Overheard #2

Stella has some interesting phrases and customized words that should be noted:

• "Prettyful" - This seems to be a cross between beautiful and pretty.
• "C'mon, you can do it!" - She uses this when encouraging others.
  
• "Listen to my words!" - When you aren't paying attention to her, this is what you get.
  
• "I want something really, really special!" - Usually pertaining to a present or food.
  
• "You saved the day!" - When someone does something to fix something.
  
• "That's my rule." - When she explains how something is going to go, or what her plan is.
  

Off the Bottle

Last week Marni went cold turkey and kicked the bottle habit. It took a couple of days of crying, but she did it and is now exclusively in sippy-cup land. A couple of years ago when Stella was weaned off the bottle, she went two days without drinking any milk before she finally gave in.

The Marni Vocabulary - Part 3

The latest to pop out of Marni's mouth (other than half-chewed food) are: apple, pizza, papa, bubbles, and balloon. Also... "piece" as in "I want a piece of that to eat".

Marathon Girls

The Shepards hosted yet another NYC Marathon Party today. Special guests were Nana and Papa Shepard. In total we had about 18 people drop by. Lisa provided quite a feast.

As far as the girls were concerned, the most interesting guest was Margaret's dog named Luke.

The Littlest Trick-Or-Treater

Halloween 2007 was Marni's first as a walking person. Evidently, humans are born with the trick-or-treat gene, since Marni instinctively knew what to do. Outfitted in her pink ballerina costume and a fuzzy white sweater, Marni grabbed her white candy bucket and insisted on walking around on her own.

She watched Stella to see what the routine was and happily went up to each treat-giver, picked her treat, and placed it in her bucket. There was no stopping this girl.

When we finally made it to the parade, she was fearless and marched down the street with all the other ghouls and goblins.

PS... the headless clown in the photo is Lisa Stefanoff.