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The Sunday Funny

 I asked Dorothy why she didn't eat her yogurt at school, and she told me that she couldn't get it open.  "Maybe use your scissors," I suggested.  "Oh yeah, your scissors are your friends.  I forgot about that.  That's what Ms. Hattrich says," she answered.

Bunk beds

Dorothy asked about Medium Green, Mama about fainted with love

 

50 pounds now

Shelling peas, high heels

Old McDonald for the win

 Video:  https://youtu.be/LGNm1NN8cUw

Poolside selfie

Dorothy is obsessed with the idea of cutting hair

First day, asynchronous online

Piano Week Two

 Video:  https://youtu.be/aBu2mnC2WgM

Dorothy's page in her class scrapbook

This is her brainchild.  She especially liked how she covered her own head with the family portrait ("It's cute") and insisted on dating each photo.

Gone fishin'

Stuffed accessory

Welcome, Maddux!

Maddux joined my brother Daniel, sister-in-law Valerie, and his siblings Alina and Andrew yesterday!

Fruit by the Foot

Video:  https://youtu.be/6yHykkUgSSQ

Birthday PSA

Every day, Dorothy asks Google how many days there are until her birthday.  Today, the answer is 35.

I thought I would offer a public service announcement, take it or leave it!

Dorothy seems to have outgrown LOLs.  Now she is totally focused on 18" fashion dolls, and wants to have a doll-themed birthday party.  American Girl is the outrageous brand, but she is just as excited by any other to-scale items, like the Our Generation toys at Target or the My Life As toys at Wal-Mart.  She has one doll already, and another in my closet that she will receive in said 35 days, but the trinkets and outfits are up her alley.

Just sayin'.

To celebrate the beginning of school, Dorothy requested a beach visit

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy was nervous about going to her first piano lesson, so at her request I sat in the room with her.  Afterwards, she told me, "I even forgot a few times that you were there, so I think I'm going to be okay without you next time."

But she added, "I didn't remember my school music teacher's name when this teacher asked, so that's why I turned around and looked at you, and gave you a questioning look, so you'd know I needed some help."

And when she woke up the next morning, her first words were, "I can't believe I'm still talking about this, but piano was so fun yesterday!"

Later that week, I commented, "Daddy's playing the heck out of the piano."  "Bad word alert!" Dorothy warned me.  "Heck is not such a bad word," I told Dorothy.  "So that's why Delilah's pencil case in my kindergarten class said, "Heck, yes!" she reasoned.

So the neighbors put up a bounce house...

Flashback to Leopold's Ice Cream with cousins Caleb, Evelyn, Rachel, and Jim

First homework

First grade starts today

 

First piano lesson

First grade open house

The Sunday Funnies

I checked-out an audiobook from the library, and Dorothy listened to much of it, but it was too scary-mature for her.  She told me, "When I listen to that book, it makes my stomach feel like it's carsick, even though we're not riding in the car."

We were watching a show where the soloist in a children's chorus loudly sings off-key.  Dorothy asked, "Why does he sing off-course of it?"

Dorothy has read dozens of Rainbow Magic books, which follow a strict formula involving goblins stealing something for the goblin leader, and human girls working with fairies to retrieve the purloined object.  But recently I checked-out a few chapter books from another series, which Dorothy read voraciously, and then announced, "I think I'm tired of Rainbow Magic books.  I'm enjoying these new books."  I asked why.  "They're about different things," she answered.  "They talk about different things, and different things happen."

Dorothy made up a joke:  What state has the most pencils?  Pennsylvania I laughed, then recommended that she ask, "What state needs the most erasers?" "That's not as funny," she explained to me.

We were watching the crew races in the Olympics.  "They're pedaling backwards!" Dorothy giggled.

Recently we made a code maker/breaker where a number corresponds to a letter, but the first iteration was too complicated.  When I gave Dorothy a message to decode, she returned it and wrote on the answer line, "This is too hard!"

I mentioned that we were going to watch Jeopardy.  Willa asked what that was, and Dorothy explained it, and Willa said it sounded boring, and Dorothy said, "I much prefer a grown-up show called The Wheel of Spin."

Willa brought some regular Oreos to our house, and we had some Golden Oreos.  I suggested that the girls make half-and-half Oreos.  Instead of untwisting them, they broke them in half and put the two flavors together like half moons.

I heard a big thump.  Then I overheard Dorothy tell Willa, "The gymnasts in the Olympics make it look so easy!"