Our new fence

Happy birthday, Grandpa!

Zoltar Speaks

 

We took the Savannah River Ferry for fun

Easter 2024

Waiting on the cake in the oven

Easter eggs

Dorothy at the Marshpoint Marathon

When PTA (Mom) provides donuts for honor roll (Dorothy)

New toy! (Runts)

The Sunday Monies

I keep a list of the money Dorothy has been gifted, and make notes when she decides to spend it to keep a running total.  I thought it would be fun to show how Dorothy has spent her money over the last year (including my descriptions, which mean something to Dorothy and me):

• book fair unicorn pen
• Beta Club tattoos
• Queen Bee Squishmallow
• chalk at Cohen's
• Girl Scout cookies
• fluffy kitty
• pixie stick
• Netflix
• Target shoes, chokers, hairclips
• Santa Shop
• Target Christmas craft chain
• Jacksonville zoo souvenirs
• Dollar Tree calendar & toy
• Polly Pocket bracelet
• yearbook
• squishy balls Five Below
• axolotl stuffy
• Polly Pocket bracelet & kangaroo
• Ramen squishy noodles
• baby with bathtub
• Magic Mixling
• koala stuffy
• Dollar Tree
• popsicle from ice cream truck
• flarp
• Lego set from gift card
• two Goodwill games
• gel pen book
• watch on Shein
• peanut M&Ms at improv show
• otter project donation
• Dollar Tree
• sloth stickers
• estate sale singing hamster & jeweled bracelet
• book fair donut pen

Still Life (earning a Girl Scout badge)

Homework

Dorothy received some hand-me-down books. She keeps saying, "I never would have picked this, but it's so good!"

Studio Apartment

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy, reading:  "Mom, this book says that consequences can be good or bad.  It just means that something is a result of an action.  You always say consequence like it's a bad thing.  And did you know that suffrage means the right to vote?"

Parade/Post-Parade

Dorothy was on the school's Reading Bowl team that competed today!

Amelia's birthday party at the horse farm

 

Cindy Lou Who

Pink is the new white (paper)

Crazy Hair Day

Cue cards

Whiskerella by the Award-Winning Author Ursula Vernon

Dorothy worked hard on her "Video Book Talk" this weekend:

https://youtu.be/7C8R71WJ8eU

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy was reading Anne of Green Gables.  "Anne has to go to Sunday School every week," she said.  "Finally!  A character who has my same problem!"

Dorothy told me:  "I started a Maoist Revolution at school."
Me: ????
She continued:  "I was the first person to bring a mouse for my computer, and now three other kids have brought them, too."

At Dorothy's request I piled about 15 of her stuffed animals on her bed.  She wanted the final two stuffies, and I said that I had left them out because they are electronic and they talk.  "They all talk to me," she countered.

Butterfly box craft at Home Depot

Leap Days 2016, 2020, 2024 (Next Leap Day, Dorothy will be 13 years old!)

 

DJ got a KiwiCo box subscription from Santa and the reindeer made another delivery

Lego camera

 

The Sunday Funnies

In her song Dear John, T. Swift sings, "All the girls that you've run dry have tired, lifeless eyes 'cause you burned them out."  "Eww!" Dorothy recoiled.  "He burned their eyes out?"

We were listening to a podcast about social rules, and the podcast pointed-out that you wear nicer clothes to church than you wear every day.  "Not me," Dorothy noted.  [This is true.  She picks out her own clothes.]  The podcast continued:  "And you wear different clothes to sleep in than you wear in the daytime."  "Not you!" Dorothy observed.

Hammytime

Strawberry Selfie

Sam's Club, NYC

The Sunday Funnies

I loved the Sweet Valley Twins series as a kid.  Recently I picked up a few of the books for Dorothy.  She was chatting about the main characters, Elizabeth and Jessica, and she referenced The Sixers, which turns out to be the school newspaper.  When I asked what The Sixers was, Dorothy fussed, "Mom!  Didn't you say you read these!?!"

I went into Dorothy's room to wake her up the morning after the Grammys.  She was just a blue lump, 100% covered by blankets.  "Last night, Taylor Swift got two awards and announced that she is releasing an album on April 19," I told the lump.  Was it awake?  A moment passed.  "A re-release or a new album?" the lump gruffed.

Dorothy explained, "At school they've made fractions easier for us because we all lived through Covid." "Oh," I replied, "so the math that kids usually do at the beginning of third grade, you're doing closer to the end of third grade?" "No," Dorothy clarified, "they're just making the fractions easier because we all lived through Covid."

Dorothy was reading a book about manners. "One thing the book doesn't cover," Dorothy told me, "is what to do if you meet a famous person like Taylor Swift. Should you go up to her and talk, or give her privacy?"

Taylor Swift sings, "My drug is my baby; I'll be using for the rest of my life." Dorothy expressed some concern as to whether Taylor has done drugs. I explained that she is saying that she is obsessed with her baby the way that some people are obsessed with drugs. "So she means 'My baby is my drug,'" Dorothy concluded.

Cookie Booth

Sweetheart Ball at school

February 13

Be My Valentine

Let the good times roll

Catching up with Juniper & Avert (& Megan &John) in Gainesville

Juat a quick rubberband bracelet on the way to school

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy was poised to make a clever observation about Taylor Swift.  "Mama, you're gonna want this in The Sunday Funnies," she told me.  "Get ready to write it down."

Time to organize