A word from the kids

Words that make my heart melt...

• "I wish I could play with you every single day, all day long."
• kid: "Why would you want to live here?" me: "Because I love you guys." kid: "Oh....(long pause)....really?"
• "Miss Marla, are you poor? You can have 76 cents from my allowance."
• "Will you sing me that song about God turning ashes into something beautiful like me?"
• Letter to their mom: "Dear Mom, Don't worry about me. I met a new best friend named Marla."
• "Goodnight, Miss Marla. I love you."

Words that just make me laugh out loud...

• "You made me not pick up that towel I left on the floor!"
• "If you don't pick out my clothes for me, then I'll just go pick out ugly clothes and wear them to school!"
• "If I end up in band, I'll play the concussion."
• "Will you help me with my homework? You only have to do 10 problems."
• "That's not fair. Mr. Dan said I could ride on top of your car if I wanted to!"
• "How much allowance will I lose if I stick my tongue out at you?"

Power Uno Unleashed

Lock up your children. Power Uno---a simple fun and crazy card game---has turned into a phenomenon that becomes addictive and spreads like the plague. Once you play it you'll never go back to boring lame Uno.

You might be addicted to Power Uno if...

1. You have a permanent red hand-mark on your forehead

2. You carry Uno cards everywhere with you in your purse or man-bag

3. You try to force people to play the game to the point that they hate you at first then are forever grateful

4. Seeing the numbers 8 and 0 make you very anxious

5. You stop making plans with friends who refuse to play the game every time you come over

6. You write blog-posts on it (I am not the only one!)

7. You buy decks of Uno cards to give away as gifts to new friends overseas...partly because you want them to have fun, but mostly because you want it to go global

8. Spontaneously in conversations with people you'll shout, "SKIP you--haHA!!"

9. You've played it over 11 hours with 3 different groups of people in a two-day period

10. You lie awake at night wondering things like, "I wonder if the person who invented the original Uno is Hispanic."