Happy Halloween

Hilton Head Island Vacation

Becky Dean gifted us with a long weekend at a Hilton Head Island resort.

Dorothy's favorite part of the whole adventure was the little soaps.

More pictures to come!

The Sunday Funnies

Sarah:  Don't do that.**
Dorothy:  Ok, I understand.**
Sarah (to Brian):  She's been saying that all day.**
Dorothy:  And all night.

Dorothy was wearing a fairy skirt and bunny slippers:  I'm a fairy bunny!  I'm going to hop-fly!

You may remember a blog post a few weeks back about a moving, talking toy dog that Dorothy admired at Target.  Today, she saw a commercial for a similar toy dog, and said, "Ahhh, look...the puppy I tried to get home."

Dorothy watches plenty of television, but it is usually a movie on the DVD player.  On vacation this week, she watched some cartoons (with commercials) on broadcast t.v., and told me, "My show keeps changing."

Beach bum

Dorothy is getting so tall

Inside a kaleidoscope

They practiced trick-or-treating at school

Dorothy took her lollipop out of her backpack, unwrapped it, and excitedly exclaimed, "It's real!"

Durham Central Park

Visiting Uncle Patrick & Aunt Sadie in Durham

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy looked at the labels on three bottles of bubble soap and sniffed them all.  She noted correctly of the pink one, "This one smells like bubblegum."  Then she followed-up about the green:  "This one smells like turtles."  And the blue:  "This one smells like octopuses."

We have two copies of the book Read to your Bunny, and I suggested that Dorothy sit on my lap with a doll, and I could read to my bunny, and she could read to hers.  She got a doll and the books, climbed up on my lap, and then asked, "Where is your bunny?"

We're trying to help Dorothy learn not to cry so easily when playing with other kids.  We went to a birthday party and I explained that it was a "no-crying party".  A little into the party, she spilled her drink, and looked at me and said, "That's okay.  The party is all fun."

Dorothy has had a cough, and I was trying to find out how else she was feeling.  I asked Dorothy if it hurt when she coughed; she said yes.  I asked where it hurts; she said, "My mouth."

Dorothy was watching a Tinkerbell movie when she turned to me and announced, "Mama, did you know that Tinkerbell knows how to use sharp scissors?"

At Target:**
Sarah:  Look!  These are the same shoes that we bought for you.**
Dorothy:  But they have a different number on them.

We had a two-day cold snap and I put thick pants on Dorothy for the first time in her memory.  She couldn't get them off; they were stuck around her ankles.  She fussed, "You put pants on me that don't want to come off!"

Meow, boo

Playdate with Gavin & Fable

A tisket...

...a tasket**
a green and yellow basket**
i wrote a letter to my love**
on the way i dropped it

let's sing another one

i dropped it**
i don't know why i dropped it**
i dropped it**
i dropped it**
she dropped it**
the little girl dropped it

Video:  https://youtu.be/riHXllR7CA4

Aww shucks

Morning Face

More Family Day

The Sunday Funnies

Gram & Big Daddy visited this week and gave Dorothy a few souvenirs from their trip.  Dorothy said, "That's surprising to get a present in October."

Dorothy:  Please pick me up and fly me.**
Sarah:  I'm not strong enough to do that.**
Dorothy:  Please do it anyway.

Sarah:  What did you dream last night?**
Dorothy:  I dreamed that you had eight babies.**
Sarah:  What would I do with eight babies?**
Dorothy:  Put them in three cribs.

We received two packages from Amazon addressed to Dorothy.  One was a book from Uncle Daniel & Aunt Valerie.  Dorothy opened the second box, and inside it was a surge protector plug.  She looked at it, looked at me, and said, "Oh.  It's for you."

Gulfstream Family Day 2017

Photo booth video:  https://youtu.be/pMqNxTT4AeE

Goggle Girl

School taught me to sit criss-cross applesauce

3 feet and growing

Gram and Big Daddy gave me a dollar and we're about to spend it

I don't like this song

The Sunday Funnies

When Grandma and Grandpa came to visit last week, Grandma announced, "We have a few presents for you in the car."  Dorothy looked at Mom and said, "It's just like we thought!"

Grandma taught Dorothy to play a drawing game:  draw a few similar objects and then ask the other person questions about your drawing.  Dorothy drew three pumpkins and asked the following questions:**
Which pumpkin has a long tail?**
Which pumpkin has a short tail?**
Which pumpkin has just a butt?

Our washing machine has been giving us some trouble, and Dorothy is somewhat aware of this.  She watched me move the laundry to the dryer, and asked, "Are you trying the other washing machine?"

Sarah:  Ok, it looks like you have everything you need for bed:  a water, 1 flamingo, 1 butterfly, 5 babies, 2 cats.**
Dorothy:  One baby is missing.

Dorothy woke up and noted, "My pillow made my cheek wet again."

Dad:  Get a hand towel and wipe your hands off and wipe your mouth off.**
Dorothy:  Do you mean wipe the yogurt off my hands and face?  You can't wipe your hands off.

Parents Magazine had Savannah Guthrie (of The Today Show) and her children on the cover, and I told Dorothy, "She was pregnant at the same time I was, so that little girl is your age."  Dorothy asked, "Did I play with her a lot of times?"

Taking care of my flamingo baby

Dinner and a movie

Have grandparents, will boardgame

Power watering the plants

Bees away!

And happy birthday cousin Erik!

Mama had a Bachelorette Weekend

Thanks a million to Grandma and Grandpa for traveling from Chicago to celebrate Dorothy's birthday and baby-sit all weekend!

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy and I made pretend s'mores over a pretend campfire, and tasted each other's s'mores.  I said, "Yours tastes even better than mine," and she said, "That's because I put salt on it."

Dorothy finished eating Craisins, and asked, "Can I have some more...craspberries?"

I saw Dorothy playing with a little girl at school, and after school I asked Dorothy what the little girl's name was.  She said, "She doesn't have a name."

A Disney Princess cd was playing in my car; when a new song came on, Dorothy asked, "What girl is singing this one, Mama?"

I asked Dorothy, "What did you do at school today?"  Then she asked me, "What did you do while I was at school today?"

Once again referencing Sour Patch Kids, Dorothy mentioned "Cabbage Patch Spicy Things".

(Happy birthday, Gram!)