Charlie is her partner and is in charge of ordering supplies. She made a complete success of the Costume Shop during the Halloween season. She also made enough money to order supplies for Christmas shoppers in the Gift Shop. The supplies arrived early the other day, but everything turned out alright. She had help from Brandon on the promise that Marleewood would sponsor a T-Ball team. Cooper and Sawyer have been busy unloading supplies and fixing things around the kitchens. Cooper even worked at two (2) Pumpkin Patches this fall. Marlee loved seeing a lot of her friends at the Pumpkin Patches.
Marleewood is in a small town and even though some of the townspeople thought she was too young to run such a business the local business people have given their full support in times of trouble. For instance Deb's Market helped them out when they ran out of candy for the Trick Or Treaters.
They sometimes have unexpected visitors, but end up making new friends of them. Ginny had walked through an open door and so did a pretty cat. Lessons were learned that day as well as getting a recipe from her for her Great Aunt's wonderful cookies. She sent the recipe to Grandma B's mailbox. Grandma B promised to help Marlee make them soon.
Marleewood has two (2) kitchens. Emma and Hannah have made snacks and cupcakes and pizza in the spare kitchen. Marlee has a cooking school that is sometimes televised. It is called One More Bite. Marlee is a very particular eater. She likes good tasting food, not too hot, and placed on a plate in an appetizing way. She at times needs breaks and has manicures, and pedicures. She also gets a bit nervous at times and does some aerobics to calm her down before the shows.
However, with success comes some unforeseen problems. This time the problem was babies. Babies it seemed seem to come along with Marlee's new friends. Some folks have baby brothers and sisters. The babies needed somewhere to take a nap while their brothers and sisters helped out at Marleewood. There already was a place for Charlie and Marlee and everyone that needed a nap to take one.
Marleewood was a big place so there was an extra room for the babies. Toys needed cleaned and fixed. They needed places for them to sleep. She and the grandmas asked Sawyer and Cooper to help get the nursery ready for the babies sometime in the future. They told the boys when they had time because there was no hurry.
The boys agreed. About the time everyone was going their separate ways, they heard a motor running and a horn honk. What now?
Marlee and the grandmas and friends all went running out the door to see a very dapper looking young man. He said that his Grammy said that Marleewood needed new friends. He was here to help but he had his little brother with him. He needed someplace to take a nap. They all looked at each other and wondered what in the world were they going to do. Charlie, as usual came to the rescue. She had done a load of laundry and said, "It's okay, bring him in and he can sleep in this basket of laundry until we can get someplace for everybody to rest."
The Grandmas were not a bit happy but there was little else they could do until they got a crib ready. So welcome to Marleewood, Hudson and Noah!
Noah laughed and said, "Wow, wait until I tell my Grammy. She will laugh." They all immediately got Noah something to eat and drink. They all had a good laugh about the baby in the basket. Soon though, they would get busy and get the nursery done.
It is a miracle! Marleewood seems to be able to accomodate every problem it is so big!
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Deleteso adorable, Glad to see Noah and Hudson joined Marleewood.
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