Tie-dying shirts at school

I have been asked if this was a reminder for Dorothy, but it was Dorothy's reminder for Mama

Rack-o

Dorothy outgrew her old tie-dyed shirts, so we made new ones

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy asked me why I don't have cuts and scrapes on my elbows and knees like she does.  "Well, you're 8, and you're more active than me," I told her.  "And you are always wearing long sleeves and long pants?" she added.

In a tree house

Spot the Girl (part II)

New day, same spot

Spot the girl

The Otter Research Project

3 friends sharing planted pine trees for Earth Day

 

The Sunday Funnies

We were discussing how some people talk on the phone a lot, but I do not.  Dorothy noted that I use Marco Polo instead.  "I liked you better before you learned about Marco Polo," she told me.

We saw a mom driving without her kids, and Dorothy remarked, "Maybe she went to the grocery store, or to change the gas in the car."

Dorothy asked about a sign on the door of a store about liability for illness or death from COVID-19, and I explained simply, "It's saying that if you come in the store and catch COVID and die, you can't sue the store."  "Or someone else can't sue," she pointed out, "because you can't sue if you're dead."

I left a note for our houseguests in case they arrived when we weren't home.  We beat them home, and Dorothy told me, "That note is so funny.  I think you should leave it on the door, because if you say those words out loud, they won't be as funny as reading them."

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