Bathing Beauty (we've joined our neighborhood pool)

Last day at Montessori Academy!

Performance snippet:
https://youtu.be/5Lrk0SAVask

Dolphin pose:
https://youtu.be/Hf-E1ZqRxCo

#DanceMom

And did I mention that her costume included a teddy bear wearing an identical costume?

Dorothy's friend Willa was also in the show!

I assume everyone enjoys these as much as Sarah?

Where's Dorothy?

Wave from the stage

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy hasn't napped in many years.  She doesn't nap when she's sick; she doesn't fall asleep in the car; she quit napping around the time she started walking.
This week was an exception.  She had a cold and napped for around two hours in the early evening two days in a row.
She could not wrap her mind around it:  Why are we eating dinner?  What do you mean I already watched a movie today?  How is it close to bedtime?  You mean yesterday when I went to school.

I told Dorothy that she was older than four-and-a-half; she is now four-and-two-thirds.  "What do you mean?" she asked.  I said, "Just a minute.  I'll show you."  I started to walk across the room, intending to grab a few building blocks.  Dorothy asked, "Are you going to ask Google?"

Rehearsal day

Dorothy's school for next year sent her a welcome package. They are the Chargers.

Dorothy joked this was "climbing tree pose"

Dorothy demonstrates yoga poses she learned at school

According to Dorothy:

Shark pose.

The way Rye does tree pose.  Dolphin pose.  Plank pose.

Tree pose.  Mountain pose.  Fish pose.

Dancer pose.  Shark pose (again).  Rock pose.

Girls' Day

We went to the mall today and enjoyed the carousel and cookies.  We were shopping for a sun hat but Dorothy had me take pictures of things we didn't buy.

Ice cream from the weekend

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy mentioned a tiny toy that she is missing.  It has been missing a long time.  I said, "Maybe I'll find it one day when I'm cleaning the house, when you're 12 years old."  "Why did you say when I'm 12 years old?" she asked.  "I was just trying to be funny, and think of a time far in the future," I said. Dorothy added, "If you are cleaning one day when I am a grown-up and you find it, will you call me on your phone?"  [I think I teared-up.]

"When we get home we're going to skip your bath and go straight to bed," I said.  "It's way past your bedtime."
"What time is it?" Dorothy asked.
"It's after nine o'clock," I answered.
"Is it ten o'clock?" Dorothy asked.

As we entered the grocery store I told Dorothy that she could have "anything that she wants".  I didn't realize that she wanted all the little toys that are hanging on the shelves in front of the groceries.

We like to eat the popsicles that come in plastic sleeves.  Usually I cut one in half and split it between Dorothy and me, or between Dorothy and Willa.
Dorothy mentioned that they eat popsicles at school.  "Is it the same kind of popsicle as ours?" I asked.  "No," Dorothy answered.  "They're much longer."

Dorothy pointed out a cartoon figure with only four fingers.  I said, "It's hard to draw five fingers, so lots of cartoons have only four fingers.  Like Mickey Mouse!"  "Which finger is he missing?" she asked.

Dorothy told me that her friend was going to have a little brother.  I asked, "Oh, his mom is pregnant?"  Dorothy answered, "Not yet."

Morning in downtown Savannah

We wore our matching shirts for the Mother's Day celebration at school

Mother's Day Funny

Dorothy answered a questionnaire at school.
I LOVE MY MOM BECAUSE...
SHE IS 39 YEARS OLD.
SHE LOVES TO play with me.
HER FAVORITE FOOD IS lettuce and pasta.
SHE LOVES TO TRAVEL TO Valdosta.
HER FAVORITE MOVIE IS Enchanted.
HER FAVORITE SPORT IS running.
HER FAVORITE HOBBY IS loving me.
LOVE, Dorothy

Dorothy likes this picture of herself