Marley-Speak

Lewis is always telling me I need to write down some of the things Marley says so we won't forget them. In an effort to do so, I thought I would share some of her more recent favorite phrases.

• "Can me hep you?"--When I'm cooking supper usually, but at other very inappropriate times--when I'm changing Laney's dirty diaper, painting my toe-nails, etc.
• "You know, Mommy, sometimes Aney hits me too."--Keep in mind that Marley does not pronounce L's. Also, to truly get the effect of this one, imagine Marley with her head slightly tilted, doing a slow nod, eyebrows raised.
• "You been seepy ong time."--This was one Saturday morning when everyone was up already but me. Mommys don't get to sleep in very often.
• "Ain, Ain, go a-ay, come again a-udder day"--Repeat until rain slacks off.
• "The ain stopped, Mommy. Cause me go, 'Ain, ain, go a-ay,' like dat."
• "Aunt Iz put cucumbers in the simmin poo"--This one took me a while to figure out, then like a bolt of lightning, I realized she meant chemicals. "Marley do you mean, Aunt Liz put chemicals in the swimming pool?" "Yes, chemicas."
• "It not fumpa at the ata pock."--"It's not thundering at the water park."
• "When Aney get a itta bigger, she can jump off the taba and not get hurt, ike dis!"--The favorite pasttime around our house lately is jumping off things. The table in question was the coffee table.
• "Me can say Ewdis!"--She was very offended when I was trying to get her to pronounce the L in Lewis' name.
• "Daddy, did you hear, me going to pe-schoo?"--She was very excited when I first told her she would be starting preschool in a few weeks.
• "Da ains came down and the fuds came up."--She sings the song about the wise man and the foolish man about all the time now. Unless she's singing--
• "Take da key and ock her up, ock her up, ock her up. My pare ady!"
• "Me uv you!"--What more can I say?