Dottie Lou

Dottie-

So my sweet girl- I’m not sure what happened as it appears there are many posts that have gone missing. I think I was using an app on my phone and the two must not have synched up. Sorry for the gap in your logs (it happened to Hazel too).

So let’s see- where should we begin? I write this from the beach on Whidbey Island and you are inside working on your mindcraft world- it is very impressive with a zoo, village and lots of adventurous places.

You just finished kindergarten and I couldn’t be more proud of how you did. You entered kindergarten a slightly timid and shy girl and left full of confidence and vigor. In fact, your amazing teacher (Mr OCallaghan) said you had the definition of moxy. You have made some great friends including Harper Jean and Miko and you have taken your caring and thoughtful approach with you as you’ve grown up. Don’t lose that. It is special.

The kindergarten year had many firsts for you- you learned to swim at the JCC, you participated in Parkour and Gymnastics at the Boys and Girls Club, became a great skier, learned to tide the bus on your own and even began to read some words.

What does Dottie like these days??

· Cats, hamsters, guinea pigs

· Mindcraft, Super Mario Odyssey

· Fishing

· Going fast on your (or Hazel’s) scooter

· Garfield, Roadrunner, Bugs Bunny

· Hot cheese sandwiches, pasta, lollypops, jolly ranchers

· Your sister

· Swimming and going in our hot tub

· Playing with Farley

This summer you are in a bunch of camps including Zoo Camp, Mincraft Camp, Pacific Science Center/ Seattle Children’s TheaterPotions camp and lots more through the JCC.

This school year we went on a few fun family vacations including a ski trip to Big White where we had the best time ice skating, skiing, hot tubing, playing in the snow and drinking lots of hot chocolate.

We also went on an amazing roadtrip in Southern Utah where we visited sveral national parks – Arches, Canyonlands, Monument, Bryce and Zion. We went horse back rising and did some great hikes. I made a book about the trip and I hope you still have it by the time you read this.

In August I’m taking you girls to Lake Chelan again (this will be our third year and the second with just the girls). We always have a blast swimming in the lake and going to the waterslide park.

We had many fun day trips too including visiting a few fun pool centers that have lazy rivers and slides, we went mushroom hunting in the mountains, lots of trips to the zoo, aquarium and the library.

I’m including some photos to help will in the blanks from the last year and a half and I hope it does it justice.

You are such a sweet girl but also one that can get quite hot headed when you feel justice was not served or life is not fair. We’re working on that and I know you’ll get to owning your big feelings soon. Remember, only you can determine if you’re going to be sad, upset, angry, or happy. Own and drive your own feelings and make the life you want for yourself.

With so much love you can’t even understand, Mommy.