We are so close to finishing the license plate game. Dorothy allows a plate to count if I'm alone but I take a picture of it.

*2 states from finishing the continental US

Second grade school photo

 

Second grade class photo

 

More Easter

 

Easter 2023

Cousins Will & Reid

Gulfstream Interiors

Pretty spot-on

Scene from downtown

The Monday Funny

One of Dorothy's podcasts has some funny characters, including, this time, Bob Ralph Macchio.  "He must have gotten married, " Dorothy said, "because his name used to be Bob Ralph Nader."

She went with a spring theme

I picked up some $1 shoes for Dorothy and let her color them

Marshpoint Marathon

Dorothy, Bobby, and a few friends

Chapter 2

The baby birds tweet now

Shhhh, I'm reading

The Sunday Funnies

I challenged Dorothy with a tongue twister.  "I finally understand what it means to say something three times fast," she told me.  "I always thought it meant to say it three times faster than the normal speed."

I offered to change the Elsa & Anna light switch cover plate in Dorothy's room.  "I thought I'd ask because it seems like you're outgrowing Frozen," I said.  "Yeah," she said, "I am.  I mean, it would be better if it was Belle."

The nest!

All in a day's work

The project (sea otter)

The process

The draft

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy wanted me to put on a song by that band "There May Be Giants."

Maisie, Dorothy, Iona

Downtown on St. Paddy's Day

 

Lunch with Dorothy

Dorothy's Second Grade Starters (picks selected by mascot)

From the weekend: skateboards and fairy princesses

Sunday afternoon at the park

The Sunday Funny

We got a new board game, The Game of Life, and Brian was doing the math out loud about whether we had time to fit it in before Dorothy needed to go to bed.  "You two can play it after I go to bed," she said, "after all, it's ages ten and up."

One more from Chuck E Cheese

Dorothy drew her actual friends

(Dorothy pointed out that I posted the picture upside-down.  She is at the bottom, but should be at the top.)

Birthday party last weekend at Chuck E Cheese

First Scattergories

Dorothy's Lenten sacrifice, or is it charity? Either way... :/

The Sunday Funnies

There is a picture book series with titles such as Never Marry a Mermaid and Never Upset a Unicorn.  Dorothy was making up a few, like Never Laugh at a Leprechaun.  I added, "Never Ask an Axolotl."  "It has to be a mystical creature," Dorothy clarified.

We've had Barbie toys and a thrift store Dreamhouse for quite a while.  Dorothy's friends are often more interested in them than she is.  I found a Barbie with a prosthetic leg in Walmart, and this was the ticket she needed to start playing with the toys.  When her friend Iona visited recently, Dorothy announced loudly as Iona walked through the front door, "Iona!  I have good news!  I'm finally into Barbies!"

Dr. Seuss Week Comes to a Close

 Dorothy's Video Book Talk:  https://youtu.be/FE28OODSkUM

Sally (not quite a rainy day)

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Sculpture Contest

Dr. Seuss Week: "Fox in Socks"

Dr. Seuss Week: "If I Ran the Zoo"

New hair!

Art drawer, just-so

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy was reading aloud, and I commented that I was enjoying the book, but that the chapters are too long.  "I like short-chapter books," I said.  Dorothy smoothly replied, "You probably should say short-chaptered books, not short chapter books."

My orchid is starting to bloom again.  "Dorothy, the bloom is open even more now!" I announced.  "Oooohhh," she replied.  "Can you see it from there?" I asked.  In the sweetest way, Dorothy answered, "No, but that's okay, because I don't really care."

I was naming some classically embarrassing scenarios, like having a sock static-clinged to your dress clothes, toilet paper stuck to your shoe, or, finally, tucking your dress into your underwear.  "Oh, yeah," Dorothy reacted to the last example.  "My teachers are always alerting me to that."

I told Dorothy that her friend is going to have a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese.  She scrunched her nose and said, "My friends talk about that.  I don't know what it is."  I explained that it is a pizza restaurant with games or characters.  "Oh, that sounds fun," she said.  "I didn't like it because of the name.  I mean, who likes cheese that is chunky?"

Time for an upgrade

Colonial Georgia Day parade (rescheduled)

Posing for gymnastics

"News in the Neighborhood" podcast

Video:  https://youtube.com/watch?v=3GcsMMla4BU&feature=shares

Bedtime: still reading

Dorothy and Sarah got stuck in an elevator this morning, and firefighters came to rescue them

One more dance flashback