Crazy Hairdo Day to celebrate Dr. Seuss, plus Dorothy's concept drawing for me

 

Read Across America Week

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy is reading A Series of Unfortunate Events.  Brian said to her, "I like that the book uses big words but then it tells you what they mean."  "Yeah," she replied, "why don't they just use small words instead?"

Evening fun with friend Iona

Dorothy's spelling homework was to write a letter to a book character using her spelling words

 

Amelia Bedelia,

Do you have a boat?  Do you have a favorite soap?  Do you like toast?  When was the last time you were on the road?  Do you have a favorite show?  Do you grow flowers?  Do you like to throw balls?  Do you like the color yellow?  Do you know why we have toes?  Oh here goes my time for writing to you!

Love,

Dorothy

Here's the inventory of what we'll dig up on 2/22/28

 

Dorothy has been working on a time capsule which she wanted to bury on 2/22/22

 

2-22-22

 

Students got to wear tutus, tie dye, tiaras, and/or ties today.  Dorothy has been living for this.

Later-"graham" (weekend s'mores)

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy brought home a bag of Valentines from school and dumped them on the floor.  As she examined each one, I got to listen to her exclaim aloud to the giver:  "Samantha, I love this!"  "Owen, thank you!"...

Dorothy is learning to use the microwave.  She heated up butter, and it wasn't completely melted, so I said, "I think it needs to go a couple more seconds."  "Ok," she said, "so two more seconds?"

Dorothy uses Bonetti's defense

All this from one SHOPPING SPREE!

 

(post titled by Dorothy)

Shopping Spree

Dorothy received money at Christmas, and after lots of planning we completed a shopping spree over two weekends.  Here is what Dorothy bought, in her own words:

cute blue Scruff-a-Luvs

amazingly light clay

cool new light-up shoes

cool paint-your-own-rainbow light

cute Cabbage Patch baby bunny

little unicorn doll & unicorn

Dee the My Squishy Little Dumpling

a rock from a Super Dig It kit

2 Lego Dots bracelets

6 hair extensions

L.O.L. activity pack

5 bracelets

A Mini Brands 5-Surprise

a plush penguin

Upside-Down Challenge Game

Surprise Kinetic Sand

L.O.L. coin purse and nice foam circle inside

cool foam dry erase block

and finally, a Baby Born Surprise Exclusive Doll that came with a Baby Born Surprise playset

These slippers are the hot new thing

To Sarah From Brian (just kidding)

Happy Valentine's Loot Day

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy reads packaging like her Daddy.  She recently bought a playset with a little pond area that squirts water, and she consistently calls it the "working flower shower," as in, "Let's put the dolls in the working flower shower."

Dorothy was reading the Walmart-brand bath items in the shower.  Previously we've discussed the little letters like ®, ™, and ©.  She asked, "Why does it always say something with a ™, compare to something with an ®, like Equate™, compare to Dial®?"  I answered, "Well, ™ means trademark, and ® means registered trademark, but I'm not exactly sure what the difference is."  "Maybe they ™ 'd the ™ ," she posed.

Kittycat playdate

Dressed in Superbowl colors for school (We're pulling for the Koalas)

Haircut at night, haircut next morn

 

Dorothy with Gigi, her piano teacher

7-year-old in her natural environment

The halfway point

The Sunday Funnies

I noticed the exaggerated fonts on a few words in a book that Dorothy was reading, and I mentioned it.  "I don't like it," Dorothy said.  "It makes it seem like it's not a chapter book."

Dorothy was looking at a children's picture book called Anti-Racist Baby.  "It's talking about real things, but it rhymes," Dorothy observed.

Playdate with Willa

Birthday Twirl (Mom is 42)

 Birthday twirl:  https://youtu.be/91tUkoXpBXk

Leg-o

Prepped for 2-2-22

Dorothy had a school project about nests

It was her turn to take home the "STEAM backpack" and do various activities which included building a nest.

