This fairy appeared while we were watching tv last night

The best part about this is that it does not require a parent's attention

One more photoshoot post

 

All the pics are at DorothyJane.Shutterfly.com

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy asked, "So what are birds for, anyway?  Making music?"

I mentioned to Brian that two people stopping to chat in our yard had complimented the gate he built.  Dorothy added, "Then people will be like, 'How much for the gate?'"

Often lately, if you correct Dorothy's pronunciation as she reads, she'll counter, "Well, I say it like..."

"Dorothy, I have a picture of me wearing this dress when I was your age.  I'll show it to you later," I said.  "Is it in black and white?" Dorothy asked.

Overheard while Dorothy was reading and turned to an illustrated page:  "Oh, I should have seen that!  It's not the Fairyland Place, it's the Fairyland Palace!"

Dorothy's teacher was out for the day because her son was sick.  When I picked up Dorothy from school, she announced, "We had a spare teacher today!"

Lately Dorothy is obsessed with the idea of a diary.  I told her that I found one online that she could buy with her $5.  "How many keys does it have?" she asked.  "Two," I told her.  "But I've thought of four places to hide the keys," she said.

Family shots

 

Dorothy & Dad

 

Dorothy & Mom

 

Portraits by Caroline Archer Photography

 

Mama made me put on this dress for 5 minutes again this year

 

(Last quarantine year, too)

Easter Funday

 

The Sunday Bunnies

These are knot cookies.

Paint Sample Poetry

 Video:  https://youtu.be/8-43IFL9a1s

Spring fairy

Flashback to a very rainy day

Who wore it better?

 

24-hour Challenge

Dorothy and Brian attempted the "24-hour challenge" to stay outside for a whole day and night.  Dorothy learned about this on YouTube.  They did pretty well.  This tent is in our backyard.

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy's teacher read Little Red Riding Hood, which included the mother's warning, "Don't linger and don't talk to strangers."  Halfway into the story, Dorothy's teacher asked the students, "What is Little Red Riding Hood doing that her mother told her not to do?"  She continued, "That's right, she's talking to a stranger."  Dorothy unmuted herself:  "And she's lingering!"

As soon as Dorothy lost that front tooth, I booked our photographer friend

Dorothy with her doll Lloyd, who also lost a tooth

So this happened

Soccer and spring

 

Frog pond

Yardwork helper

The Sunday Funnies

We were watching Enchanted, and there's a cute scene where a little girl is talking with the fairytale princess, and she says something along the lines of "boys only want one thing," and the princess asks what that is, and the girl says, "I don't know, my dad won't tell me."  So Dorothy asked me what it is, and I said that I don't know, because the movie didn't say.  "Can you Google it?" Dorothy followed.

Dorothy likes to sneak-read my People Magazine, although I tell her not to.  She showed her guilt when she fussed at me, "You didn't tell me that Katie Perry had a baby!"

I handed Dorothy a chapter book and told her to look through it and see if it was at her level.  She brought it back to me and said, "I'm not sure this book is for me, because the sentence doesn't end on the page."  (She meant that the sentences continue onto the following page; I had never noticed that her books' sentences end on each page, and I checked, and, in fact, they do!)

Outside is magical right now

Dorothy made a "nature crown"

Dogwood blooms then and now

Half-birthday blooms

Six-and-a-half!  https://youtu.be/yRixWsvFNzQ

The Sunday Funnies

Brian made some delicious waffles and I gave Dorothy one to eat while she was watching t.v.  I didn't dress it up because she was on the couch and it was already so tasty.  I checked-in on Dorothy and she hadn't touched it.  "Don't forget about your waffle," I told her.  "I haven't ate it," she said.  "It has no other things."

Dorothy likes to use the word succeed in its transitive way, such as playing a game and saying "If I succeed four, it'll be the best I've done!" and "Do you think I can succeed five?"

We were reading a book explaining how things work, and Dorothy wasn't interested in hearing a few of the grosser pages.  I told her to let me read it to myself, and then we'd move on.  "I didn't know you could read so fast," she told me when I turned the page.

Dorothy's class was studying fairy tales.  They learned that many fairy tales begin with "Once Upon a Time."  "What words are at the end of many fairy tales?" the teacher asked, and called on Dorothy.  "The End," Dorothy answered, and after a pause, added, "but before that, they often say 'And they all lived happily ever after.'"

Dorothy was playing with the tassels of a blanket which she referred to as the "bristles."

Dorothy picked up a book to read and I said, "Come with me.  I'm going to sit on the bench outside and read my book, and you can bring your book and sit with me."  "Okay, but I'm going to read out loud," Dorothy warned me.

Leisurely Saturday

Our dogwood is soon to bloom

Secret Talent

Video link:  https://youtu.be/QQymOeVv53o

So we're playing Clue now

No strategy yet, but we understand the rules.  Oh, and the mystery is "Who captured the unicorn?"