September 30, 2011

Marjorie: "Mom, one of my pretend friends died. He was playing with plastic bags in his bed."

September 13, 2011

Marjorie: "Mom, was Callie in your tummy?"

September 12, 2011

Marjorie (eating pancakes): "What's this on the edge of my plate?"
Mom: "That's syrup."
Marjorie: "Why is it brown?"
Mom: "That's what color syrup is."
Marjorie: "Oh, I thought it was diarrhea."

August 6, 2011

Robin (watching a clip from SNL on TV with the NPR skit about Pete Shweddy): "This is a funny show and my mommy used to watch this and laugh and laugh."
Marjorie (a minute later): "When is it going to get to the funny part?"

July 17, 2011

Marjorie yelling from her bed for one of us to come in. Vivian is asleep. Mark goes in.
Marjorie (matter of factly): "Thanks for coming in. I need the flute for just a minute."
Mark: "Why?"
Marjorie: "I need to tell Vivian something."
Mark: "Why do you need the flute?"
Marjorie: "Because I need to wake her up to tell her something."
Mark: "Would you want to be woken up with a flute?"
Marjorie: "Yeah, I would like you to wake me up with the flute tomorrow."

June 23, 2011

Marjorie: "I am going to hide my Band-Aid (on her finger) in my tush so Addy doesn't see it, because my tush is not transparent, right?"

May 26, 2011

Marjorie: "Whoa! I can't believe it! My princess wand is transparent!"

May 25, 2011

Marjorie (upon seeing a man in a cowboy hat washing windows): "Look at that partner out there!"

May 19, 2011

Marjorie: "I can't do a somersault anymore. I ran out of somersaults."

May 18, 2011

Marjorie (in the bathtub): "I have to get out! I have to toot!"
Mom: "You can just toot in the bathtub."
Marjorie: "But my toot will go down the drain!"

May 18, 2011

Marjorie (in the bathtub): "I have to get out! I have to toot!"
Mom: "You can just toot in the bathtub."
Marjorie: "But my toot will go down the drain!"

May 5, 2011

Marjorie (to her blanket): "Sorry blankie, you've got to stay home. Because you don't talk. (she says in a little voice, "I don't?") No. And you don't walk, either. And I can't carry you."

March 9, 2011

Marjorie (regarding Vivian): I don't know what to do with that baby. She's crazy.

February 28, 2011

Marjorie: "Oh no, God put the rain down again."
Mom: "Yeah, he did."
Marjorie: "No, she's a girl."
Mom: "Oh, God is a girl?"
Marjorie: "Hmm, maybe he is a boy. Jesus is a boy. He looks like he's a boy."

February 24, 2011

Marjorie: Sun, go away! Go back in the clouds with Jesus and God.

February 21, 2011

Marjorie: Sleeping Beauty, meet Cinderella. Welcome to Sesame Street!