Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Monday, September 10, 2018
Dorothy at four years old (I)
Taken by our friend Caroline, Caroline Archer Photography
Downtown Savannah
August 2018
Sunday, September 9, 2018
The Sunday Funnies
Dorothy's first words each morning continue to be whatever is rolling around in her head. Today, she greeted me with, "Did you know that the humperback is the biggest dolphin in the dolphin family?"
Sarah: What is it about princesses that you like so much?
Dorothy: They're so pretty. Their clothes are so pretty. I like to dress like them. I like their tiaras. I like that they wear tiaras. I like their pretty songs.
Dorothy volunteered, "I want to have an Elsa-Anna birthday party this year. The little kids and the big kids at school told me that they don't have plain birthday parties, they have movie birthday parties."
Dorothy's backpack is from the Skip Hop Zoo collection. As you've seen in pictures, hers is a raccoon. For the new school year, I got her a new backpack -- similar to the last, but a hedgehog. Dorothy opened this back-to-school present and exclaimed, "A new raccoon backpack!"
Sarah: What is it about princesses that you like so much?
Dorothy: They're so pretty. Their clothes are so pretty. I like to dress like them. I like their tiaras. I like that they wear tiaras. I like their pretty songs.
Dorothy volunteered, "I want to have an Elsa-Anna birthday party this year. The little kids and the big kids at school told me that they don't have plain birthday parties, they have movie birthday parties."
Dorothy's backpack is from the Skip Hop Zoo collection. As you've seen in pictures, hers is a raccoon. For the new school year, I got her a new backpack -- similar to the last, but a hedgehog. Dorothy opened this back-to-school present and exclaimed, "A new raccoon backpack!"
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Friday, September 7, 2018
Thursday, September 6, 2018
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Monday, September 3, 2018
Sunday, September 2, 2018
The Sunday Funnies
We like to taste the flavors of Skittles. Recently, I gave Dorothy M&Ms, and she tasted each color and let me know the following:
Red is red apple.
Green is lime.
Orange is orange.
Yellow is lemon.
Brown is chocolate chip.
Blue is all the flavors mixed together.
I love hearing Dorothy's language come together. She filled a cup until it was overflowing with water, and said, "Oops. I think I need fewer water."
I guess I don't dress up enough. I donned a dress and jewelry for an event on Monday evening. Dorothy wouldn't quit saying, "Mom, you look so beautiful. Your dress looks beautiful. Your earrings look beautiful. Your shoes look beautiful. Your eyes look beautiful." The next morning, snuggling in pajamas and with nothing on the agenda that day, Dorothy woke me from bed with the request, "Mom, you looked so beautiful yesterday. Can you wear that same outfit again today?"
We were playing camping and I took out Dorothy's magnetic fishing pole and fish. She told me, "We can catch these but we aren't going to eat them. These are 'Up Fish'. We can catch them because they can live up out of water."
Red is red apple.
Green is lime.
Orange is orange.
Yellow is lemon.
Brown is chocolate chip.
Blue is all the flavors mixed together.
I love hearing Dorothy's language come together. She filled a cup until it was overflowing with water, and said, "Oops. I think I need fewer water."
I guess I don't dress up enough. I donned a dress and jewelry for an event on Monday evening. Dorothy wouldn't quit saying, "Mom, you look so beautiful. Your dress looks beautiful. Your earrings look beautiful. Your shoes look beautiful. Your eyes look beautiful." The next morning, snuggling in pajamas and with nothing on the agenda that day, Dorothy woke me from bed with the request, "Mom, you looked so beautiful yesterday. Can you wear that same outfit again today?"
We were playing camping and I took out Dorothy's magnetic fishing pole and fish. She told me, "We can catch these but we aren't going to eat them. These are 'Up Fish'. We can catch them because they can live up out of water."
Saturday, September 1, 2018
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Thursday, August 30, 2018
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Monday, August 27, 2018
Sunday, August 26, 2018
The Sunday Funnies
Dorothy and I were cuddling on the couch, and she licked me and meowed. It clicked with me that this must be what goes on when Dorothy "plays kitty cat" with her friend on the school playground. "Dorothy," I asked, "when you play kitty cat with Rye, do you lick her?" "No," Dorothy said. "She licks me."
We read a version of Sleeping Beauty where the uninvited fairy put a curse on the baby. Dorothy said, "The fairy would not have done that curse if only they had invited her." I asked, "What do you think she would have given the baby if she had been invited?" and Dorothy replied, "A pretty pacifier."
Dorothy: My arms don't move together but my eyes do. Why?
Pandora radio was playing and Dorothy said, "That's funny that there's an Octopus's Garden." I said, "This song is by The Beatles, the same band that played the other song you liked, Yellow Submarine." She said, "That's funny that this is really from A Bug's Life."
Brian, reading a short story about Bambi: I don't think I've ever seen Bambi.
Dorothy: That's because he's pretend.
Dorothy's fork fell to the floor. I said, "Be careful with your forks." "Why?" she asked. "When your fork falls on the floor, it makes the fork dirty, and it makes the floor dirty, and it creates work for me when I have to pick it up," I said as I leaned over to pick up the fork. "It's only short work," she said.
I let the air out of a pool toy. Dorothy found it, brought it to me, and said, "Look! It's deflated." I said, "Oh, it looks like the plug opened. It's okay. I can blow it up again. Also, sweetie, 'deflated' is a great word." She said, "Mom, lots of people say 'deflated'."
We read a version of Sleeping Beauty where the uninvited fairy put a curse on the baby. Dorothy said, "The fairy would not have done that curse if only they had invited her." I asked, "What do you think she would have given the baby if she had been invited?" and Dorothy replied, "A pretty pacifier."
Dorothy: My arms don't move together but my eyes do. Why?
Pandora radio was playing and Dorothy said, "That's funny that there's an Octopus's Garden." I said, "This song is by The Beatles, the same band that played the other song you liked, Yellow Submarine." She said, "That's funny that this is really from A Bug's Life."
Brian, reading a short story about Bambi: I don't think I've ever seen Bambi.
Dorothy: That's because he's pretend.
Dorothy's fork fell to the floor. I said, "Be careful with your forks." "Why?" she asked. "When your fork falls on the floor, it makes the fork dirty, and it makes the floor dirty, and it creates work for me when I have to pick it up," I said as I leaned over to pick up the fork. "It's only short work," she said.
I let the air out of a pool toy. Dorothy found it, brought it to me, and said, "Look! It's deflated." I said, "Oh, it looks like the plug opened. It's okay. I can blow it up again. Also, sweetie, 'deflated' is a great word." She said, "Mom, lots of people say 'deflated'."
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