Read Across America Week

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy is reading A Series of Unfortunate Events.  Brian said to her, "I like that the book uses big words but then it tells you what they mean."  "Yeah," she replied, "why don't they just use small words instead?"

Evening fun with friend Iona

Dorothy's spelling homework was to write a letter to a book character using her spelling words

 

Amelia Bedelia,

Do you have a boat?  Do you have a favorite soap?  Do you like toast?  When was the last time you were on the road?  Do you have a favorite show?  Do you grow flowers?  Do you like to throw balls?  Do you like the color yellow?  Do you know why we have toes?  Oh here goes my time for writing to you!

Love,

Dorothy

Here's the inventory of what we'll dig up on 2/22/28

 

Dorothy has been working on a time capsule which she wanted to bury on 2/22/22

 

2-22-22

 

Students got to wear tutus, tie dye, tiaras, and/or ties today.  Dorothy has been living for this.

Later-"graham" (weekend s'mores)

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy brought home a bag of Valentines from school and dumped them on the floor.  As she examined each one, I got to listen to her exclaim aloud to the giver:  "Samantha, I love this!"  "Owen, thank you!"...

Dorothy is learning to use the microwave.  She heated up butter, and it wasn't completely melted, so I said, "I think it needs to go a couple more seconds."  "Ok," she said, "so two more seconds?"

Dorothy uses Bonetti's defense

All this from one SHOPPING SPREE!

 

(post titled by Dorothy)

Shopping Spree

Dorothy received money at Christmas, and after lots of planning we completed a shopping spree over two weekends.  Here is what Dorothy bought, in her own words:

cute blue Scruff-a-Luvs

amazingly light clay

cool new light-up shoes

cool paint-your-own-rainbow light

cute Cabbage Patch baby bunny

little unicorn doll & unicorn

Dee the My Squishy Little Dumpling

a rock from a Super Dig It kit

2 Lego Dots bracelets

6 hair extensions

L.O.L. activity pack

5 bracelets

A Mini Brands 5-Surprise

a plush penguin

Upside-Down Challenge Game

Surprise Kinetic Sand

L.O.L. coin purse and nice foam circle inside

cool foam dry erase block

and finally, a Baby Born Surprise Exclusive Doll that came with a Baby Born Surprise playset

These slippers are the hot new thing

To Sarah From Brian (just kidding)

Happy Valentine's Loot Day

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy reads packaging like her Daddy.  She recently bought a playset with a little pond area that squirts water, and she consistently calls it the "working flower shower," as in, "Let's put the dolls in the working flower shower."

Dorothy was reading the Walmart-brand bath items in the shower.  Previously we've discussed the little letters like ®, ™, and ©.  She asked, "Why does it always say something with a ™, compare to something with an ®, like Equate™, compare to Dial®?"  I answered, "Well, ™ means trademark, and ® means registered trademark, but I'm not exactly sure what the difference is."  "Maybe they ™ 'd the ™ ," she posed.

Kittycat playdate

Dressed in Superbowl colors for school (We're pulling for the Koalas)

Haircut at night, haircut next morn

 

Dorothy with Gigi, her piano teacher

7-year-old in her natural environment

The halfway point

The Sunday Funnies

I noticed the exaggerated fonts on a few words in a book that Dorothy was reading, and I mentioned it.  "I don't like it," Dorothy said.  "It makes it seem like it's not a chapter book."

Dorothy was looking at a children's picture book called Anti-Racist Baby.  "It's talking about real things, but it rhymes," Dorothy observed.

Playdate with Willa

Birthday Twirl (Mom is 42)

 Birthday twirl:  https://youtu.be/91tUkoXpBXk

Leg-o

Prepped for 2-2-22