A Fun Day at the School Playground

A little while back we went to check out the elementary school playground around the corner from our house. Marley really enjoyed herself and she and daddy have gone back a couple of time since...Enjoy!

And a couple of videos from that day...

The Swing Spin

Rock Wall Climbing

(please disregard my shrill voice and yes, I realize that she didn't look at me when I asked her to)

More to come...Eventually...

As Promised

Here's another video, especially for Auntie Em! Check out that form!

Movie Monday...

A Day (or two) Late...

So I stayed up late last night trying to update with an 8 minute movie montage of Marley from the last few weeks...alas, that did not happen so we'll start with these two.

Here's Marley dancing with her daddy before bed...this has come a bit of a nightly occurance, it's really, really cute. Now, when he asks her if she wants to dance she automatically steps up on his feet without him having to help her

At the end of July, right before I went back to work, Marley and I were out and about during the day and we stopped by a children's second hand shop where we found this wonderful horse! We had been wanting to get one for Marley like cousin Kaley and Jaelynn's but they were too expensive new. SO, needless to say when we found this one for $50 we jumped on it and so did she! This was taken the night daddy brought it home, she knew just what to do...

...and she's only getting better (although, she does sometimes smack the bridge of her nose on the horse's mane when she gets too excited)!

Enjoy, more to come!

New Shoes

Like my new shoes? I'm gonna show you how to put them on...


First you put your foot in...

Common foot...get in there...

Maybe Special Agent Oso will give me some ideas...

Ok, lemme try again...

This is where I got stuck last time...
Common shoe...what's your problem?

Lemme tell you how this works...you're supposed to go on my foot...

Got it?

Let's try this again...

I'm thinking that maybe...

I'll just get mommy or daddy to help

Happy Birthday Granny!

Hope your day was great!

Brownies, Brownies, Brownies

"WOW Mommy, guess what?! Daddy's going to make brownies with me!" "These are our ingredients and supplies"
"Hmmm...Daddy, I think I want to stick my finger in the mix"

"This stuff is different than anything I've ever tasted"

"Interesting..."

"So, when do I get to use this spoon?"

"COME ON DADDY! I want a turn!"

"Finally"

"Geez Daddy, I can do it myself"

"Thank you"

"HAHAHAHA, silly daddy, you fell right into my trap!"

"It was yummy...why'd you take it away?"

"Wait a minute...this spoon doesn't have anything on it!"

"Daddy, don't you remember mommy saying she wanted to lick the bowl? You didn't leave her anything to lick!"

"Into the oven they go..."

"A delicious bedtime treat!"

"Thanks for teaching me how to make brownies daddy! It sure was fun, I can't wait to do it again!"

Love, Marley

Happy Birthday Aunt Sarah

Hope your day was great!

Sorry, Sorry, Sorry

Hmmm...now that's interesting...I don't know what's going on with my formatting. Sorry in advance. But, that's not what the post title is apologizing for. Again I have been lazy with my blogging...but in my defense I've been wanting to spend as much time with Marley as possible since I went back to work today and she went back to daycare. 'Tis the life of the working mommy.

Ok, so about a week or so after we moved, after Gigi and Granny left and after daddy had to go back to Fredericksburg to get the rest of mommy's sh*t, Marley and mommy embarked on an adventure to Williamsburg with continuation on to the Outer Banks for a week at the beach with Grandad, Fancy, GranChris, GranMasterMike, Uncle Christian, Aunt Natalie, cousin Evan and cousin Evan's Uncle MJ and Mimzy. It was a full house but a great week. Marley, Fancy, Grandad and Mommy got there a couple of days before everyone else and went to celebrate Denny Anderson's birthday (which isn't until August and this was June) with a party on Saturday night and a barbeque on Sunday. We had a fabulous time and Mommy got to catch up with some old friends and people that she used to work with way back when in Prince William County.

Mommy was a terrible picture taker while we were at the beach but here are a few...

GranChris and GranMasterMike brought Marley and Evan a bunch of goodies including fantastic, battery operated bubble blowers...they had a blast with these...



Marley had a blast with hers and still asks for it at home (when she sees it on the counter). Good thing they also brought a HUGE thing of bubbles that we got to take home!

We spent the week relaxing at the house, at the beach, by the pool and doing a little bit of shopping...I have a few pictures from GranChris that I need to scan and upload, and a couple from my phone from when we were actually at the beach that I need to email myself to load (I'm kinda anal about my cameras at the beach with sand) but here are a few from lounging around the house...

Cousin Evan
"Huh? Whadyousay?"
Cousins just hangin' out...could they be any more different?
I had to post this picture because the angle that it's taken makes Evan look like a completely different kid...I think...I have a couple of Marley like that too but not from this trip...
Busy Reading
"What's he got?"
Consumed by books
Like my new watch?
Then when Uncle Christian and Aunt Natalie were getting ready to leave a hurricane hit Houston (where there connecting flight was) so they ended up coming back to the house in Williamsburg for another night. We went and walked around CW (that's Colonial Williamsburg for those of you not in the know) and Uncle Christian and Aunt Natalie bought Marley and Evan these t-shirts and Grandad and Fancy bought the hats...they were just too cute but not entirely cooperative for the photo shoot.


This was the best shot of the bunch
Then we had a little role reversal
And Marley enjoyed dressing up Aunt Natalie...
...And Uncle Christian! (Sorry Chris...I had too...)
And in the spirit of Movie Monday (incorporated by Aunt Emily) I was going to post a video montage of Marley on the beach, mainly snippets that I caught on my phone, but alas, it's not happening so I leave you with this parting shot of Marley at the end of our vaca on the 4th of July...
More to come...eventually...