I'm sure everyone remembers the TV show 'Seinfeld'. The show
that faithfully declared itself to be "a show about nothing". Well,
today's blog post is kind of the same way. Yes, I pride myself on finding
unique things to post on #DaddyWrite. However, that being said, there are
definitely times when absolutely nothing interesting happens.
Today's probably one of those times. I mean, I could
probably dig deep to the bottom of the barrel and figure out something halfway
interesting to write a full blog post about. Instead, I'm making a conscientious effort
to instead bore you with a couple of short events that more or less describes an
average day with Ellie.
First things first. I should mention that Ellie has been
battling a cold so a lot of my time is spent simply trying to ensure her
comfort and happiness. What that essentially means is that the baby essentially
had free reign to do whatever she wanted today. Within reason, that is; I don't
find it prudent to let Ellie play with matches anytime soon.
That being said, there are always plenty of new things for
Ellie to find and enjoy within the confines of our home. Today's new discovery
for Ellie was something she's wandered across on multiple occasions but never
really paid much attention to. That discovery was our full-sized body pillow
residing in front of our fireplace.
Under normal circumstances, Ellie just pushes the pillow aside
and begins slobbering all over the glass doors covering the fireplace. Today
though, she happily took a seat on top of the pillow and smiled at me from
across the room. Then, as she was smiling, Ellie began bouncing up and down on
the pillow, laughing all the while. That wouldn't be Ellie's only new discovery
of the day of the day.
I should preface the next story with the statement that
Ellie really likes food. Everyone does. That's not really an earth shattering
announcement. Also, while I've long referred to Ellie as a monkey within the
confines of my own home, I'm no longer sure that's accurate. She may lean more
towards being a squirrel at this point in time.
Like most afternoons, I gave Ellie an afternoon snack
consisting of some goldfish crackers and Cheerios. With that, I largely left
her to her own devices while I prepared dinner. Every so often, I like to
glance over my shoulder when this is the case. The first time, there was
nothing out of the ordinary as Ellie was standing by a kitchen chair happily
munching her snack right where I had left it. Before long, I heard the unmistakable
sound of cracker hitting plastic. I turned around to see that Ellie had found
another of her bowls and decided to transfer her snack from one bowl to
another.
I figured that was the last of the weirdness to occur. I was
wrong. As I was dicing onions (with tears in my eyes, of course), Ellie began pushing hard
against my leg to move me away from the counter. As I moved aside, she opened
the cabinet door to my left and I watched as she deposited a handful of
Goldfish crackers on the shelf, closed the door, and walked back to the
remainder of her snack. I don't know if that was her trying to save some for later
or if I had given her too much. Perhaps a combination of the two.
I mean, it is
getting colder so maybe that means Ellie's preparing to hibernate for the
winter. After all, one would need to stockpile a nice supply of food to do so. #DaddyWrite
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