Doll salon

Goat yoga

The Sunday Funnies

We needed gloves for a craft project.  Latex gloves must have popped into Dorothy's mind, because she said, "We need the kind that smell like the dentist."

We've seen the actor Tony Hale in lots of shows lately, including The Mysterious Benedict Society, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and, this weekend, Hocus Pocus 2.  Dorothy noted, "He might get hired for everything because he can laugh so long and so well."

For Christmas last year Dorothy bought me a mug and she bought Brian a stuffed animal from her school's "Santa Shop."  I use my mug daily, and Brian displays his stuffed animal on his bookshelf.  Out of the blue this week, I told Dorothy, "I just love this mug.  It says World's Best Mom, but I think it should say World's Best World's Best Mom Mug."  A few quiet seconds passed.  "Mama, you are the world's best mom," Dorothy said.  My heart melted.  After a beat, she added, "There was also a mug at the Santa Shop that said World's Best Dad, but I didn't get it because..."  Pregnant pause.  She finished:  "Because it had dinosaurs on it, and Daddy likes cute things, so I got him the stuffed animal instead."

Dorothy is never so still as at the dentist

Just your typical October morning

Hammy Love

Really working on the handstand lately

We went in our pajamas to buy a pumpkin. Sometimes we take pictures of toys we don't buy.

And Happy Birthday, Gram!

Potions

Home for the Hurricane

Mud pie with her neighborhood bestie

Oreo phases of the moon (photo from school)

 

Yesterday these girls closed down our neighborhood pool for the season

The Sunday Funny

We were playing Family Trivial Pursuit, and a kids' card asked a question that Dorothy would not know.  I said I would give her three answer choices:  Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, or Bill Clinton.  "Bill Clinton," Dorothy guessed.  "No," I answered, "It's Richard Nixon."  "The only person I know out of those is Bill Clinton," she said, "so I thought that you might have made up the others."

"And now for the worst part...the notes!"

Scenes from Sunday, spending that birthday money

In the lab

Dorothy has been asking to learn poker

Home again, home again, germ-ity germ

We love our nocturnal pet

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy's new playground schedule has allowed her to rekindle her friendship with her kindergarten classmate Delilah, or, as Dorothy explained, "reboot" her friendship.

Dorothy's 8th birthday sleepover with Iona & Willa: many, many pics

 

#8 birthday sign

Flying spinners

Tie-dyed socks

Mama saved boxes

Princess

Charm bracelets

Shadow dance

"Bring something to entertain yourself," Dorothy wrote on the invitation. (She meant books.)

Tie-dying socks

Hamster play

Cupcakes & ice cream sundaes

Presents

Silly string

"Pizza from a store"

Pin-the-Seed-on-the-Hamster

Water balloons

50+ pics:  https://photos.app.goo.gl/RkeuBWRT5H9NrNrn8

Birthday banner through the years

 

Birthday morning

Dorothy wanted to wake up and "follow the string!" like in a Frozen short.  The path included some toys and ended with her favorite fruit, raspberries.

Adding extra sprinkles to store-bought cupcakes, and anticipating presents

 

Legos, tablet, tattoos...recent playspace

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy was telling me that her new teacher has all the kids use the bathroom before recess.  "Oh," I said.  "That is a good idea.  Remember last year when the teacher had to take the whole class inside from recess because you had to go to the bathroom?"  Dorothy said flatly, "I guess Mrs. Hattrich learned her lesson, because after that she hired an assistant on the playground."

Dorothy made up a riddle:  "What has 5 letters and you have to guess it?"
Answer:  Wordle
(funny, she points out, because "Wordle" has 6 letters.)

Dorothy set-up a Lego family with two mothers and a son.  "This child is genetically impossible," she said, "Because one mom has brown hair and blue eyes, and the other mom has brown hair and brown eyes, and the child has blond hair and green eyes."