Grossness

Mackenzie touched Dharma on accident while they were brushing their teeth.  This was the result.

Dog Meat

Today at Al Caputo's Dharma and I were standing in front of the meat case waiting for Rob and Mackenzie to catch up.  Dharma looks over and says "Look mom, dog meat."  I looked and saw pork and beef and said "Yep."  Then I looked at the woman who was standing at the front of my cart, looking at me strange and I smiled.

Dharma then said "Are we getting dog meat for Mandi to eat?"

"No, Dharma.  She has enough meat and bones in the fridge."  I looked at the lady again and smiled since she was looking at me again then said "I wonder where your dad and Kenzie are."  The woman was weirding me out because she kept looking at me.

"Is that dog meat there, too, mom?"  Dharma asked.  Then I realized what that lady was thinking.  She was thinking we were buying meat made FROM a dog, not meat FOR a dog.  I would love to hear the conversation that woman is having with her family right about now.

She won't stop talking

She has been talking for 4 hours now about everything and anything.  The first part is incoherent.  Then she talks about her hard teeth and how they can help her bite hard things.  Like hard liquids.

I am a Pit Bull

We have a German Shepherd and a Boxer and we foster everything from Chihuahuas to Dobermans for IL Doberman Rescue Plus (no name-dropping here, lol).  Since dogs are such a huge part of our lives, it is no surprise that Dharma thinks she is a dog and is always pretending to be a dog.  I've never asked her what kind of dog she is, so when I asked her this morning I was surprised when she told me she is "a Pit Bull like Loki", our neighbor dog. 

So if she is a Pit Bull...how can anyone still be afraid of them?

"Warf, Waaarrrrf, Warf, Waaaarrrf"

Family dance

We went to a family dance at Mackenzie's school the other day.  Dharma had a good time.  She made friends with the older girls who choreographed the dances, she got a stolen balloon, she took the cones that were put out to tell the kids where to line up and she decided that when everyone was suppose to sit down in their designated areas to keep chaos to a minimum, that she would go sit with the First Graders.  I actually had to get up in front of the entire gymnasium (filled to standing room only, mind you) and go retrieve her from the kids she said were her "new friends."

Sitting with the choreographers

 Dharma with the stolen balloon

 

 Getting ready to steal this cone and put it somewhere else.  She had already snatched up the red cone.

 Sitting with her new friends...the first grade class.

Out of control

Dharma ran like this for about 10 minutes.  She kept saying she was about to be out of control. 

This was without a nap today.

The Whole Story

Thursday when my mom dropped Dharma off at school, Dharma told her she was scared of her teacher.  Not scared enough that she did not run into the school and run off to play with her new friends, though.

Even still, I asked Dharma later that night why she was afraid of her teacher:

Me: How was school today?
Dharma: Good.
Me: What did you do?
Dharma: Played with my friends and the toys.
Me: Grandma said you were afraid of your teacher.  Did something happen?
Dharma: My teacher said my name really loud.
Me: Really?  What was going on when she did that?  What did she say to you?
Dharma: I was playing with the toys there.  She said "Dharma, come here."
Me: Oh.  But you were playing nicely with the other kids?
Dharma: No.  I was playing alone.
Me: What were the other kids doing that you were playing alone?
Dharma: Sitting on the rug listening to the story our teacher was reading.
Me: Why weren't you on the rug?
Dharma: I didn't like the story.


So I know with Dharma, it is important to make sure to get THE WHOLE STORY before assuming anything.