Baptism Day for Reid

McDonald's on our roadtrip

When cousins are two of a kind!

Another tooth down

Three-seater

Morning brownies

Dorothy made this painting today and her parents were very impressed

Dorothy at the "Art Bus"

Dorothy at the dinner party

Dorothy at the art exhibit

Summer Friends

Dorothy likes to play in the truck bed (and she's tickled that it's called a "bed")

In summer, we errand together (and happy 69th birthday, Big Daddy!)

 

Dorothy enjoyed a week at summer camp at a nature preserve despite our heat advisory

Sarah and the Maverick

Weekend ice cream playdate

Rearranging Dorothy's bedroom

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy appeared at 9 a.m. and announced, "I slept in 'cause I was sleepy."

Dorothy will, of course, eavesdrop or read over our shoulders.  Brian was explaining something on the news to Dorothy, and she interrupted him:  "I know.  I over-read something on Mama's phone."

Dorothy was playing a video game where various bouncing characters move through different landscapes.  "Help Derek trudge through the forest," the game instructed.  Dorothy pushed the button and he made soaring leaps through the terrain, rigged like all the other characters.  "He's not exactly trudging," Dorothy snarled.

Big Daddy once again expressed surprise that Dorothy, who is afraid of many things, likes A Series of Unfortunate Events, which they are both reading.  "I thought the worst part was when the aunt got eaten by giant leeches," he said.  "I still can't believe you like these books!"  "Well they weren't giant leeches," Dorothy corrected.

We backbend

Picking blackberries at our neighbor Rick's house

Dorothy at the Antique Store

 

Flavor of the Day with Gram & Big Daddy

 

First Piano Recital

The Sunday Funnies

I gave Dorothy a new, packaged base plate to add to her Legos.
"Hmmm, they're calling base plates 'Make-It Blocks' now," Dorothy observed.
"I got this at the Dollar-and-a-Quarter Store," I told her.
"It looks like the spaces are a little too wide for Legos," she said, but then added, "but, I guess it's okay; it says Works with all leading brands."

Dorothy mentioned her classmate Brennan:  "He has orangish red hair, but he likes to call it strawberry blonde."

Dorothy was disappointed that the team on Double Dare didn't win the obstacle course and the grand prize.  The announcer summed up their total prize winnings.  Dorothy offered, "Since they have over five thousand dollars, I guess they can go to Space Camp anyway."

The neighborhood pool is open for the summer

 

Some photos from Brian's bike ride in Kentucky with his dad, and our visit with Brian's college roommate Shane in North Carolina

 

Dorothy's view

May 2021

 

May 2020

 

May 2019

 

May 2018

May 2017

May 2016

Flashback: May 2015

Flashback to May 2014 (Flashbacks ahead: Mama's camera is broken)

 

So we had a little fun with Dorothy's calendar of school dress-up days

Peace out, first grade!

 

End-of-year picnic: Dorothy was given the "Future Author Award" by her teacher, Ms. Hattrich

 

The Sunday Funnies

Brian was telling Dorothy about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  "Turtles that are the size of humans and eat pizza?  That's ridiculous," Dorothy said.  Brian explained, "Well, a radioactive ooze caused them to mutate, which made them grow and talk, and they were trained to fight by their sensei, Splinter, who is a rat."  Dorothy listened attentively and then dismissed, "Well that makes it even less realistic."

We saw a commercial for "Ace Hardware, your neighborhood store."  "We don't have one of those," Dorothy commented.  "Yes we do," I said, "that's where Daddy gets paint sometimes."  "It's not in our neighborhood," she pointed out.

Egg toss

"Orange you great" day

 

Next up she wants to conquer the cartwheel

Still rockin' the unicorn helmet (photo from the weekend)

Dressed as Violet Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events with a "thinking ribbon" in her hair

 

Batgirl

Pretzel smiles with Iona

School spring portrait