Some new quotes and a video clip

Hayden and Marley are somewhat surprisingly into classic musicals. In addition to Mary Poppins, they also enjoy Bye Bye Birdie quite a bit.

So it was only sort of a surprise that Hayden asked for me to put in the DVD for "West Side Montessori."


Lately the girls have thought it was fun and cute to act like babies. So instead of asking for something in English, they'll point at it and make a baby noise like "bah." As you can imagine, this is quite exasparating.

Marley did this recently by pointing at her cup of juice and saying "bah."

"What does 'bah' mean?" I snapped at Marley.

Marley calmly responded, "It's Spanish for juice."

Well, if she says so . . .


Hayden can be a bit mercurial about what she does and doesn't want to do at any given point. So I was lying down with her at bedtime and tells me, "Daddy, I don't want to go to Colorado this year."

"Is that right?"

"Yes. And Marley told me that she doesn't want to go either."

"OK, I'll talk to her about that when I go in her room next."

Short pause.

"Well, you know how Marley doesn't remember saying things all the time."

Hmmmmm . . .


Marley can be bizarrely affectionate sometimes.

Beth had just come home from work a few days ago and Marley told her "Take off your skirt so I can mush your booty." As she went about mushing Beth's caboose, she announced "I love your booty Mommy."

Somebody call Hallmark.


And finally, here's a video of Hayden giving an interview in connection with a graduation DVD that the school produces. As you can see, she's a bit ambivalent about her braids sometimes.