Blue poofs time

Little Sal picking blueberries

End-of-year program at school

Jekyll Island with friends

The Sunday Funnies: "The Princess and the Frog" Edition

I was tucking Dorothy into bed, and I asked her, "What will you think about while you're going to sleep?"
"Princess stories," she replied.
"Do you know what princesses think about while they're going to sleep?  They think about Dorothy Dean in Savannah."
"Really?" she asked.
"I'm just joking," I said.
"What do they really think about?"
"They think about Prince Charming, I guess."
"Well," said Dorothy, "one thinks about opening a restaurant, and the rest think about Prince Charming."

First and last day of school

Acrobat

She loves these recycle bins

Then and now

Magnolias now and then

Fairy house trail

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy loves activity books.  We do some activities and skip others which require spelling.  Dorothy asked, "So what is spelling all about?"

Dorothy put 10 hairclips in her hair but had to use a mirror to see them.  She then said, "If only my arm hair was longer, I could put clips in it and look at them."

Lately Dorothy's fits are frequent and powerful.  Her thoughts are totally transparent, though.  She'll scream, "I want to do what I want to do!"  Or "Come here so I can hit you!"  During her meltdown at the zoo, she asked for her sippy cup so she could throw it.  She asked for it again.  I said, "Are you going to drink from your cup?  What are you going to do with it?" and she screamed back, "Give it to me!  I'll show you!"

Brian & Sarah at Megan's wedding

(Not that Megan.)  Brian's high school friend married Paul.

How long is a dolphin? (Brookfield Zoo)

Bluebells at the Morton Arboretum

We went to see bluebells (and look for a bog baby) at the Morton Arboretum

We had a fun week in Chicago and somehow managed to snap no pictures with Grandpa.  But here is a very cute picture of two of his favorite people!

Grands

Cousins

Painting Mom, Dorothy, and Dad with glasses

Feeling much better

Still on a prescription of antibiotics and cartoons

Fairy and Gnome Festival

Building a fairy house

This is a flashback to Saturday.  Today, Dorothy has pneumonia and is recovering with antibiotics and cartoons.

Feverish

The Sunday Funnies

Watching Dora the Explorer, who asks the audience questions, Dorothy said, "She thinks I'm in the movie!"

I was sweeping when Dorothy pointed at a tiny spider in the dust pile and said, "That piece is moving on its own."

As you may know, Elsa & Anna were orphaned when their parents' ship went down in a storm.  Dorothy asked Brian to pretend to be the king, and I told Dorothy, "Tell him not to get on any ships."  Dorothy relayed the message, and Brian said, "Why?  Because you don't want me to die?"  Dorothy laughed and said, "No, silly!  I don't want you to drown."

Shy, not shy

"Take a picture of this."

1.  macaroni shells that looks like an oyster

2.  a picture of Rapunzel on the Magnadoodle

3.  the fence for the barn

Friends at the playground

Combined classes

Dorothy's favorite friend is the boy in the black t-shirt, Nicholas.

Dorothy's class photo