My name is Eleanor. That’s El-Leh-Nor. Not Eh-Nor or Ah-Nor. My brothers always say it wrong so I tell them they are wrong. It’s EL-Leh-Nor. That’s me.

I am four. I go to preschool. I am very happy when it’s a preschool day. When I wake up on preschool day mornings I ask my mom, “do you know what day it is?” And then I say, “it’s PRESCHOOL day!” But if she tries to answer before I say it I make her stop because only I say that. I love preschool.

Hey! Do you want to put on my makeup? I have makeup for lips and pink cheeks, and I also have a puff. Do you have a puff? It makes sparkles. I use it every day and I am very sparkly. George is not allowed to wear makeup because he broke Mommy’s makeup and she got really mad and said he could never put on makeup anymore because he was very naughty. I am very careful with my makeup. I love sparkles.

Now I am going to do some dance moves. I am a good dancer. I really want to take ballet class, but sometimes I think that I’ll never be a ballerina and this makes me so sad that I start to cry. And then I get very, very upset and I think that I need to go to my room and be alone. And George can’t come in because only girls can come in and I want to be alone. George is not a girl, he is just one of the brothers. We had our birthday in October but we’re still twins.

Hey! Do you want to play princess bingo? First we do all of the pink and then all of the blue and then all of the yellow and then all of the green. I am always pink. My favorite colors are pink and red and white. George likes blue and Oliver likes green. But I really want the pink booster seat with the butterflies on it because it’s a girl seat and George wants a blue one. But my mom says that we don’t need new booster seats. But I really want it. And then I get mad and I say, “mom – you are making me mad!” And then I stamp up to my room and slam the door and I say that I want to be ALONE. And sometimes I cry.

I am very mad because my mommy is not listening to me. And I’ll never be a ballerina… I say that she is arguing with me and she says she is just telling me the way it is. My mommy’s name is Kate. K-k-k K starts with Kate! Just like K starts with key and king. They match.

Hey! do you want to see my dance moves. Tell me what song you want. Okay how about twinkle twinkle. Now how about jingle bells? Do you want rock star? Okay – let me put the money in the slot…there, now stop talking and watch (and NO laughing):

So WHAT – I’m still a rock star
I got my rock moves and I don’t need you
And guess WHAT – I’m having more fun
And now that we’re done and gonna show you
TONIGHT
I’m ALRIGHT
I’m just FINE
And you’re a tool – so
So WHAT – I’m having more fun…

[ten minutes later]

Do you think Jonas likes rock star? Jonas is my friend. My friends are Lucy, Kara and Delaney. And Jonas and Matthew. Jonas is a good friend. I think he will love my new dress.

Now it’s time for the FASHION SHOW!

Do you like Barbie? My favorite book is Barbie: My Journal. Barbie’s friends are Nikki, Teresa, Summer and Raquelle. I have a Barbie game but George can’t touch it. It’s only for GIRLS. Once George was reading my Barbie book and I tried to take it back and it RIPPED. I got so mad and my mom said that that’s what happens when you grab and I got very upset because it was ALL MY FAULT! My mommy fixed it with tape because it was just a small corner. Then I told my mom that she is my special girl.

Hey! Do you want to see my pretties? I have a lot of pretties for my hair. I also have some jewelry but I don’t like to wear it today. I say I’ll wear it tomorrow. But not the bracelet. It smells like mommy’s keys. This smells like gold. I don’t like the smell of gold. I do like the swings at the playground, but when I get off the swings, my hands smell golden. I don’t like that.

They don’t have swings at the Y. We go to the Y so mommy can exercise. That’s spelled Y-M-C-A. That’s how you spell Y. Oliver doesn’t go to the Y with us anymore because he is in Kindergarten. He is five. He is a brother like George. My boys are Oliver and George, but Daddy and I call them the payasos.

Hey! I know what we can do! We can have a tea party. I got a tea set for my birthday in October and George got a light saber. I got a light saber too and sometimes I like to play light sabers but usually I just like to have tea parties. Those brothers are not allowed to play with my tea set. It is not for payasos. It’s very special to me. Do you want sugar? Do you want milk? Do you want cream? Do you want lemon? I’ll mix it up. You have the yellow cup because I always have the pink cup. Pink is my favorite color. P starts with pink! I am very good speller. Eleanor is spelled E-L. That means L. E does not start with Eleanor. L starts with Eleanor.

Now I have to practice my twirling for the talent show. BYE!