Dorothy and a friend sorted our marbles

 

And Dorothy took home the trophy!

 

Marshpoint held its schoolwide spelling bee this morning

 

We had 9 days off together, but everything started back up today

 

The Advent of Advent

 

The Thankful List 2025

What are you thankful for this November?  (some categories provided)

1. Family member:  Mae
2. You guys (Mom & Dad)
3. The time change (makes getting up so much easier)
4. A memory:  Getting Hammy
5. Sandwiches
6. Card games (because Mom & Dad chose those on their lists today)
7. A place:  Our house
8. Stella the Bear
9. Baby Joseph
10. A thing:  Folders with music in them
11. Books & bookstores & libraries
12. Stuffed animals in general
13. Any person:  All my friends
14. Thanksgiving
15. Crafts
16. A food:  Ramen
17. I don't have enough squares for all my family members, so all of them go here
18. Hammy
19. Things for the future:  Sleeping in my new bed
20. The fact that Band-Aids exist (I keep getting injured)
21. Slime
22. Activity:  Not falling in the [camp]fire
23. Movies
24. This vacation [North Carolina]
25. Dramamine, even though it's disgusting
26. [Brian suggests] Shape:  Circle
27. [Sarah suggests] A family tradition:  The Thankful List

Leicester, North Carolina, with Patrick, Sadie, Will, Reid, and Mae

 

Sierra Nevada Brewery

Grove Park Inn

International Night at Marshpoint (find Dorothy)

 

Dorothy's Magical Recipe for Book Week at School

 

Dorothy stayed up late and got up early to finish this year's Fair Bear Creative Writing Contest essay

 

SING Fall Concert

 

GMEA Honor Chorus

 

Science Project Complete!

 

Introducing a new family member, Stella

 

5th grade school photo

 

Weekend birthday party

 

Dorothy carved our pumpkin this year

 

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy comes home from school with stories about her friends wanting to taste all her foods at lunch.

Today, she said, "Aubrey wanted a piece of my seaweed.  I told her she could have one, but if anybody else asked for one, she would have to share hers with them."

I said, "That's a good idea.  Why are your friends so interested in your food?  Do you ever eat some of theirs?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because it's disgusting," Dorothy replied.

"What is disgusting about the foods they bring?" I asked.

"Their foods aren't disgusting," she clarified.  "Sharing food is disgusting."

Costume post-view

 

Elphaba with Galinda

Dorothy was looking forward to wearing false lashes...

...and fake nails

Candy-trading

Kiss cam!

Costume preview

 

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy's language is growing as fast as she is and I'm tickled when her comments surprise me...

Regarding a tv show we were watching:  "That show had a lot of f-bombs."

Regarding a suggestion I made about her science project:  "Trust the process."

Regarding the heist at the Louvre, when I said that there is a manhunt going on across France:  "They're probably in another country by now."

Slow to leave the car after school

 

During a school assembly today, Dorothy was recognized for her Fair Bear essay award!

I'm told this snack had something to do with earthquake models

 

Digging in sand at the beach

 

Class pic from day 50

 

50th Day of School

Flashback to the Fair

Yeah, science!

 

102 Dalmations

 

Dorothy's drama class concluded with a play that the kids wrote. She played a frog.

 

We keep celebrating Fair Bear! Dorothy is the featured story on the school system's website!

 

https://www.sccpss.com/news/news-landing-page/~board/district-news/post/sccpss-student-declared-overall-winner-of-statewide-fair-bear-writing-contest

Dorothy hosted Marshpoint's morning news program this week!

 Video:  https://youtu.be/O-QMhbGIv_k?si=CMj8843HlNIv8VCK

Science Project Ahead: Guess the Topic!

 

The rest of the day at the fair!

The Georgia National Fair takes place in Perry, GA.

It was our first visit to the fair.

Gram & Big Daddy visit every year.

Step 1:  candy apple

Threaded hair

The start of the thrilling ride

The end of the thrilling ride

We stayed from morn till night

"Now I can tell everyone that I have ridden a camel."

Brian was chosen to be hypnotized (he didn't go under)

Dorothy laughed so hard at the hypnotist show that she snorted.