To/from school

I send notes in Dorothy's lunches and sometimes they come back with responses!

Lego hospital build

The Sunday Funnies

At school dismissal, some kids take private buses to their afternoon daycares, and in the end-of-day announcements the principal releases kids by bus.  Dorothy asked me, "Are there just so many buses that they have to start making up crazy names for them?"  "What do you mean?" I asked.  "There's one bus called In His Arms," she explained.

"Wouldn't it be cool if I had an identical twin sister?" Dorothy asked.  "We would do everything the same."  "Well," I responded, "even if you had a twin, she would have different thoughts and feelings than you."  Dorothy quickly countered, "What if I had a clone?"

I was painting Dorothy's nails which made me mention the roots of the terms mani- and pedi-.  "So, a pedestrian is someone who walks on their feet," I finished.  "Doesn't everyone walk on their feet?" Dorothy asked, deadpan.

Dorothy picked out a chapter book about mermaids from the school book fair.  She started reading it on our drive home.  "Don't read the whole thing tonight!" I cautioned.  "You should take your time and savor it."  "Mom," she said, "I can tell this is the kind of book I am going to read a few times."

At the pool, a chair fell over and nearly hit Willa.  "We almost hurt Willa's life!" Dorothy exclaimed.

Selfie from Beautification Day at school

Notes ahoy!

In the lab

Flashback to visiting Gram & Big Daddy in the pig kitchen

 

"Purple / doll party"

 

Round Two

We're only halfway done opening presents. To be continued today.

Happy birthday!

Dorothy woke up and said she didn't feel 7 this morning.  Still, it's her birthday.  It's also "International Dot Day" (coincidence!) and the kids at school are celebrating by wearing polka dots.

Final day of 6!

My greatest joy lately is when Dorothy asks me what words mean, like "asap."

The Sunday Funny

In the library, Dorothy pointed to a set of books on the shelf.  "We have these at school," she said.  "Oh, you have encyclopedias at school?" I asked.  "No," she answered.  "We have World Books."

If you bring it*, they will come (*a bucket of dolls to the playground)

Reunion with Willa--straight to heels and lipstick

Tons of pictures from the weekend (in no particular order)

 

Getting ready to bake a birthday cake

Baby Lizzie

Baby Lizzie

Cousins at Grand Bay

Andrew & Dorothy

Family at the swamp

Piano concert

Happy mama, Valerie

Alina and all those little fingers and toes

Baby Maddux

Where's Baby Maddux?

Just over 3 weeks old

Big sister

The remains of the cake

Birthday crown

Party for 7

Tasty

Uncle Brian

Cake art by Dorothy

Busy parents (Joe & Caroline)

Cake-making

Dressed to bake

Maddux awake

And sleepy