My younger brother and I with our fish...

                                      

                                           

A day in the life of David Shelton

Ethan Smith                                                                             

10/20/2010

  

Beep, beep, beep. It was Monday … a tired figure rolled over and

 turned off the alarm clock. At the same moment he looked at the numbers to

 see what time it was. “What!” he cried, “it’s 6 am already?” He said this as

 he climbed out of his bed and grabbed his Bible and journal then jumped

 back into bed. The boy I am about to tell of is named David Shelton. He is 12 years

 old and has dark brown hair and eyes, along with fairly rough skin and is

 well tempered. He grew up in a family of six. The oldest is nineteen and a

 half. Her name is Elizabeth. The second oldest is seventeen. His name is

 Henry. Next in line is David and you know all about him. After him come

 Tanner, who is ten, and Shaun who is eight. Last but not least is Sarah and

 she is five.

 As soon as he was finished with his Bible time, he made his bed,

 cleaned his room, and get dressed. As he walked down the hall he could hear

 and smell his oldest sister Elizabeth cooking in the kitchen making breakfast

 before school. This morning I can smell toast and hot chocolate. Yum! Once

he had finished his delicious breakfast he grabbed his viola and practiced for

 forty-five minutes.

 His mom and siblings wake up, shower, and get ready for the day.

 After practicing, he moves on to math. This is one of his favorite subjects

 because one can always find an answer to the problem and he likes solving

 puzzles. At the present, his most loved problems are adding and multiplying

 fractions and working on word problems. “Finally!” he gasped, after a long

 time of working on his math. Time to move on. Next is Latin. Today he is

 learning about present perfect tense. Before he knew it, he was done with

 latin. Next he started grammar, memorizing the nine parts of speech and

 continuously diagramming sentences.

 Then he heard some banging in the kitchen. “Who’s in there

 banging?”  he asked. “It’s me, Mom, I’m making lunch it will be ready in

 ten minutes. So finish the rest of your school!” his mom said. “Okay! What’s

 for lunch?” he asked. “You will see!” his mom answered.

 He finished his grammar. Lunch time! “Sweet! Ham sandwiches and

 milk! That’s the best ham I’ve ever had. It’s sweet and juicy.” After lunch,

 he thought a bike ride would be fun. “See you Mom!” he yelled as he

 vanished out the door towards his bike, then headed for the road.

 “It is such a nice day out today!” he said out loud to himself as he

sped down the road. “The sun is shining and there are birds everywhere, a

 few clouds and a soft breeze.” He only passed six cars during the entire two

 hour ride. Right when he got home, he ran into his room and fell asleep with

 his hands under the soft textured pillow. He had had such a fun day.