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!