Journal of a Five Year Old

10 June 4:00PM

I went to a babysitter today since daddy was at work and mommy went out with some friends. The babysitter annoys me. She only feeds me things from nonopened containers that I have to open since she refuses to eat a bite of my food to check for poison. Bobby wouldn't let me eat that food, so I usually eat yogurt or applesauce at her house, since their closed off.

And I'm sick of yogurt and applesauce. She never buys anything else for me to eat.

The other kids don't like me. They think that I'm insane or something. I heard them talking about Bobby and I in the bathroom. It wasn't very nice. So much cursing and mean names.

Bobby curses a lot too. He says it's okay since he's been around for so long. He told me not to though, since it would put more work on me. He's always looking out for me.

We did an activity with all of the kids today. We had to get a partner and build the tallest block tower. All of the kids quickly grabbed partners. Except for me, since I didn't have any friends. There was an even number of kids, so the kid who didn't have a partner was mine. He made me do all of the work, but I didn't complain. It would be better that way. Bobby helped me build the tower by telling me where to place each block. If my partner tried to help and put the blocks in the wrong place, Bobby would be mad.

When it was time to judge the towers, I had examined everybody else's towers. There were four other groups.

One group hadn't even started because they kept arguing.

Another group's kept falling over because it was too unstable.

The third group was small. Really small.

The only group that could compare to my tower was the last group. It was tall like mine and I couldn't tell who's was taller.

The babysitter brought out a measuring tape and measured each tower. Mine won! Bobby and I cheered.