vacations
What trip did Layne get bit by a hornet at the end of a hike?
What is the name of the computer game Corley and Layne played for years and made the parents pay membership for?
What is Animal Jam?
What was a physical similarity between Murphy and Dad that mom cracked herself up over?
They ”went gray at the same rate“
Which family member sported a bleach blonde hairdo at the last thanksgiving?
Uncle Marty
What version of monopoly is the only one Corley and Layne know how to play?
What is Manopoly Jr?
What did Corley eat on a trip that gave her a terrible allergic reaction, given by aunt Sarah?
PB&J with nut bread 🍞
What did Corley want to name Murphy, that she had a weird phase of using whenever possible?
What is Buttercup?
What is one of the foods that Murphy did NOT enjoy the taste of, but ate anyway?
Will accept: pickles, Granny Smith apples
Mom had her 40th surprise birthday party at which local restaurant?
What is outback? (rip)
What kids show did mom ban for fear it would make us stupid?
Spongebob Squarepants
What trip did Layne get walking pneumonia so bad it required a 2hour visit to Urgent Care and doctors thought she developed asthma?
Washington, DC school trip w dad
In what swimming race did Layne get DQed for the first time? Why did she get DQed?
100IM, did a flip turn during breaststroke
Oogies namesake is, of course, Master Oogway from Kung Fu Panda. What role does Master Oogway play in the first Kung Fu Panda movie?
Chooses the dragon warrior in the arena
Dad had a dog named Shadow. What was the elongated, “full name“ Grandma Smith insisted the name was short for?
What is “Shadow of the Acorn Forest”?
What was the theme of Corleys middle school birthday party that was based on a color?
What is “Perfectly Pink”?
On one family trip, Grandma Tower promised to buy the oldest grandkids something. What did she promise to buy?
MacBooks
What school years were the smith sisters in when Covid hit? (Must get both correct)
Layne: 6th grade, Corley: 9th grade
What happened to our old clown fish after we suspected it tried to eat another fish?
We released it into the ocean
Where was the place Grandma took us every time we were in Key West?
Butterfly Garden
What was the username that dad set up for us on the PS3?
What is “megalopsman”
Grand Canyon trip, 2017
Layne had a toy phone that played many annoying phrases. What was one of the phrases?
Answers may include but are not limited to: “firefighter bob!” and “I’m Gabby, let’s chat!”
We missed out on many things tortoises need before we gave Oogie away. How are tortoises supposed to “drink” that we didn’t learn until we gave her away?
They absorb water by standing in it
What was the phrase used on the matching shirts we surprised mom with for her birthday one year?
What is Margies Minions?
What gross type of dark chocolate does mom insist on buying? (Hint: cacao percentage)
What is “70% cacao” (tastes like dirt, that’s what)