The Many Faces of Marley Mac

 What a goofy girl!

She's going to be HOW tall??!!

Somebody told me the other day that you should take the height of your daughter at two, and multiply it by two to find out how tall she'll be full grown.

If this is true my child, who is already somewhat of a giant when compared to other children her age, will be a whopping 6 foot 1!

Oh my...

Stay tuned for some Thanksgiving photos...

Breakfast with Santa, Farm Fest and Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yesterday we woke up REALLY early (for a Saturday) and met Mia and Ms. Tamika at the mall for Chik Fil 'A Breakfast with Santa!  Santa cow was there...

...beauty queens from the area were there...

...Cow Elf was there...

...and of course Santa! 

(for as petrified as the girls look I promise they were so excited especially Marley!)

Mia danced with Santa Cow (as did Marley)

The girls rode the money eating machines...

...and so did Cow Santa!

Tamika forgot Mia's stroller so the girls shared (similarly to how Marley and Reese did this summer)

and before we left the girls spent some time playing at the play place.  We were so early that both girls said "Where is everybody?"

Then Marley and I headed out to Katie's Place for their first annual Farm Fest.  Katie's Place is just getting started in the Roanoke area and the goal is that it will become a residential, working farm for adults with disabilities.  There are not very many options in this area for adults with disabilities so we were happy to go and support them getting on their feet!

They had a bunch of really fun activities for the kids including llama feeding...

...and 2 bounce houses where Marley spent a good amount of time!

It was a beautiful day

The fire department was there with their smoke house too

And there was a table specially designated for bubble fun...

and of course a playground!

Here is Marley striking what has become her signature pose

and Ms. Luna, who I believe Marley learned the pose from in the first place :)

Luna is in Marley's preschool class and these two had a blast hanging out together outside of class!

No Farm Fest would be complete without pony rides!

This is the horse Marley rode...has anyone ever seen a horse with blue eyes like this before??!!

We were told, yet again, that Marley is a natural on top of a horse! 

(P.S.- GRANNY, look at that posture!)

And we rounded out the day with a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies (that have just the hint of lemon because I ran out of vanilla extract)

I don't think we could have had a better day!

Christmas Before Thanksgiving?

Today was a very busy day but more on that later.  

Just to make you smile before you head to bed I leave you with this picture from our first event today...Breakfast with Santa!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEY!

Today was a very special little girl's birthday!  

I woke up this morning thinking "WOW!  Today Kaley turns 4!  She's getting so big!"  

Then, I called Brett and said "Remember, today is Kaley's birthday." 

And then, in the car on the way to school, I told Marley, "Today is Kaley's birthday" and she got so excited!  Then all day at school periodically, I would think, "don't forget to call Kaley, don't forget to call Kaley."  

And then...we forgot to call Kaley.  :(  

So here is a very special birthday message that we made because I figure by now, she's asleep after all the birthday excitement.

We love you Kaley and can't wait to see you at Christmas!

My Little Diva

Isn't she just too cute?!

Baby Shower

This weekend was Erin Porter's baby shower in Woodbridge!  We had so much fun and after the partyMommy, Marley, Fancy and Aunt Sarah had a girls night that included going out to dinner, staying in a hotel and a little shopping today.  I don't have many pictures because, while I was SUPPOSED to be taking them, I ended up spending more time wrangling a certain 2 year-old.  Marley was very, very good but then tonight, when we got home, I found out she had stolen one of baby boy Porter's new toys...oh goodness...what will I do with that girl?!

Here is a picture of the diaper cake I made.  I was very proud of it for being my first try!  Thanks Erin Garriepy for helping me make this for Erin Porter :)

And then an attempt at making a diaper baby.  This one didn't come out quite as good as I hoped however, not bad for the first attempt. 

My little Diva striking a pose

The washcloth Lollipops I made

 MMM...nothing better than Kathy's Cake!

And this is by far my favorite picture of the day (although I did take a good one with Mar and so did Fancy).  Here is Marley striking a pose with Erin's brother Brian!  I think Brian's hand just makes it!

Hopefully I'll have more to post (including the picture of me with Mar, Fancy with Mar and the group shot of me, Mar, Fancy and Aunt Sarah) when Kath can email them!