Dorothy's paint brush at Henny Penny art space

Diving girl

Video:  https://youtu.be/fTJS0eqBD1c

More pictures from the first day of school

First day of pre-k at St. James

The Sunday Funnies

Recently Dorothy picked up the habit of saying "very goodly", as in, "I can skip very goodly."

Dorothy was playing with a calculator.  She asked me a few questions, like how to make the zero appear and whether she could make the zero disappear.  Finally she asked, "And how do I send?"

I stepped out of the shower and Dorothy said, "Your hair isn't wet."  "I decided not to wash it tonight, so I kept it dry," I said.  "How did you do that?" she asked.

We have a new "stomp rocket" toy where you can stomp on a pedal and a foam rocket shoots into the air.  Dorothy was showing me how to use it.  It works well most of the time but occasionally one will just flop over.  "Daddy calls those 'studs'," Dorothy said.

Robots in the wild

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

This was the best picture from this morning's pre-k meet-&-greet

St. James Chargers

I went to the open house at Dorothy's new school today.  Dorothy's first teacher at St. James will be Ms. Cail; I smiled because my first teacher at St. John was Ms. Keel.  Ms. Cail also lives around the corner in our neighborhood!  The classroom is decorated in a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom theme and the teacher sent me home with a banana for Dorothy.

Her classmates (mostly boys!) will be:
Boaen
Grayson
Harrison
Nora
Clara
Rivers
Langston
Kiara
Juliette
Raphael
Thalan
Luke
Mya
Eian
James
Jonathan
Nolan
Khup

Piper's 1st birthday party on Saturday

Ladies at Tea

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy and Willa were hiding from the plumbers who were working on our house.  As they went indoors and outdoors, the kids reappeared, then hid again.  Dorothy told me, "They probably think you are an only person, that you're not married, and you don't have any kids."

Willa is very imaginative, and Dorothy is very practical.  While her mom was away on a trip, Willa sent her with a stuffed animal to snuggle; her mom texted me a picture of the toy enjoying the plane ride which I shared with Willa.  "I filled this doll with love,"  Willa said.  "How did you fill the doll with love?" Dorothy asked.  "I just did," Willa said.  "Here, want to hold it?"  She offered the phone to Dorothy, who answered, "Yes, even though I will not really be holding it because I will just be holding the phone."

"I told my mom that I think I'm in love with Dorothy," Willa told me.  "I'm embarrassed to say this," Dorothy chimed in, "but I think I'm in love with Willa."  I said nothing from the front seat of the car.  They continued.  "Maybe we should get married," Dorothy said.  "No!  That's silly!" Willa responded.  "We're not grown-ups yet."

Home Depot Rocket Pencil Box Workshop

An Afternoon at the Sandbox Children's Museum

Fancy ladies

???

The girls like to look at the fountain behind this gate when I pick them up from school

I noticed this in the evening light

(I guess I should have dusted, but now I probably never will.)

The Sunday Funny

I was reheating French fries in a skillet.  Dorothy peeked and said, "That's not French cooking."  "What?" I asked.  "Those are French fries," she said.  "They cook them in a French way."

Pool Poof

Merry Christmas in July

The Family Circle Jokes

Brian and Dorothy picked-up a book of The Family Circus cartoons at our neighborhood little library and read it while I was away.  When I came home I picked up the book and asked Dorothy, "The Family Circus...what are these?"  "Circle jokes," she said.

Well at least one posed

Teen Dorothy

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy sometimes takes advice from others and then lets me in on the knowledge:

(When running):  "Mary Claire said if I move my arms fast it will make my legs run faster."

(After playing with some older girls who were playing soccer):  "The girls told me to kick the ball, run after it, then kick it again..."

(While arranging pom-poms into piles):  "Ms. Candace says you can sort anything."

She also likes to correct us when we misspeak.  Recently, for example, she let us know that cucumbers are not vegetables (they are fruits), and "Captain Hook is not exactly a superhero."

Spot the inchworm

Library magic show volunteer

Cheerios and milk in the mornings

Image Search: Inflatable

Today I used the image search tool in my Google Photos and input the term "inflatable".  These images are among the results that Google identified:

Jessie at Toy Story 4

Brian took Dorothy to see Toy Story 4 this weekend.  She dressed in her Jessie hat, and I asked her if anyone mistook her for the real Jessie.  "No," she said.  "It was dark in there."

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy's phone wasn't working.  She brought it to me and watched me push a few buttons.  "Oh, right," she said.  "It was in airplane flight mood."

You Tube Kids has a timer and in order to extend the timer you have to answer a multiplication fact.  Dorothy had been watching her phone for much longer than I had set the timer.  I asked her how.  She answered, "First I asked you, then I asked my daddy, then I counted on my fingers."

Something we read mentioned the initials "FFC".  "What does that say?" Dorothy asked.  "I don't know," I told her.  "Just try," she said.  "Sound it out."

I looked at my birthday list on July 11.  "Today is your great-granny's birthday," I said.  "That's Granny Annie."  Dorothy smiled.  Then I picked up my phone to text our cousin Natalie who also celebrates on July 11.  I spoke into the phone, "Happy birthday!"  Dorothy looked at me with wide eyes and said, "Wait...is she still alive?"

Friday playin'