Elie at the Nursing home

So, Elie spent 2 days working in nursing homes with Daddy until we flew out for Porland from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Walking down the hall of a nursing home with an adorable little 5 year old is like walking down the street with Julia Roberts. She is just a little star.

I had brought her a felt coloring picture which she worked on at the first home we visited. About halfway through coloring it she asked me if she could give it to somebody. I asked who she would want to give it to (thinking Nonnie or Jadon, etc...) and she told me she wanted to give it to somebody who lived in the nursing home. She then proceeded to write some letters on the back of the picture and then she asked one of the nurses what name she had written on it. It kind of looked like Betty, so the nurse found Betty, a sweet elderly lady in a wheelchair with severe arthritis and what looked like the physical attributes of a person who has gone through a major stroke or has MS. (I'm definetely not a Dr. when it comes to assessing this kind of stuff :)) Betty was delighted! She worked on saying "Thank You" with a huge smile on her face and proceeded to tell us (with the help of her nurse) about her grand baby. Elie was so pleased that she spent the rest of the afternoon drawing pictures for as many residents as she could. She made such an impression on the nurse I was working with during the day that they needed to have hugs and an emotional goodby at the end of the day. -What an amazing little girl I have.

You could just see Elie working over the experience in her head throughout the day. At lunch we went to McDonalds because they had a play structure she could play on. Since Elie knows that McDonalds does not have very healthy food, she instructed me to try to buy healthy food for myself so that I wouldn't have to live in a nursing home when I get older. She then told me that when I get old I need to live with her. I plan on reminding her of that later in life.

-Bryce