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."

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

The Happiest Rides on Earth

Teacups

Dumbo

Buzz Lightyear

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (Dorothy's first roller coaster, and she asked to go on more!)

Dorothy had her silhouette cut

Tinkerbell, Belle, Mary Poppins, Ariel, Rapunzel, & Tiana

We admired the glass slipper, then Dorothy had the idea to lose her own shoe

Oh and Cinderella was there, too

Character dinner Friday evening at the Grand Floridian

(Thanks a million to Valerie & Daniel -- this was really magical.)