Cindy Sherman

Dorothy's art is wonderfully repetitive these days

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy looked at a box of Rice Krispies, pointed to the three characters, and said knowingly, "Pop, Snack, & Crinkle."

Dorothy painted this space mobile which was a Christmas gift

Art at the library

Camelia time

The Sunday Funnies: Christmas Edition

Dorothy watched a movie called The Star at school, and she proceeded to tell us about it multiple times a day for two weeks.  Usually, a Christmas song would come on, and she would say, "This song was in The Star!"

Dorothy's school put on a nativity play, and the preschoolers only entered the auditorium for their two-song showstopper.  Dorothy never realized that the play included all the classes and lasted longer than five minutes.  For example, when we watched the movie The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Dorothy commented, "Their show has all the parts of the story about Jesus, but our school only did the part about the angels."

She has heard much about the nativity story and refers to the angel "Gabrielle".

In Chicago we had the chance to drive through several passes with trains above, and each time, I suggested that we make wishes.  This happened six or seven times.  When we got home to Savannah, Dorothy was eager to rush to her bedroom.  A few minutes later, she came out sheepishly and whispered to me sadly, "Mom, do your wishes ever come true?"  (It turns out she was holding out hope that her bedroom would be filled with new LOL dolls.)

When we returned from Chicago Brian took down the large wreaths off our house.  Dorothy observed, "Our Christmas outside is gone, but our Christmas inside is a mess."

A bunch more pics from Chicago

There were a million lights at Lilacia Park in Lombard.

We ended up at Trader Joe's three times.

My, don't they look alike?

Reading with Grandma

A gift from Santa

Reading with Grandpa

Cooking

On the 9th day of Christmas...

Happy New Year

Dorothy is a great travel companion

Flashback to a Christmas party

Afternoon with Natalie

Breakfast with Max

Flashback to Christmas morning

Ellie, Erik, Aunt Katie, and Uncle Matt's Legos

Merry Christmas! (Santa through the years)

(The Eanes in me wants to visit again for a full-body picture.)

Provenzano Christmas Eve

We visited the Tennessee Aquarium on our road trip

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy made a beaded Christmas necklace at school and described it to me multiple times before it came home:  jingle bell, 6 green, 6 white, 6 red, jingle bell, 6 green, 6 white, 6 red, giant jingle bell, 6 green, 6 white, 6 red, jingle bell, 6 green, 6 white, 6 red, jingle bell.

We stopped on our drive to Chicago at the Tennessee Aquarium.  There is much for sale there, and I told Dorothy that we had spent our money on the tickets, so we weren't going to buy any of the extras.  Towards the end, she spotted one of those donation buckets where you drop in the coins and it swirls inside a big plastic funnel on its way into the bank.  "Can I do this?" she asked.  "It doesn't take any money!"

Dorothy approached Brian with her arms open wide and a mischievous look on her face.  "I'm here to hug you, Daddy," she said, "but don't tickle me back!"

We were singing the 12 Days of Christmas.  We got to #8, and Dorothy sputtered out, "Eight milks-a-making...makes-a-milking...maids-a-milking!"

Dorothy loves nothing more than being carried to the car "in the middle of the night" to begin a road trip.  At 5 a.m. in a hotel in Bowling Green, Dorothy stirred, and then said, "If I can't go back to sleep, we'll have to stay in this hotel another night."

Our angel in the nativity play

Dorothy showed Santa how her sequined dress changes

Sometimes I find photos on my phone that I didn't take

Daniel, Valerie, Alina, and Andrew celebrated with us last weekend

Gram & Big Daddy came to Christmas

The Sunday Funnies

We watched a kids' movie with a know-it-all character.  At one point the characters are looking for an exit, and the know-it-all gives the origin of the word "exit", something along the lines of:  "Exit, from the Latin exitus act or means of going out, equivalent to exi-, variant stem of exīre to go out".  Dorothy gave a hearty laugh and explained, "He's funny.  That's not real."

We requested that Google play a Christmas song, and oddly, it played a baseball song.  Dorothy said, "This isn't a Christmas song!  It's Bring Me Out to the Ballgame!"

Dorothy is into designing roller coasters lately

Brian volunteered in Dorothy's class this morning

And dressing alike is in the details

Dorothy and Willa like to dress alike

The necklace was a prize at the Christmas parade

In Willa's playroom

The Sunday Funnies

When Dorothy and I bought her adorable Dumbo stuffed animal at a toy store, I told her, "I wasn't leaving the store without that Dumbo."  Dorothy was curious about this turn of phrase and we referenced it all day.  When her grandparents came to visit, Dorothy showed Grandma her Dumbo doll.  "Tell her what I said about Dumbo," I urged her.  Dorothy shared, "This is a toy in this store that we can afford."

Brian and Dorothy dressed-up to go on a daddy-daughter date to the ballet.  Dorothy chose a Christmas dress, and Brian showed Dorothy his striped Christmas socks.  "Dad, I think you should roll up your pants so your socks will show," Dorothy advised.

Uncle Daniel, Aunt Valerie, Alina, & Andrew came to Savannah for an early Christmas.  We were walking around the yard, and I picked-up a tennis ball and handed it to Dorothy.  "Here," I said, "Andrew will like to play with this."  "Oh, fetch!" Dorothy enthused.

Just a girl and her new LOL Biggie Pet Surprise

Dorothy class took a field trip today to make clay ornaments

Dorothy Long Legs