Mmmm chicken.

Mara has a sense of humor:

Mara: Knock, knock
Cade: Who's there?
Mara: ME!

Memory Verse

Mara still talks about the memory verse she learned at my mom's church on Wed nights. She said today, "Hey! If I get scared, I can say my memry! 'God is with you, don't be afraid!' God is everywhere!"

A week or so ago, while watching Spongebob, she said, "Hey! Spongebob doesn't have to be afraid! God is with him! God is everywhere!"

One thing about my Mara: She doesn't just learn on thing. She applies it to many different situations.

The Lord's Prayer

Me: Our Father,
Mara: Our Fadder
Me: Who art in heaven
Mara: Who are in heaben
Me: Hollowed be thy name
Mara: Howowd be name
Me: They kingdom come
Mara: For the king can come
Me: Thy will be done
Mara: Thy will be done
Me: On earth as it is in heaven
Mara: On earth in heaben

(and so on)

More Funnies from Mara

Mara's little friend:
She called him Derek before I learned his real name is Garret. Now, when I correct her she says, "Oh, yeah. He has a carrot in his name! Garret!"

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Mara has super-powers, and they're especially good for fighting mean frogs. Of course, the nice frogs get to go free.

First, she looked through her 'tend pocket for the right weapon. "Nope, nope, nope, nope, YES! I found it!"

Then, she "powers" the frogs. When I asked what she's holding to power the frogs, she explained that there's a point on the top and the handle part has a scratcy part that gets the mean froggies away.

Later, she switched weapons to her water fall. She folded her hands together prayer-style and squeezed them, saying "Sh, sh, sh, sh." That made the mean froggies go away.

One last offensive measure included a "sushon sprayer" (suction sprayer), and she had to hold her fingers just so for it to work. First, her thumb held down her middle finger, and the rest were exended while she moved her arm up and down. Later, it was the ring finger held down. Last of all, came the first finger. Each position played a special role in making sure the mean froggies don't come back, although my mind simply can't comprehend the complexities of her strategy.

Eventually, Mara vanquished the horrid "Mean Froggies" and now we are living peacefully with the nice ones.

Peppermint

Mara: What is that, Mommie? Is that gum?
Me: Yes.
Mara: Is that the apple kind?
Me: No, it isn't.
Mara: Why?
Me: It's peppermint.
Mara: I like peppermint gum! I just don't like pepper inside it, but I like salt!

Mara said...

Mommie, you can't say good-bye to Ms. Margaret. She's my teacher. She's mine! I say good-bye to Ms. Margaret!

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I have only two friends: Ana Penner, Matthew, Nicholas, Zoe, Sean, and Derek. (Me: Don't you mean Garret?) Yeah, Garret! (All the while counting on her fingers.)

(I'm not sure why/how she knows only one friend's last name. It's so funny to me.)

Mara's Theology

So, we're watching Spongebob Squarepants, and the episode is called "Graveyard Shift." Squidword is telling horror stories to Spongebob and askes if he's afraid. Mara, who attended Rainbows with Nana and learned a memory verse, piped up with, "Hey! God is with Spongebob, too! He doesn't have to be afraid, because God is everywhere! God is with Spongebob, so don't be afraid!"

Pump Man and the PumpGasser

Today, Mara and I stopped for gas. After I got back in the car, Mara asked, "Mommie? Did the pump man give you gas in your car?"

"No," I said. "I pumped it myself."

"Mommie," Mara replied, "I'm going to tell you the truth. The pump man pumps the gas in everybody's car! That's what he does. He gets the gas from the pump gasser and the pump man pumps gas in everybody's car!"

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Later today, Mara was playing with the shampoo bottle. "Upside down, and upside up."

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TeeHee!