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Our neighbor just gifted us the dress-up clothes she outgrew

School display of pre-k work

Andrew's name stays steadily in the top 100

Happy first birthday, Andrew!

        Year                 Rank
                         (rank #1 is most popular)

2018	43
2010	14
2000	7
1990	7
1980	19
1970	32
1960	51
1950	68
1940	84
1930	62
1920	49
1910	42
1900	37

Dorothy's name took a dip in popularity but is steadily rising this decade

        Year                   Rank

                         (rank #1 is most popular)

2018	586
2017	594
2016	646
2015	714
2014	725
2000	739
1990	426
1980	278
1970	180
1960	95
1950	35
1940	12
1930	3
1920	2
1910	4
1900	27

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy's teacher sent her home with some candy and a note on the first day of school, and with a small book on the second day of school.  I found the book in her backpack, which surprised Dorothy.  "Wait,"  she said.  "Am I going to get presents every day?"

Dorothy has always said that she wants to be a doctor when she grows up.  A few days ago, she volunteered, "But if I can't be a doctor, I can be a nurse."  "Why," I asked, "would you not be able to be a doctor?"  "I don't know," she replied.  "If I don't have the right clothes to be a doctor, and I just have the right clothes to be a nurse, then I could be a nurse."

We were watching a movie and the turn-of-the-century orphan was sleeping on the street.  "She's sleeping outside.  On a suitcase.  Under a coat," Dorothy said.  "That's not very safe."

The movie was called The Ballet Shoes, but it did not contain much ballet.  In fact, the climactic scene cut from the command to "Dance!" to the applause after the show.  "I thought we were going to get to see the dance," I complained.  "Maybe the person who was playing in the movie got scared," Dorothy surmised.

Explaining the coffee pot

School Mass yesterday: can you spot Dorothy?

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