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The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy was trying to remember a saying that was used in a book we read aloud.  "It's something about the devil," she said.  "It's like when you think of something and then it happens."  After some time I said, "Oh, I think it's Speak of the Devil!"  And Dorothy thought about it and said, "It's something like that.  Maybe The Devil Speaks?"

Around March Lucky Charms markets a cereal that turns your milk green.  I bought some on clearance after the holiday, and served it to Dorothy.  She was excited, but it didn't turn the milk green.  "Maybe it only works on St. Patrick's Day," she posed.

Through Facebook I learned that the uncle of one of Dorothy's classmates had died.  I asked Dorothy if Olivia had said anything about her uncle.  "She was sad at recess and she said something about how her uncle died," Dorothy replied.  "I'm sorry that she was sad," I said.  "She wasn't sad for very long," Dorothy said, "because she started playing again."  "Oh," I said, "that's good.  I'm sure her uncle doesn't want her to be sad."  "Didn't want her to be sad," Dorothy corrected me.

Dorothy said that she was finished eating, and I said, "When you ask for more food, I'm going to remind you that you didn't eat your grilled cheese."  "And I'm going to remind you that my grilled cheese was squishy," she retorted.

Dorothy stopped herself from opening her umbrella in the house because it's bad luck to do so.  "I think that a parent invented that so nobody can walk around the house with a big umbrella and bonk into things," Dorothy commented.

Dorothy watches YouTube videos of families playing with toys, and we've discussed why the family has so many toys and how advertising works.  At the end of a recent video, the mom disclosed:  "Mattel paid us to make this video."  Dorothy asked me about that, and I referred to our conversation about advertising; she asked, "But why are they paying them money?  They're already getting all the toys for free."

I bought Dorothy some Little Debbie Fudge Rounds, which are circular chocolate cookies with chocolate filling.  "I know why they're called Fudge Rounds," she said.  "They are fudge all around."

Dorothy has trouble going to sleep at night.  She often wakes up in the morning and says, "I' not sure I slept at all last night."

Painting ceramics at a birthday party last weekend

This divided tray solved only half of the food-touching problem

Amaryllis in bloom

Musical chairs last weekend

"Cowboy breakfast" at school

 

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy was acting stressed, and she told me, "I almost said the Dd word."  "Damn?" I asked her, sort of surprised.  "No," she answered, and then whispered, "die....apparently there are two Dd words."

I was describing a toy to Dorothy, and she said that it sounded too young for her.  When I came up with the brand name, she said, "Wait!  I do want one of those!  You didn't tell me it was electronical!"

For Dorothy's half-birthday, I gave her a nice toy that I picked-up on super-clearance.  She was gobsmacked.  "Mama, you should have saved it for my real birthday," she said.

In the tub:  "My knees are so dirty that the dirt is dirty.  That's a common saying for some reason."

Dorothy's catchphrase lately is "clearly," and she says it with great emphasis, as in, "The bad guy is cl-eeeear-ly wearing a disguise," or "Cl-eeeear-ly, I wanted a cupcake."

Does this pose show off my dress?

Fifteen years married!

 

And since our wedding Fiestaware keeps releasing new colors:

peony, twilight, butterscotch, meadow, mulberry, daffodil, slate, poppy, lapis, lemongrass, ivory, claret, sage, falmingo, marigold, & chocolate

Prepping a leprechaun trap

 

We celebrated the Ides of Dorothy's Birthday (notice 7 candles + a short one -- her idea)

Peeking in the attic

The Sunday Funnies

I was reading some trivia questions to Dorothy.  "If you have arachnophobia, what animal are you afraid of?" the question asked.  Dorothy offered, "Raccoons?"  I laughed.  "Here's a hint:  it has 8 legs."  "A spider is an arachnid, not an animal!" Dorothy complained.

"It's so cool that airplanes can't be symmetrical," Dorothy said.  "What?" I asked.  "It's so cool that airplanes can't be symmetrical," she repeated.  "What do you mean?" I asked.  "We discussed this previously," she said.

Morning climb (obsessed with this tree)

 

Scooting on the newly-paved road

Feeling better, and back at school today

Home with a cold (watching "Double Dare")

Tiger changing her stripes

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy picked up some dumbbells.  "How heavy are these?" she asked.  "It says the number on the side," I told her.  "Two?" she read.  "Yes," I answered.  "Two what?" she said.

Dorothy's teacher sent an email about t-shirts for a school marathon, and I mentioned to Dorothy that I hadn't heard anything about a marathon.  Dorothy offered, "We did a marathon at school before, but it was at a different school, but we did one, so I know that a marathon is a real thing."

Dorothy has much to say about various fonts and punctuation:
"I figured out how they show that something is important.  They write it thicker."
"I can write it kind of in cursive, I just turn my paper and then write it normally."
"I know what that means because they explain it after the asteroid."

On the first day of March I played some Irish music on my phone while I showered.  Dorothy came into the bathroom and asked if it was Irish music, and I was impressed at her guess, and told her yes.  A few minutes passed and I turned off the water, and could hear more clearly.  "I hate this Pirate music," Dorothy added.

In A Series of Unfortunate Events, a character who is persnickety about grammar jumps out of a window and leaves a note, which suspiciously includes grammatical errors.  I was reading the book aloud to Dorothy and I pointed out an error in the note, and pointed out that the villain had also made that same mistake.  "What do you think that means?" I prompted.  Dorothy gasped:  "She's not actually good at grammar!" she accused.

Savannah is in full bloom

Cindy Lou Who (again this year)

Favorite Hat Day

Wacky Sock Day

Happy Mardi Gras! (Blog Lagniappe)

 Video:  https://youtu.be/6wdoRH6iA-U

Crazy Hairdo Day to celebrate Dr. Seuss, plus Dorothy's concept drawing for me