I need them. I’m a big girl, but I’m still Daddy and Mommy’s little girl.
The End
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