Slice of Life Challenge 3/31/18

       We walked into the Racine Bakery, the smell of freshly baked bread hitting my face. There were crowds of people everywhere so we had to dodge and duck many people, just to get to the front counter. We waited in line for a few minutes, as I looked around the room admiring the cakes, cookies, and other treats laid out in front of us. I just stood behind my dad, breathing in the wonderful scent of freshly baked goods. Once it was our turn, my dad ordered a dozen bacon buns and four paczkis, which are basically buns filled with cream. While my dad waited to get the order, my mom, brother, and I went to entrance to wait for him. Once he came, with treats in hand, we pulled the heavy door and walked out. We were headed to watch trains and eat paczis.

Slice of Life Challenge 3/30/18

       I sat on my knees on the carpeted floor of my bedroom. My friend, Ava, sat across from me. In between us there was a huge coloring book. It was a color by number coloring book, where you colored a hexagon a certain color, according to the number that was in it. We had no idea what the picture would be, there was just a couple hundred hexagons, with different numbers in them. I looked at the line of different colored markers we had sprawled out on the carpeted floor. I randomly chose a red colored marker and pulled off the cap. I carefully balanced it on the other page of the book and started coloring in the first shapes. We both just colored and talked for at least another hour.

Slice of Life Challenge 3/29/18

       I carefully took the spoon out of the paint container. I brought it over to the sink in art class and washed the black paint off of it. As the water rushed out of the sink and hit the spoon, the paint slowly washed away. Once I did this spoon, and the spoon from the white paint container, I put the lids back on the paints carefully, trying not to get paint on my hands. I did get my hands covered with paint, though, so I walked back over to the sink and washed my hands with hot water and soap. Once my hands were washed and dried, I walked back to my seat and stacked all my things neatly on top of each other. Then, I put my iPad bag, with the iPad in it, over my shoulder and picked up my accordion, book, and pencil case. Finally, I stood behind my seat and waited for my table to be called to go.

Slice of Life Challenge 3/28/18

        I sat on the couch for just a few minutes before heading upstairs to bed. I sat there, with the iPad rested on my lap. I heard the soft music of the the iPad my brother, Isaac, was playing with. He sat on the other side of the couch, next to to my piles and piles of school stuff. In between us, I saw my bright pink accordion, pencil case, backpack, and a bunch of papers. Right in front of me, there was a high, wooden table with a book and pencils on it. I was leaning on a soft, beige pillow with the guinea pigs on my lap. The iPad on my lap was leaning on the pillow and my leg, so I could easily see the screen. The top of the iPad screen said, “blogger.com” and the blogger page was pulled up. I tapped the white space in the middle of the screen and started typing.

Slice of Life Challenge 3/27/18

         I sat on the couch in my backroom, my dad sitting next to me with the computer on his lap. My brother, Isaac, was laying on the floor in front of me with his legs up on the coffee table. My two guinea pigs were laying down next to me and in my lap. As I pet them, they made a soft humming noise, which was them purring. They both faced the TV, as if they were watching it. I too watched the flashing colors of the television. Every once in a while, one of them would move around or look at me as if to say, “do you have any food for me?”  When they did that, I just smiled at them and looked back at the TV. This is how my family and I spent our Tuesday afternoon.

Slice of Life Challenge 3/26/18

       I heard my mom call my name from the kitchen. I stood up from where I was sitting in front of the computer and headed into the kitchen. I saw my mom standing there with the glass of juice in her hand that I had asked for. I ran over and took the glass from her. I said thanks and dashed back to the living room. The computer screen had turned black so I had to tap the buttons a few times to get it started up again. The screen I had been on was still up, though. I quickly pushed some buttons and started typing.With an idea finally, I sipped on my juice and wrote my slice of life.

Slice of Life Challenge 3/25/18

       I heard the faint "click" as the heater kicked in. A few minutes later, warm air was blowing on my face. I was no longer cold but my face was burning up. I turned around and went on to my stomach. I then pulled my markers from underneath me and started drawing again. I was getting the perfect amount of heat now and I didn't want to move. So, I put down the drawing materials I held and just enjoyed the heat. My house had been getting very cold and I was glad when the heater finally turned on. I calmly just laid there and slowly fell asleep.