Gram & Big Daddy brought Mary Claire & Maggie to town

games

pool

ice cream sundaes

matching socks

playground

reading time

empty bed

early mornings

twin telepathy challenge

matching outfits

Culver's for custard

Cousins on the lawn

Third grade clean-out

Camper van

Photo shoot! Age 9 & 3/4

Catching up with high school/college/Milwaukee friends

One of Sarah's summer goals is for Dorothy to finish half-completed craft kits!

Girl Scout Shop

Swing + Sprinkler = Summer

Pool party in the rain

Always with the costumes

Goblet of Fire, nearly in the books

Busy evening

Field Day

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy's class had a pajama party at school.  In the morning I asked how she wanted her hair styled, and she said, "Don't brush it.  I want bed head."  When she put on slippers, I warned her that it would be hard to walk all day in the clunky cute slippers, and she told me, "I'm bringing a pair of tennis shoes to change into.  I just want to get to school with the look."  Then when it was time to leave, she joked, "Maybe we should leave late, and when I get to school, I'll say 'I overslept!'"

Dorothy and I said the same thing at the same time, then called Jinx!  We added, "Double jinx!" and then Dorothy tagged-on "Jinx blackout!"  "Jinx blackout?" I asked.  "I don't know that one."  She offered, "I picked up a few things from my friends." 

Growing Girl

Dorothy at the talent show

Playing with slime in the truck bed (from the weekend)

I know you love me when you say you love me

Our Harry Potter Era

Pizza with a friend at Sam's Club

The countdown is on

Tybee Beach Ecology Tour with the Girl Scouts

sand suction tube

collected

Mr. Ben

moon snail

 

First bath (from Saturday)

The Sunday Funnies

I bought an anatomy board game because I thought that the little snap-together skeletons were so cute.  I wanted to play it with Dorothy over the weekend, but we never got around to it.  While she was at school on Monday, I couldn't help myself, and I constructed one of the adorable skeletons.  Dorothy returned home and saw the toy.  "Mom, you played the game without me?" she asked.

Dorothy and her friend were discussing curse words.  (They discuss curse words a lot.)  Both girls mentioned their parents' habits.  Then Dorothy asked, "How do teachers and grandparents keep from cursing?"

Dorothy was reading and I asked her if she wanted me to turn on a light.  I carried on:  "My grandparents were always watching me read or do my homework on the floor, and they would comment that I should use a light so I wouldn't ruin my eyes.  I guess their eyes were getting worse, like mine are, so they were thinking about light.  Of course I'm probably as old now as my grandparents were when I was a kid," I (slightly) exaggerated.  "No," Dorothy clarified, "you act as old as them.  There's a difference."

Girl Scouts at Build-a-Bear

Flower Build

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

The SwiftieVerse

 Dorothy has a theory about tomorrow's drop of Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department:

https://youtu.be/y6yzI2cjcC4

School field trip pics from the teacher

 

Fence update

Flashback to the beach

The dolls are on pause while Dorothy is at school

69.4% in 2024

 

The Sunday Funny

Dorothy overheard my friend talking on a Marco Polo.  My friend said, "I need to get all the supplies for our church party.  I think it's wine and cheese for 100 people."  "Wine and cheese?" Dorothy exclaimed.  "She can't be serious!"