Willa's 10th birthday was a heated pool party

Scenes from the weekend

The Thankful List 2024

 Dorothy's Thankful List, November 2024:

• Mama, because she loves me
• Daddy, because he makes me laugh
• My friend Livia
• My friend Willa
• My friend Iona
• My friend Alice
• Leah and Leah
• Girls' Nights
• My neighborhood friends
• My school friends
• My teachers
• Bubbles
• My miscellaneous friends
• Hammy
• School
• Books!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Legos
• Myself
• My classmates and the school nurse
• Marshpoint Elementary
• My life
• The library
• Campfires
• Harry Potter
• Holidays
• Gram & Big Daddy & Grandma & Grandpa
• The Thank You List

Unconstrained by precedent

Dear Santa

More choir

Winterish Night

Visiting with friends who are camping at Skidaway

Dinner conversation

Dorothy at choir!

 

The Sunday Funny

I needed a block of time to book our flights for the holidays in Chicago.  I asked Dorothy to give me some time to do work at the computer for Christmas, so would she please do her homework and not interrupt me.  "Oh!" she said excitedly, "is it something I can't know about?"

Dorothy had her 10-year-old check-up, and the doctor is moving to a new building next month. So, Dorothy took pictures of the illustrated walls we've been looking at for a decade.

Book Week dress-up day (v.2)

Class Spelling Bee Winner! (And Leah, the runner-up)

 

Quick Book Week Costume: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

We loved the Norman Rockwell exhibit at the Jepson

Dorothy spent all weekend trying to write an essay for a contest in neat handwriting

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy referred to the MLB, professional baseball, as "official baseball."

Dorothy mentioned a girl in her choir named Dream.  "Dream," I said.  "That's an unusual name."  "Why?" Dorothy asked.  "I know several kids named Hope."

Dorothy wanted to play under the carport and I needed to back-up my car.  "Will you drive your car backwards?" she asked.

Dorothy has a knack for string art, it turns out

 

"Take a picture of me."

As tall as her piano teacher, Gigi

SING Choir (Dorothy mentioned that they took a picture and that there was a person on the roof, but I did not understand at the time that the two stories were related)

 

Good report at the dentist

Candy-ready for Harry Potter on the big screen

Party, party, party

 

Cowgirls and others

 

Square Dance with Mr. Miller's Class