Dorothy, Mary Claire, & Maggie

 

Cousins in Valdosta

Camp got a good review!

Some camp photos were shared with parents!

 

The camp contact emailed all the parents to say that she is having trouble uploading photos to the camp account. I felt like I had won the lottery because Dorothy was in the background of the single successfully uploaded photo!

 

And she's off to camp!

 

Dorothy wrote an impassioned letter a few months ago...

 

He-Man and Friends

 

First to arrive

Meet Jenny the Jellyfish

 

In the summer, Dorothy finishes the year's crafts

 

The Sunday Funny

I asked Alexa to play Top 40 hits.  I don't usually make this request, and Dorothy and I didn't like the first song, so we asked it to skip.  Then we didn't like the second song, either.  "How can these be Top 40 hits?" Dorothy asked.  "Did Alexa start at number 40?"

Our neighbors have a bus?

Duet from Dorothy's Piano Recital

 Video:  https://youtu.be/xl7QzOOGop0?si=wjaCeg5wHpQvsciB

Summer vibes

 

Piano Recital 2026

 

The Sunday Funny

Many students skip the last few days of school, but Dorothy loves those days.  The teachers clean out their classrooms and she comes home with all sorts of stuff -- tshirts, 6th grade math workbooks, scrap papers, and on and on.  Today, the science teacher gave her a boxed kit of science experiments.  Dorothy opened it in the car.  "Oh great!" she exclaimed.  "You know it's gonna be good when it says 'Do Not Eat' on every package!"

She grew a few inches

 

The 5th graders did a "last walk" through their elementary school

Old photos I found on the nice camera when I took it to the Step-up

 

Photos from the Step-up

 

Dorothy was the only kid not reading the music.  She told me later that she memorized it.

The scoreboard was set to 2025-2026

Dorothy wrote and delivered the speech at her elementary school step-up program

 Video:  https://youtu.be/nyJMKV78ipw

(The whispering at the top was when the teacher forgot to introduce her!)

Field Day! 3-legged race

 

Dorothy's class had an end-of-the-year party at Dave & Buster's