Sunday, March 17, 2024

The Sunday Funny

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?"

Saturday, March 16, 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:

https://youtu.be/7C8R71WJ8eU

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

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."

Dorothy was reading a book about manners. "One thing the book doesn't cover," Dorothy told me, "is what to do if you meet a famous person like Taylor Swift. Should you go up to her and talk, or give her privacy?"

Taylor Swift sings, "My drug is my baby; I'll be using for the rest of my life." Dorothy expressed some concern as to whether Taylor has done drugs. I explained that she is saying that she is obsessed with her baby the way that some people are obsessed with drugs. "So she means 'My baby is my drug,'" Dorothy concluded.

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Friday, February 16, 2024

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Tuesday, February 13, 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

Monday, January 29, 2024

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Saturday, January 27, 2024

44!

Friday, January 26, 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."

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Circus Acts

 

gifts were given

wigs were worn

food was eaten

cannons were shot

poses were struck

trains were boarded

church clothes were packed

cars were lined-up

feet were bubbled

crafts were crafted

movies were watched

tattoos were tatted

performers performed

babies watched Big Daddy instead

games were played

jumps were made