Church Directory Photo Proofs: The Good & The Bad

Take a picture of this

This picture does not betray how quickly she ran to the doughnuts after Mass

The Sunday Funnies

We have a hand-me-down paperback Barbie book, and we recently watched the Barbie movie of the same story.  The movie was long and included much more detail.  Dorothy said to me, "I know why this book doesn't have the whole story!  I think some of the pages were torn out!"

Dorothy often misunderstands when villains are being insincere or sarcastic (or using terms she doesn't know) and she credits them with kind intentions.  In the Barbie movie, the scared villain spoke to the heroine's barking dog, "Nice puppy, nice puppy."  Dorothy said, "The bad guy is calling him a nice puppy, so the bad guy must be a little bit good because he's calling him nice."

I complained that my body creaked and I must be getting old.  Dorothy responded, "It's hard for Gram to get down and it's hard for Big Daddy to get up."

We were gluing sequins on paper.  I asked, "Are you sad?  You look sad."  Dorothy said, "No, that's just my craft face."

Dorothy and Avert at the beach

It's not a collection

Are you bigger than a breadbox?

My Book About Me

Bacon Park Dr.

I was looking up restaurants near my house, and I entered my address on Google Maps.  I called Dorothy over to show her the picture of our house on "street view", which was taken when we had Halloween decorations on display back in 2014.

I told her, "This is a picture of our house when you were just born.  That was back when we had those two big trees in the yard that you see in this picture."  I kept noticing details that have changed.  "That was back when we still had those little bushes along the walkway.  That was back when the neighbor's house was yellow, so that's why we still call it 'the yellow house'."

Dorothy, looking at the picture, chimed in: "That was back when there were words in the street."

The Sunday Funnies

Sarah:  Do you want to go outside?
Dorothy:  Nyah. (This is a new addition to her vocabulary.)
Sarah:  What?
Dorothy:  Nyah.  That means "no".

Dorothy let me know that ladybugs are only girls, not boys.  I asked if baby ladybugs have daddies.  She said, "They just have two mommies."

Sometimes I'll ask Dorothy a question and halfway through the story I'll realize that she has explained it to me before.  She usually also lets me know that she is telling me again.  Recently, she's let me know by saying, "I told you this when I was three."

Shark attack

Workin' for a living

Dorothy made this Halloween t-shirt

After I told her that (lacking an orange shirt) purple can be a Halloween color, she chose to make a blue pumpkin and a pink ghost.

Take a picture of this stick

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy watches YouTube videos of toy unboxings.  The person on camera will often ask a question, such as "Do you like this new puppy dog?  If you like it, say you like it in the comments."

Dorothy will respond aloud, "I like it in the comments."

Dorothy's teacher Ms. Candace mentioned to me that she has two horses.  I mentioned this to Dorothy, who said, "She also has two dogs.  One of her dogs has four legs, and the other dog has three legs."  "Oh?  What happened to the fourth leg on the other dog?" I asked.  Dorothy said, "It was stolen."

Mushrooms and jelly shoes

Dorothy was in the yard with Dad today when she came inside and excitedly told me that she had found a mushroom. She borrowed my phone and took a picture of it for me.

Visit from Gram and Big Daddy and another birthday celebration

Halloween catalog

I love it when I discover things around the house Dorothy has done without telling me.

I'll find the step stool out of place and look up a few feet to figure out what high thing she was trying to reach.

She hides little rocks and other keepsakes from the school playground in her socks and they fly out when she takes off her shoes at home.

Here you can see that she paged through a Halloween catalog and circled all the things she liked.  (On other pages she crossed out the creepy things she didn't like.)

All day long Dorothy asks me to take pictures of things she likes

Dorothy tries to open string cheese

We read our first chapter book: B is for Betsy

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy's four-year-old doctor's appointment went fine, but of course there were multiple immunization shots and tears and such.  After the appointment, Dorothy was treated to ice cream and a little set of plastic dolls called "My Mini MixieQ's".

In bed that night, Dorothy played with her little dolls, and she called me in to tell me, "I'm pretending that these My Mini MixieQ's are going to the doctor.  They're doing all the same things I did today, except..."

She paused, and I expected her to say "except they do not get shots."

Instead, she said, "except...they will not get Mini MixieQ's for a present because they are Mini MixieQ's!"

This week, Book. Next week, Dean.

This is the ice cream that followed Dorothy's four-year-old doctor's appointment and immunizations

What are you doing, Grandpa?

Dorothy's birthday festivities with Grandma & Grandpa, who visited from Chicago

Exploring her new LOL Surprise Dolls with Dad

Does anybody know what flower this is?  I call it a "Dragon Flower".

Skidaway Island State Park

Birthday sign

Leftover cupcakes

Dorothy's 4th birthday party in the park

Dorothy wears this hat from her godmother every year.

Dorothy said that a "movie party" means "Elsa-Anna plates and napkins".

This banner is on its 4th edition.

Group photo

We had to discuss these post-modern candles.

The Sunday Funnies

One day if Dorothy reads these Sunday Funnies she'll be surprised to find out that the salt shaker she loves to use on all her food has tape over the top to make sure no salt comes out.

Lately Dorothy is into:
string cheese
LOL Surprise! videos on YouTube where people unbox and describe the toys.
Pointing out the word "no" on signs and in books.
Audiobooks and podcast stories, aka "princess stories"

Things Dorothy does not like:
Balloons (because they pop) -- she asked for an "Elsa-Anna birthday party with no balloons"
Glow sticks (because they fade)

For Dorothy's birthday, Brian imitated a Frozen short where Elsa sets-up a string that runs through the house.  When Anna wakes, she follows the string to collect presents placed along the way.  Dorothy woke up, saw the yellow string attached to her bed, and immediately understood.  After the fun of following the string and opening presents, we watched the short, Frozen Fever, on t.v.  Dorothy took notes and corrected her dad:  "You used a yellow string, but Elsa used a red string for Anna."

Happy birthday, Dorothy!