Pajama day at school

Dorothy was excited despite this end-of-day ennui.

DiNo-vember

Dorothy learned about "Dinovember" from a children's story and she continually stages dinosaur scenes throughout the house.

More friend fun

Keeping Willa in the afternoons is going really well.

(The yarn is their hair is Anna's white streak in Frozen.)

Playdoh gingerbread man

The Sunday Funnies

In addition to their teacher, Jill, Dorothy's school had a student named Jill join.  Dorothy said, "Can you believe we already have a Ms. Jill and now we have another Jill but tinier?"

Dorothy and I were watching Ant-Man, which is her first superhero movie.  She was asking lots of questions about how Paul Rudd got so small, and I was trying to explain that they used electricity like magic and put him in a machine to make him as small as an ant.  She kept interjecting, "But how they act like that?"  After a few rounds of this, Dorothy said, "That's not what I mean.  I mean how do they make him look so small for making the movie?"

Sarah:  Are you sure you want me to cut the pictures off of this box?
Dorothy:  I'm sure.
I started cutting.
Dorothy:  I changed my mind.  You're gonna need some tape.

I handed Dorothy a new box of markers.  A moment later she handed it back to me.  The grey, brown, and black markers were still inside the box, and she explained, "I don't want these color yuckies."

For making play dough and other things, I bought the cheapest salt on the shelf.  We call it the "craft salt."  After making a concoction, Dorothy asked, "Can you eat craft salt?"  I said yes and launched into an overly-long explanation of iodized versus non-iodized salt.  When I was done, she said, "Because some of the craft salt got in my mouth."

Christmas is coming

And we still have Halloween candy

Static

Afternoons with Willa are going well

Sunday evening gingerbread house

Sunday afternoon gingerbread houses

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy woke-up on Thursday and asked me, "Is today a school day?"  I said, "No, it's Thanksgiving!"  She paused and then replied, "We went to school on Halloween."

Perfect Andrew's baptism weekend

In no particular order

I am keeping Dorothy's friend Willa in the afternoons

The two are fast friends and a bit competitive!

Faux Snow

The Lady and the Tramp movie is filming in Savannah. Yesterday the crew sprayed the Cathedral area to imitate snow.

Queen Elsa or Lady Liberty?

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy popped out of bed once again.  "Mom," she said, "I need a you doll.  If I had a doll that looked just like you, I could keep it in my bed, and I wouldn't have to keep getting out of bed to come be near you."

Sears is going out of business

I bought this shoe department bench from the liquidation, and Dorothy spent an hour playing on it.