valentine's day...

 Every year for Valentine's Day, I put together a simple scavenger hunt for Marley.  This year she told me it is her favorite thing we do all year and she looks forward to it every year!  Sometimes as a mom, we don't realize that the simplest things are truly what our children will remember.  It makes my hurt burst knowing that she still, at almost 13, looks forward to our silly little scavenger hunt every year.  

This year Adam was at work, so Marley and I got to spend the day together not only doing our annual scavenger hunt, but we went to see the Harlem Globetrotters!  We watch them on Saturday mornings on the tv, but she has never been in person so this was one of her scavenger hunt "gifts".  We had the best time with Grammy and Pops and Marley even said, "If all basketball was like this, I'd actually watch it!"

marleyisms...

 Here's to another year of Marley greatness...

Last night (Marley singing in the car): “Nice, Nice Baby…”

Me: “It’s Ice, Ice Baby! By Vanilla Ice!”

Marley: “No it’s not! That’s dumb! It’s Nice, Nice Baby by Justin Bieber!”

Tonight (as we’re watching Top Gun) Marley: “I told Ellie this was your favorite movie dad. I couldn’t remember what the movie was called, but I told her Tom Brady was in it.”

Marley: “Dad, do you fly zero times the speed of light?”

Marley: “Oh! It’s Tom Cruise! It told me on the table of contents.”

On the way to church we’re stopped behind an ambulance at a light…

Marley: “Weird, I didn’t know ambulances worked on Sunday.”

Me trying to explain the difference between “LABoratory” and “LAVatory” to Marley.

Marley: “Potato, Potata…they both contain experiments.”

Marley just asked why they were selling “rat hats” at the Alamo gift store…

Marley as we pass Poage Park: “I love that park because it has one of those flat ferris wheels.”

That would be a merry-go-round.

Marley: “Ugh I do not like crust of the apple.”

Me: “It’s not called the crust.”

Marley: “or you know, the seal.”

I was running an errand today and she wanted to stay home. I get a text that says, “How do you turn the oven off?” Obviously, I immediately call and ask WHY the oven is on! She said she cooked a pizza but couldn’t figure out how to turn it off, so she GOOGLED it and it said to take the back panel off. She said she knew that wasn’t right because “dad doesn’t do that every time we cook”…

Just FYI, Marley informed me tonight that she really likes sunglasses, but she doesn’t wear them often because she doesn’t like the tinted kind…

As the crowd is doing the “wave” before the concert:

Marley: “OMG! That was my first wave!”

At breakfast this morning:

Marley: “What are the numbers on the menu?”

ALL OF US: “The price Marley. The price.”

In a convo about what to do if you get lost from a group…

Marley: “yeah if you get lost you just go hug a tree.”

Note: If you see Marley hugging a tree, help her. She’s lost.

Marley, “Jail in England probably isn’t so bad. They probably give you some day old baguettes!”

Marley: “I just love the numbers 4, 8 & 32! I mean you just don’t expect 4 x 8 to equal 32 unless you know it.”

Marley and I were talking about how much older Coach Kimberling is than me (it’s a LOT FYI)…

Marley: “oh! I thought yall were the same age, but I guess once you get wrinkles everyone looks the same.”

As we’re talking about organizing by ROY G BIV (colors of the rainbow)

Marley: “Huh, I sure thought that was a famous judge.”

Marley: “You can’t eat fish when you’re pregnant right?”

Me: “You can, but I think you just have to be careful. Like not eat a lot of tuna.”

Marley: “Oh so just no seafood.”

Me: “What? Seafood is fish.”

Marley: “Oh! I thought seafood was just like hibachi, you know, and California rolls. I mean not all fish live in the sea.”

Marley: “Ugh we had to talk about bullying for WIN class today. I mean we did Bullying 101 in kindergarten already.”

Me: “Well some people didn’t listen.”

Marley: “Well then it’s time for Bullying 102 for them!”

As we’re driving down 84…

Marley: “Those green signs that go across the highway scare me. I’m always afraid they’ll fall right when we drive under and chop my feet off!“

Me: “Well, if that happens, it was the Lord’s timing.”

Marley: “Then how will he wash my feet?!”

“Worst thing I’ve ever had to do!” Says Marley as I made her pick up the leaves after I trimmed the bushes.

Marley: “You know I just figured out I was spelling one of our cheers wrong all year! I was saying “B-i-c-t-ory that’s our Rocket Battle Cry” and I thought we were supposed to be spelling “battle cry” and I thought all year “that’s not how you spelling that!”

45...

 Man does my family know me well!  They "surprised" me with a Target themed party for my 45th birthday!

Dreams do come true!

chipe and doodle biscuit...

 Chipie and Doodle Biscuit still remain very much a part of the Christmas season and fun for us.  So here are their shenanigans from this year...