November Marley Talk

Me- kiddo we need to get an elf on the shelf.
Marley- how about a bunny on the shelf.
Me- no its an elf.
Marley- well I want a bunny because I don't like when things rhyme.

Driving past Mike's old job
Marley- Dad, there's the work that you hated.

Talking after we got home on Thanksgiving
Mike- I hate Christmas
Marley- Why do you hate it, you get presents.
Me- it's not about the presents.
Marley- and cookies too.

After seeing Santa. Marley comes walking over to us with her candy cane and says "Santa doesn't even know I don't like these"

Me- we're going to see Santa again at the fishy place (Bass Pro Shop)
Marley- why, we already saw santa
Me- well brother didn't because he was asleep
Marley- maybe that wasn't the right santa

Again talking about Santa

Marley- that santa we saw was just a lady in a costume

Me- A LADY?!

Marley- "when I get married, I want a pet butterfly"

Weeks 32-35

At Mason's doctor's appointment this week he weighed 15.5lbs and is 28 1/2 inches tall.  

Jack- Week Three

Night Fourteen

Riding a ladybug decoration.


Night Fifteen 

He hung this wreath up, but didn't finish making it...yet.

Night Sixteen

Night Seventeen

Marley had been playing with playdoh all day so that night Jack decided he wanted to play too. Marley was upset in the morning though because she wanted to use the scissors. Since you can't touch Jack I had to grab the scissors and pull them from his hands so Marley could play with them.


Night Eighteen
Jack was really tired and forgot to fly back to Santa- oops!


Night Nineteen

Jack found a friend to play blocks with.


Night Twenty

Dining with baby.  This was in Marley's room, she went up to play later and didn't want him in there so I had to scoop him into a basket and carry him downstairs. HA! 

See all our Elf adventures here.

Kiwi Crate Review

I first heard of Kiwi Crate through a friend. It looked interesting and like something Marley would enjoy, but at the time it was a little too pricey for us.  With Mike starting his new job, I decided to splurge on a monthly subscription for Marley. 

Her November box arrived the other day and she dove right in. It was the Carnegie Hall Making Music Crate.  Each box has 2-3 crafts in it. This one had a xylophone and rhythm bells.  The crafts are geared towards 3-7 year olds and each comes with instructions (with pictures)  Marley needed very little help from me once I read her the instructions. 

Getting started. Apparently Zeus had to check it out too. 

Done, now it's music time. 

She played a "song" and then immediately asked to do the next one. 

Done with the rhythm bells. Now it's time to rock out! (Marley loves rock n roll music so I'm sure she thought she was playing rock n roll) 

Overall, I think Marley really enjoyed this, and it only took her about 15-20 minutes to make both crafts. I'm excited to see the December one! 

Does anyone else subscribe to Kiwi Crate? If you want to try it out, they're having lots of holiday specials right now, and I have a coupon if anyone is interested.

Want to sign up? Just click here.