Room on the Broom

Still popsicle weather

Not smiling for the teacher's camera

Smiling for the teacher's camera...

Chatting up the dental hygenist

An afternoon visit turned into a sleepover Friday with our sweet neighbor Finnley

The Sunday Funnies

I cut a rose from our bush and put it on the kitchen table.  When it was over a week old and past its peak, Dorothy asked when I was going to replace "the rusty rose".

Aunt Cathy mentioned that her little dog won't go near a certain relative, who dropped the dog when it was a puppy.  Three months later, our neighbor mentioned that her little dog doesn't like to be picked up because her son dropped it when it was a puppy.  Dorothy apparently took both stories to heart, and later observed, "The same thing happened to both puppies, but they had different feelings about it."

Since Dorothy turned five, we've been telling her that it's the right time to do certain tasks for herself.  Dorothy ventured, "I think it's the right time for you to get me a slide in the backyard so I can go out there when you're too tired to go to the playground."

When Dorothy is very tired and crying at bedtime, she asks for "Crying Raggy," her nickname for her Raggedy Ann doll on which she wipes her tears.

Tax at the Food Lion

After building a Lego airport at the library, Dorothy got to put her creation in the display case (a proud moment)

Demonstrating "hips & lips" at school

Johnny Appleseed Day (last week)

Happy 65th birthday, Gram!

Dorothy made a play-doh doll cake in your honor.

Duck, Duck, Goose at School

Ee is for Elephant

The Sunday Funnies

We had a The Day Jimmy's Boa Constrictor Ate the Wash moment after school.  Dorothy told me, "There was a dead squirrel on the playground today."  "Oh?" I asked.  "How do you know it was dead?"  "Because we poked it with a stick."  "You poked it?!" I exclaimed.  "Well, I didn't, but Clara poked it with a stick," she continued.  "And then Raphael threw it."  (pauses, then continues:  "Raphael loves animals.")

We were doing a Highlights picture page which had some nonsense drawings, and Dorothy observed, "That's funny.  The cow is holding a cowculator."

"Langston was really mean at school today," Dorothy said.  "He hit people.  A lot."  (pause)  "Langston sits at table 6."  (pause)  "Langston is the only person who sits at table 6."

"Dorothy," I said, "I love the dress you're wearing.  When I saw that in the store, I knew I had to get it for you."  "No, Mama, you're wrong," Dorothy corrected me.  "The Easter Bunny brought me this dress."

We see a flock of birds on the same corner on the way to school every morning.  We were joking about what the birds do all day, and whether they go to school.
"Do you think they go to music class and learn to tweet?" I asked.  "Do they go to p.e. and learn to fly?"
Dorothy countered, "Actually, they do flapping jacks."

[Her grin was enormous as she realized how funny this was.]  "That's the funniest thing you've said all week," I told her.  Dorothy offered, "You can put it in The Sunday Funnies."

Disney Then (2015) & Now

Disney's All Star Music Hotel

"Make a face like Ariel," Mom said.

Sarah took this shot.

Dorothy took this one.

Arcade in the lobby

Taylor Swift on the wall

Fireworks (We partied until closing)

We brought the stroller to carry our stuff but by the night's end we crammed our daughter into it.

More Disney Fun

The chosen souvenir