The Sunday Funnies

For CCD homework, we watched a video about Jesus healing a sick child.  The video begins, "Once Jesus did something that really seems impossible.  It's actually impossible to explain how it happened because it was done by the power that comes from God."
Later in the story, the narrator describes, "They realized that what had just happened was a miracle."
Dorothy commented, "That's actually kind of easy to explain."

Dorothy was excited.  "We got to play any game we wanted to in technology class today!  Any game!"
"Ms. Gamble must have been in a good mood," I said.
"She wasn't there," Dorothy explained.  "We had a substitute, Ms. Browne.  But none of the games were working, so we all played Santa Tracker.  There's 334 days until Christmas."

Dorothy appeared in the kitchen after bedtime.  "After I finished playing in bed, and I went to the bathroom, and washed my hands, I wanted to come out and let you know that I'm all finished.  I like to do that.  It just seems right."

Dorothy's homework was to make a word search with her spelling words, including plan and plane.  I noticed that she made a mistake and wrote plan twice, but no plane.  Gently, I suggested, "I think I need some help finding plane."  "Find it yourself!" she sassed.  (!)

Every day when I pick up Dorothy she overflows with details of the games she and her friends made up at school.  This is my favorite part of the day.  Today, she explained, "Lots of things got adopted at school today.  Evelyn adopted Olivia.  I adopted Omar's left Baby Yoda glove."

Dorothy came into my bedroom early on Saturday morning.  "It's seven o'clock," she said.  "It's early," I said.  "Don't you wanna get up?" she asked.  "Don't you want a longer day?"

A video was discussing how the Lego Friends brand opened-up the world of Legos to girls, and Dorothy took this literally:  "You mean Legos were only for boys?!"

The Muppet Show

New kicks all around

Happy birthday, Daddy!

Chocolate chip eyes, blogged at Dorothy's request

Oz book #27

Practice, practice

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy got into the car after school and complained about her duty assignment for the week.  "I've been waiting all year to be 'the snake' when we walk in the halls!  And this week it's finally my week and it's only a 4-day week!"

"Dorothy," I said, noticing her book, "haven't you read that book before?"  "Mom," she retorted, "It's a choose-your-own-adventure!"

Random flashback

I smell gingerbread cookies

100th day of school (dress like you're 100)

 

Reading glasses (she won't break character)

Today Dorothy declared these done

New toy (spending that Christmas cash)

The Sunday Funny

Brian singsongs: Georgie Porgie pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry.
Dorothy: Wait, what?
Brian: Oh, it's just an old song, that's how it goes.
Dorothy: Good tears or sad tears?

Gingerbread kits on clearance and leftover Halloween candy

Johnny Mathis and Gram stopped in for a quick visit

Roblox lesson from Mary Claire

Mouse Trapped!

Outdoor delivery for neighborhood friend

Dorothy's homework was to measure her bed in units of shoes

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy was sleeping in her bed on the first night that she used her canopy.
"I think that tomorrow we should have a major cleaning day," she said.
"Ok," I asked, "why?"
"Well, the canopy looks really nice and makes me think that my room should be clean.  And if my room is clean, it makes me think that the whole house should be clean.  If the whole house is clean, we won't have to close all the doors when people come over."

Dorothy received a board game as a gift.  The premise is that a fox stole a pie and you have to figure out which fox did the deed.  Dorothy was studying the box.  "It's just like Clue," she announced, "but not scary!"

We were playing Sorry and Dorothy and I teamed-up against Brian.  "Girls rule!  Boys drool!" I exclaimed at some point.  Dorothy looked at me with surprise.  "How do you know that?  Kids in my class made that up!" she said.

Flashback to Chicago (Hidden Lake)

Good morning, Mama

Dorothy's milk dripped in the shape of a snowman and winter hat

Flashback to Pajama Day at school just before Christmas

2 hours of play and 30 minutes of cleanup, I call it a win