So I cleaned out Dorothy's school art today, but snapped photos first

Girls on scooters

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy loves listening to a podcast for kids called Ear Snacks.  Its hosts are Andrew and Polly.  One episode mentions that their audience listens to episodes again and again, which is true for Dorothy.

Dorothy asked, "Since kids listen to the episodes again and again, don't Andrew and Polly get tired of doing it again and again?"

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I explained that Andrew and Polly record the episode once and then kids listen to the recordings multiple times.  So Dorothy asked me, "Then  how do Andrew and Polly know that kids listen again and again?"

Sending our love to Chicago through the web!

Topped only by a superhero on her Christmas scooter

Video:  https://youtu.be/sPQz_xd35TE

A girl on her Christmas scooter...

Video:  https://youtu.be/_dnfxYfqIo4

Happy New Year

Oysters and s'mores

Lots of pics from our Chicago Christmas

Kids on the stage on Christmas Eve

Lunch with Grace & Wes in Chattanooga

Matching hoodies!

A kid in a Meijer in West Lafayette

Travelin' girl

Coffee with Katie Rocchio

Erik Dean on the sax

Ellie, Dorothy, Erik

Boots

Second cousins on Christmas Eve

Dinner and gift exchange at Matt and Katie's house

Brothers in the kitchen

Keeping Dorothy in tow at the rest stop

A little musical interlude on the trip to Wisconsin

There was no room in the inn but Dorothy scrounged up some bunk beds for the tired couple.

Snow angels in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, on Christmas night

The Sunday Funnies

Yucky
[yuhk-ee]
noun, adjective, verb, adverb

1.  General exclamation of rejection, disgust, anger, or discomfort

2.  Automatic response before one chooses enthusiasm or acceptance

Examples:

• You are yucky, Mommy!
• That candy looks yucky!
• Yucky!  I don't like baths!
• No!  Yucky!

Usage:  Often accompanied by a flat-footed stomp

Walking Bridge in Chattanooga with Grace and Wes

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