Dorothy, reading: "Mom, this book says that consequences can be good or bad. It just means that something is a result of an action. You always say consequence like it's a bad thing. And did you know that suffrage means the right to vote?"
Things Have Changed
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Friday, March 8, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024
Whiskerella by the Award-Winning Author Ursula Vernon
Dorothy worked hard on her "Video Book Talk" this weekend:
Sunday, March 3, 2024
The Sunday Funnies
Dorothy was reading Anne of Green Gables. "Anne has to go to Sunday School every week," she said. "Finally! A character who has my same problem!"
Dorothy told me: "I started a Maoist Revolution at school."
Me: ????
She continued: "I was the first person to bring a mouse for my computer, and now three other kids have brought them, too."
At Dorothy's request I piled about 15 of her stuffed animals on her bed. She wanted the final two stuffies, and I said that I had left them out because they are electronic and they talk. "They all talk to me," she countered.
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Monday, February 26, 2024
Sunday, February 25, 2024
The Sunday Funnies
In her song Dear John, T. Swift sings, "All the girls that you've run dry have tired, lifeless eyes 'cause you burned them out." "Eww!" Dorothy recoiled. "He burned their eyes out?"
We were listening to a podcast about social rules, and the podcast pointed-out that you wear nicer clothes to church than you wear every day. "Not me," Dorothy noted. [This is true. She picks out her own clothes.] The podcast continued: "And you wear different clothes to sleep in than you wear in the daytime." "Not you!" Dorothy observed.
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Friday, February 23, 2024
Monday, February 19, 2024
Sunday, February 18, 2024
The Sunday Funnies
I loved the Sweet Valley Twins series as a kid. Recently I picked up a few of the books for Dorothy. She was chatting about the main characters, Elizabeth and Jessica, and she referenced The Sixers, which turns out to be the school newspaper. When I asked what The Sixers was, Dorothy fussed, "Mom! Didn't you say you read these!?!"
I went in Dorothy's room to wake her up the morning after the Grammys. She was just a blue lump, 100% covered by blankets. "Last night, Taylor Swift got two awards and announced that she is releasing an album on April 19," I told the lump. Was it awake? A moment passed. "A re-release or a new album?" the lump gruffed.
Dorothy explained, "At school they've made fractions easier for us because we all lived through Covid." "Oh," I replied, "so the math that kids usually do at the beginning of third grade, you're doing closer to the end of third grade?" "No," Dorothy clarified, "they're just making the fractions easier because we all lived through Covid."Saturday, February 17, 2024
Friday, February 16, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Sunday, February 4, 2024
The Sunday Funny
Dorothy was poised to make a clever observation about Taylor Swift. "Mama, you're gonna want this in The Sunday Funnies," she told me. "Get ready to write it down."
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Monday, January 29, 2024
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Friday, January 26, 2024
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Sunday, January 21, 2024
The Sunday Funny
Dorothy has been writing a play she calls Drama: The Musical. She worked hard on typing out the script. Much of it involves the phrase "indistinct chatter."
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Circus Acts