Tushie Talk

We were watching the Hairspray musical on TV (not bad) and Tracey Turnblad, the zaftig teenage hero of the movie comes on the screen.

Hayden asks me, "Is that the mommy?"

"No," I told her, "that's the daughter."

Hayden thought for a second. Then she said, "I think that's the mommy because she has a big tushie."


Later that same night the girls were taking a tubby and I smelled something bad.

"Did you make a toot?" I asked Hayden.

"No, Daddy, it was Marley," Hayden responded, helpfully adding "I saw the bubbles."

70s Era Hayden

Hayden asked me, "Daddy, when we go to the beach next, can you get me a Hannah Montana boogie board?"

"Sure," I lied.

"Good," she said, "because I like to boogie."

Soccer?

We were playing soccer in the hallway and Hayden was telling everyone what to do.

"Mommy, you stand over there," she said "and Daddy, you be goalie."

Marley quickly shouted out "And I'll be the Tin Man!"

Cute Quotes from Wedding Weekend

We traveled way out to Martha's Vineyard this weekend for the wedding of our cousin Paul (on Beth's side) to his excellent new bride Helen. It was a long and involved travel process, but some nifty quotes emerged.

To break up the trip, we spent Thursday night in Connecticut at Melissa and Brett's house. We were all sleeping in the same room and, at bedtime with the lights off, Marley was still chatting. Beth was lying down in Hayden's bed and told Marley to be quiet. She said that it was time to go to sleep and "Hayden and I are trying to get some sleep." Marley would have none of that. After a few seconds silently thinking it over, she yelled "COCK A DOODLE DOO!" to wake them up.

During the drive to Martha's Vineyard, Marley was singing. It's not always clear what song she's singing, so we improvise a little Name That Tune to try and figure it out. Anyway, I asked Marley, "are you singing Yankee Doodle?" And, without pausing, Hayden blurted out "Yankees stink!" I couldn't be prouder.

We were at the wedding and Marley and I were walking on the slippery farm meadow. She tripped a bit and told me, "I almost took a tumble."

On the drive home, Marley dropped something and, once again, said, "shit." She then started repeating it: "Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit." Trying not to audibly laugh, Beth asked Marley, "Don't you mean 'Oh, bummer'?" Marley quickly responded, "No, shit." The girl knows what she means.

Later on the drive home, which was pretty long and tiring, Marley assured Beth, "I'm going to give you some cooperation." Cute, but not accurate, sadly.

Finally, also on the same ride home, Marley asked where we were going. I told her that we were going home. Hayden, acting gratuitously obstinate, said "We're going Neverwhere." She has apparently mastered the limits of the time space continuum.

Busy Cute Morning for Marley

Marley was playing with her wooden fruit toy and slicing the fruit with the dull wooden knife that came with it. All of a sudden we hear her say "hamotzi lechem min haaretz." And then she blurts out "I need some wine." Hopefully she won't be repeating that catchphrase into her teen years.

Later on Marley responded to Hayden by saying "Are you kidding me?" Now that would be a good catchphrase.