Tire swing

Wacky day at school

You did not say your Lls

Video:  https://youtu.be/Xb23bZf9CNE

Butterfly Day

Playground with the ones she loves

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy likes to refer to the present as "now these days", as in "I like yogurt now these days."

Big Daddy was reading an enormous Frozen book to Dorothy (one of those hard-backed giant books with no detail left out).  After nearly 30 minutes reading at the kitchen table, Dorothy said, "This chair is making me uncomfortable.  Let's move to the couch with the book and start over."

Dorothy and I went to an appliance parts store to buy a dryer drum belt; ours had snapped and Brian was going to fix it.  Later I told Brian, "We went to the store and bought the replacement."  Dorothy added, "And a belt."

I took out my driver's license at a store and Dorothy announced, "Your Sarah card!"

Dorothy jumped from the couch to the chair, knocked off the remote control, and the back popped off it.  I rushed over to check out the scene and Dorothy asked, "Was that too much for you?"

I wrote the year (2018) and Dorothy said, "It's almost our neighborhood" (1802 Bacon Park Drive).

Pajama day at school

This is the picture she wanted me to take.

Ballet Photoshop

In full bloom

The ocean called...

New Friends

Dorothy was promoted to Miss Jill's class at her school.  The school isn't big on class lists, but according to her Valentines, here are the trendy names of her new classmates.  I've included the Social Security Administration's ranking of the name's popularity in 2014.

Jace: 68
Aster: not in top 1000
Ellana:  not in top 1000
Belia:  not in top 1000
LJ: not in top 1000
Ryleigh: 188
Henry: 33
Charli: 612
Nicholas: 57
Rye: not in top 1000

Dorothy's name rose in popularity from 729 in 2014 to 652 in 2016.

Frozen Concert

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy and I were looking closely at a penny.
Me:  What is on the front?
Dorothy:  A head and a body.
Me:  What is on the back?
Dorothy:  A tail.  A train.

Dorothy:  When you were a little girl did you used to play Anna and Elsa with Aunt Mary Beth?

Dorothy:  I did something.
Me:  No response.
Dorothy:  You say, "What did you do?"

Dorothy collected all the checker pieces in her hands and asked, "Mom, can I throw these?"  I said, "If you pick them up, yes, you can throw them."  She said, "I already picked them up."

Dorothy walked into the living room fresh from bed, with messy hair and sleepy eyes, and her first words were, "Can you wash sheets?"

We were playing doctor with Dorothy's dolls.  The baby doll was hurt because she didn't wear her helmet and she fell off her bike; I was fussing at the mama doll and saying it was her job to make sure that her baby wears a helmet.  Dorothy, playing the part of the doll mom, replied, "I was just too busy on my computer I didn't notice."

Invented ice skates

Chillin'

In Training

After

Before

A fun day with family

Daniel, Valerie, Alina, & Baby Captain EO visited Savannah.  We enjoyed Oatland Island, Screamin' Mimi's pizza, and a scouting trip to Babies R Us.

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy:  Can I bring nachos for show-&-tell on Friday?

Dorothy was mad at me and said, "I'm going to hit you."  I feigned shock.  So she dialed it back:  "I'm going to put something on you.  Something that rolls.  It's boogers."

Of her new friends in Miss Jill's class:  At school there is a sister, and somebody who owns a sister.  They're twins.

I was choosing Dorothy's clothes for the day.
Sarah:  Isn't the weather funny?  Yesterday you were wearing a sweatsuit and today you are wearing a t-shirt and shorts.
Dorothy:  What was I wearing yesterday?
Sarah:  Oh, do you know that when you wear a sweatshirt together with sweatpants, you can call it a sweatsuit?
Dorothy:  And what do you call wearing a t-shirt and shorts together?

Dorothy received a valentine with something in a package shaped like a llama.
Sarah:  I'm not sure whether it is a candy or a toy.
Dorothy:  I will have to taste it to find out.

Dorothy, unprompted, at dinner:  Dad, I had 3 meltdowns today.