Things Have Changed

Thursday, May 11, 2017

On the road again...

This picture is from last weekend's drive to Gram & Big Daddy's house.**

Dorothy has become a great traveler.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Do you think this cake will...

Monday, May 8, 2017

Sunday, May 7, 2017

The Sunday Funnies

Mom: It's time to finish.**
Dorothy: How about we can play for second more minutes?

Dorothy has hair clips with images of the cartoon character Sofia the First. She was holding the hair clips and asked to watch Sofia.**

Mom: I don't think we have the Sofia show.**

Dorothy: She is an ad. She comes on before Cinderella.**

Pulling off her socks, exposing sock lines:**

Look, my ankles have bracelets!

Pretending, like she does often, to be a baby:**

Mom: What did you dream about last night?**

Dorothy, in a baby voice: I'm a little baby and I can't answer.

Dorothy: (with glee) The t.v. turned itself on!**

Mom: I used the remote control.**

Dorothy: (with glee) The t.v. turned itself on with the remote control!

There is a water fountain at the neighborhood park, but we bring our own bottles. After playing with her friend Lucy, Dorothy said, "Lucy said the water fountain is for people. But Mom said it was for dogs."

Mom: You were supposed to finish your red apple before you eat the green apple. Did you bite the green apple?**

Dorothy: No, I just bumped my teeth on it.

We watched a little girl run from her house and climb into the passenger seat of a running car.**
Dorothy: That little girl knows how to drive!

Dorothy was upset that the wind was blowing her hair in her face and around her mouth, while at the same time she was trying unsuccessfully to eat a ring pop.**
Dorothy: The wind is blowing my hair, and it's not leaving any room for my ring pop!

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Visiting Uncle Daniel's new house

Friday, May 5, 2017

Shadowplay

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Consider the Cake Pop

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

More Hide-and-Seek

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

First day of school

Dorothy went to school excitedly, and there were no tears from her nor Mom, nor the teachers, as far as Mom could tell.**

She reviewed the day:**

"We used shovels and buckets, and we played with puzzles and toys."**

"And one kid said, 'No don't sit in my spot!'"**

"What did you do?"**

"I sit in a different spot."**

"One teacher fixed my hair. She got rubber bands. One was stuck. But she didn't get it out."

Monday, May 1, 2017

Cookie squisher

Sunday, April 30, 2017

The Sunday Funnies

Drinking hot chocolate**
Mom: That was yummy.**
Dorothy: Yes. Let's have some food to wash it down.

Mom: That was a big ice cream cone for a little girl. How does your stomach feel?**
Dorothy: Much better.

Tips on parenthood**
If your toddler has a fit about getting in the car seat, and you decide to sit in the backseat with her and wait out the tantrum, make sure the doors' child safety locks aren't engaged.

Dorothy, with hair in her eyes: My hair is dripping in my face.

Dorothy: I cut the bottom of my foot outside.**
Brian: Were you wearing shoes?**
Dorothy: No, I was footprint.

Dorothy started crying at the dinner table.**
Mom: What hurts?**
Dorothy: My tongue.**
Mom: Did you stab it with the fork?**
Dorothy: No, I stabbed it with my teeth.

Promos for Beauty and the Beast, including Belle in her ballgown, are omnipresent. We watched the original Disney cartoon movie this week, and in the opening scene, Dorothy asked, "Why is she wearing blue?"

Mom: Did you know that spiders have eight eyes? How many eyes do you have?**
Dorothy: Two. How many eyes do you have?**
Mom: Two.**
Dorothy: How many eyes do monsters have?