Stuff Malori Says

Ah! I just realized I didn't post this yesterday, so I am a day late on her birthday. Dang it.

This picture is about a year old, but it marks a high point in my life. My sisters took a box and made it into Appa (complete with tail) and it was then I realized I have the best family on the planet. They are so cool. Malori hopped right in and said "yip yip!"

Now, in honor of Miss Malori Kate's birthday here are some quotes I've been stashing:

"Hey mom, can you come help me turn this thing from a pillow into a pet?" She has a unicorn pillow pet and still loves it after months and months. Don't tell anyone, but I got her a mini unicorn pillow pet for her birthday. It's super cute.

"No mom! We have to let it drown!" (About the matter in the public restroom they were in- she wouldn't sit down until it was "dead".)

"Cora! Cora! Go back!! Haydn, look how pretty you are..." (When Cora was looking through pictures; haha what an adorable suck up.)

She howled, or made dog noises to the tune of Bad Romance in the backseat of my car because her dog was "singing it".

"Haydn, want to play pin the arrow on Aang?"

"Hmm... I would want a shirt and a hat. And probably a mug."

"A mug?"

"Yea, you can put water in it!"

She likes Swamp People, and that is the merchandise from the show she wants haha, complete with mug for hydration.

Also, this isn't really a quote, but Malori made a gator mask. Then she held it up to her face with one hand and crawled around with the other and on her knees and pretended to be a gator that they were trying to catch. Luckily, she escaped from Cora's line. It was the funniest thing ever. Sorry, you just had to be there.

Stuff Cora Says

We were talking about babies, and how it would be nice if my mom had another one. Cora said, "Maybe Aubrey will get pregnant. That would be disappointing... but also good!"

"I feel bad for all those people whose heads are too small for their bodies." The funny thing about this one is that she was dead serious.

Harry Potter Happy Day

I love Harry Potter. The end.

The Harry Potter premier inspired me. For Halloween I am going to be a Ravenclaw. Tie, sweater, skirt, wand- the whole shabang. I'll also get a scarf... just for fun though. The tie plus scarf would be overkill.

Anyways, I was planning this all in my head, and then I thought wait... I can't buy all this stuff for just one day. I'm a little late for all the premiers, Halloween is once a year, and (even though I was Hermione for third, fourth, and fifth grade Halloween) I don't want to be obligated to be a Ravenclaw every Halloween for the rest of my life. Plus, I could get fat or pregnant and not even be able to wear it! It was way too much for a one time thing, especially since the best Halloween party I'd go to is the Howl.

Then I had a brilliant idea. I would have a day every month that I would dress up! It's just a skirt, tie, and sweater- that's a subtle enough costume to just wear without getting too many weird looks. Also just wearing that and going into Old Main would be the most magical thing ever. This was how Harry Potter Happy Day was born. I realize that isn't catchy or clever- I'm still working on the name. I tried to come up with some alliteration that sounded good with a day of the month, but eleven hours of brainstorming at Hastings didn't result in anything clever. For now it will be known as Harry Potter Happy Day (because it will make me happy and it involves Harry Potter's world), and the tentative date is the eighteenth of every month (the day of my birthday), but that is all subject to change depending on a clever name I (or anyone who wants to help me out) might think of. I also realize a day of the week would be way easier to work with, but once a week seems a little excessive. I want to keep this fun and an occasion.

I've been wand shopping and tie shopping and scarf shopping and I am just very excited for this. I'm having trouble finding a sweater and skirt- if anyone knows of places with plain skirts and v-neck sweaters the help would be very much appreciated.

I also might make a Harry Potter treat on this day every month.

Pictures/ an actually clever name/ details to come.

Harry Potter Partay

Here are all the treats I made for Harry Potter, except the Pumpkin Pasties (very good) and Pumpkin Juice(gross)... I forgot all about documenting those...

Hedwig Cookies (these were my favorite):

The lovely centerpiece, courtesy of Gretchen. Complete with Aragog and invisibility cloak- can you spot Harry?

"Licorice Wands"- these were originally going to be the handles of the cauldron cakes but that didn't work out. We improvised:

Cauldron Cakes (cupcakes- although from now on I think I will call cupcakes cauldron cakes):

Witch cookies:

Ton-Tongue Toffee (it wasn't a big hit):

Success!

Finally! My first plant to ripen were my cherry tomatoes, and I was very exited:

My flowers are also doing excellent:

Bieber Fever

Cora loves Justin Bieber.

He's not so bad.

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

This is an excellent title for this movie. I would have never watched it and I never thought I would like it. However my sister Cora convinced me that I should (she owns it and watches it twice a week) so we did, and ironically I liked it a lot.

The movie is filmed documentary style. There are interviews with various members of his staff, his mom, his friends, his agent, Usher, Snoop Dog (gross), and his fans. The fan interviews are HILARIOUS. Here is a quote from one preteen girl: "I love Justin Bieber. We will be husband and wife." The movie also features plenty of backstage and concert footage.

He has an interesting and pretty amazing story; I recommend this movie. I am not a fanatic and would not watch it twice a week, but I did enjoy it and like Justin Bieber a lot more now because of it.