Mallory Marsha Vocabulary

When I ask her "what's your name?", she always responds in one of 2 ways: "Mallory Marsha" or "Mallory Marsha Pearson".

Never just "Mallory".

Balboa Island 2006 (with Ayden)


Mallory and Marshall - April 2008


Mallory will be 5 this June and will be going to kindergarten this fall. Over the years, since she began to speak, she has enlightened us with her intense understanding of her surroundings and her teen-like attitudes and behaviors.

Lisa has made a habit (which I appreciate) of calling me at work every time Mallory says something funny. At times, she's calling me and can barely get the story out between gasps from the laughter. Here are a few of her more memorable phrases along with little background stories:

One day Lisa asked Mallory to clean her room. She threw a little tantrum and said, "I just can't handle that!"

Sometimes kids say things out of context that really don't make sense to anybody but themselves. Out of the blue one time, Mallory said, "Yes, that's the point!"

Lisa was talking to Mallory one day and noticed how she was growing and getting to be a 'big girl'. Mallory replied, "I know. Your little girl is gone."

Mallory is VERY emotional, when compared to my boys. Which is normal, I think, for a girl. I think. There have been times where her crying has been a bit melodramatic and we have to send her to her room to finish her little cry session. Sometimes she objects and states that "I can't stop crying!" But one time, she was especially emotional about something and after a good 30 minutes of crying was able to come out of her room. We left the house and were driving somewhere when she suddenly started crying again, out of the blue. I asked, "Mallory, why are you crying again?!?" To which she replied, "My cry came back!" At that point her tears were running down her cheeks and into her mouth. Once she tasted the tears, she started licking her cheeks and said, "I can EAT my cry!"

One day Lisa and Mallory were shopping at Macey's grocery store and Lisa was rushing to get home. Mallory asked why they were in such a hurry and Lisa told her that she had to get home in time for her Visiting Teachers. Mallory got a worried look on her face and said, "If they come and we don't hurry, we're DOOMED!"

And last, but not least, Lisa wanted to visit her grandmother one afternoon and was taking Mallory along. They were discussing grandma Genevieve and Mallory piped up and said, "But old people don't go anywhere!"

She is very smart. At this age she is light years ahead of where her brothers were. She thinks about things that even Bryce doesn't ponder, and Bryce is 12. She speaks in a way that makes me laugh and keeps a really soft spot for her in my heart. My only little girl.