ConGRADulations, Alina!

 

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy's friend slipped her an invitation to his birthday party, but the whole class wasn't invited.  I asked her when he gave it to her, and she revealed a method the kids used all year long:

"When we want to go somewhere, we roll our pencil there, and then we get out of our seats to get the pencil.  So Grady rolled his pencil to me, and gave me the invitation, and then I rolled my pencil to my backpack, and I got up and put it in there."

Take a picture of this before I take it apart

Blueberries are sweetest picked in the morning

I missed the memo on last day of school pics

Reviewing the rules before the final accusation

Hammy Cameo

The Sunday Funny

Brian and I were discussing how both of us have friends from elementary school whose parent recently died.  Dorothy wanted some explanation, and I offered, "Daddy and I are at the stage where the parents of our friends who are our same age are starting to die."  A few quiet moments passed, then Dorothy broke the somber silence:  "I guess we're all thinking the same thing."

Dorothy and the fairies

End-of-year picnic

This is Dorothy's robot, which reminded us of the Colorforms mascot

Mother's Day art from school

Dorothy made posters & staged a Hamster Circus

Dorothy has claimed this chair

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy had several envelopes she wanted to open.  "I need the letter slicer," she told me.

Dorothy returned two plastic buckets of sidewalk chalk to the carport.  "You're really growing!" I encouraged her.  "You cleaned-up the chalk without my asking."  "Actually, it's mud," she confessed.

"Your room looks good," I told Dorothy after we cleaned it.  "I know!" she answered.  "I can practically sleep on the floor!"

The story from school is that Devon brings deodorant to school.  Apparently several students wear deodorant, but Devon brings it to school.  "Jace says Devon wants to impress Evalyn," Dorothy told me.

Dorothy's school hosted a book swap before summer

Tybee on a Tuesday Eve

 

24 First Communion Pics!

May 6, 2023

Dad & Grandpa Chuck

Grandma Marilyn & Grandpa Chuck

Grandma Marilyn, Mama, & Gram

Big Daddy & Gram

Uncle Daniel, Maddux, & Andrew

Godmother Mary Beth

Aunt Fran & Uncle Tom

Dad & Mom

Hammy has a spot on the local library wall for National Pet Month

First Communion (more to come...lots more...)

 

Static shock game

Dorothy attended a First Communion retreat today, and they made bread

Smoothie & a good book

At the end of the chalk rainbow

The Sunday Funny

For years we've explained color blindness to Dorothy as "the colors get mixed-up."  After a long back-and-forth this week, she made it clear that she thought color blindness meant that you see all colors clearly, but they appear swapped-around, like a rainbow ordered "yellow, blue, orange, red, purple, green."

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