(PHOTO FROM FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL)
So my normal process with these quotes is to save them up until we have a bunch and then put them up on the blog. Well, that process worked so well this time that I waited too long and forgot what the quotes were. Thankfully the girls get their intelligence and organizational skills from their mother.
And thankfully they continue to say Notable and Quotable things. Read on if you don't believe me.
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We were on Long Beach Island and Hayden and cousin Avery were about to go off to a store called Just Bead It!, where you make jewelry from beads, etc. My brother Hamilton, speaking for me as well, said "Yuck. I'd rather have a dentist appointment than go to Just Bead It!"
Chiming in, Marley said "Yeah. And even have your molars taken out."
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Hayden was playing around in our apartment not so long ago and pretending to operate a restaurant. She played the hostess and also one of the waitstaff.
So, after telling me about the specials and taking my order, she says "Remember, when you're at this restaurant we make you feel like you're family."
And I'll bet they're more successful at that task than the Olive Garden is.
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So the girls really are very smart. They're great readers. Very logical. Excellent memories. Vigorous debaters. And they know many multisyllabic words. They just don't always use them exactly right.
For example, we had the following discussion while playing miniature golf on vacation.
Beth: Marley, get off of the green. You're being an obstacle.
Marley: What's an obstacle?
Beth: It's something that's in the way.
Hayden: Like an obstacle illusion?
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And one day later we had this chat.
Beth: Marley, please go brush your teeth.
Marley: I can't. I don't know where my identical kit is.
(That's her dental kit, we're guessing.)
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The best is when we hear funny stories about our kids from other people. Otherwise we get the feeling that only we see and hear these things, kind of like Snuffalupagus.
So Marley was riding the ferris wheel at Fantasy Island with her friend from camp, Gari, and her friend's mother, Jennifer, who told us about this chat.
Gari: That person down there is smoking. That's really bad for you.
Marley: I know. It can make your lungs work at only 80%.
Ready for the MCATs.
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On the night before kindergarten, I was lying down with Marley right before she went to bed. Even though she wasn't particularly nervous about school the next day, I wanted her to feel extra secure and confident.
So I told her: "Marley, I just want you to know that not only do your mother and I love you with all of our hearts, but we also are proud of you, we admire you, we think you're wonderful, spectacular, and terrific, and we wouldn't trade you or your sister for any other two girls in the whole world."
Marley looked up at me and said "Anything else?"
I guess I shouldn't have worried about her confidence.
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We were driving on the highway and I drove over those indentations on the shoulder that make your car vibrate.
Marley shouted out, "Daddy, that must be the Thunder Road!"
I was so psyched, figuring that all of my Springsteen passion must be making some small headway on the girls since Marley knew the name of one of his greatest songs. Such a proud moment.
Then, a few weeks later, the girls were watching Grease. And I noticed that the name of the track where the race was held was called Thunder Road. And now I'm a bit less psyched.
