Dorothy has been able to recognize the Notre Dame logo from an early age. Just this week she sussed out that it's made of interlocking letters N and D.
At Easter I unearthed a bright white waffle weave dish towel, which is still in circulation. Dorothy spilled cranberry juice and cleaned it up with the towel. "Ahhh, you're cleaning red juice with my best towel," I said. Dorothy looked at it. "I'm sorry, Mama," she said, "I didn't know that it had a bunny on it."
I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for Dorothy, and I put cranberry sauce on mine in lieu of jelly. "A peanut butter and cranberry sandwich!" Dorothy announced. "Isn't that a good name? Let's tell Daddy that I came up with a name for your sandwich."
Dorothy followed me outside in the morning while I was taking out the garbage. She was in her pjs. "It's a cold day with cold wind," she said. "Not my kind of day." "Well, you're not wearing any pants, socks, shoes, or a sweatshirt. You'd probably feel better if you were wearing some of those," I said. "And even better if I was wearing all of those," she added.
Dorothy informed me that a piece of plastic had gone down the drain during her shower, and I was questioning her about it, and I said it would be okay except that only water is supposed to go down drains. "And dirt," she sassed. "Isn't that the whole point of showers?"
A commercial advertised the t.v. show This is Us, which is apparently on its fifth season. "Wait," Dorothy looked at me questioningly. "There are only four seasons."
Dorothy has been unhappy with her podcasts lately because they've been discussing topics she doesn't like, such as germs and monsters. Last night's Wow in the World episode was about predators. "Predators!" Dorothy complained. "Well, I guess they're talking about predators because it's almost Thanksgiving, and people eat turkeys on Thanksgiving."
Brian was playing a Christmas song on the piano. Dorothy observed, "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays is like the completely wrong song for coronavirus, right? 'Cause we want to go somewhere, but we have to stay home."