The Poseidon Bus

Madison is shown here, reenacting the Poseidon Adventure - only with a small plastic school bus. Evidently a tsunami rolled the bus over and upside down, and the passengers' only hope of survival was to climb through the inner workings of the bus, all these Little People trying to reach the underbelly so they can be rescued. No word on what happened to the miniature Shelly Winters. I think she's still floating in the bathtub.

Madison had an active day with Mommy and Daddy, wrestling and jumping on them from time to time. She spent the day at the house, as Daddy was off to work and Mommy was working at home mostly. Mommy was still a bit under the weather, but she is getting better, as evidenced by this masterpiece here below:

Mommy finished this Mad Hatter's hat today, made up of poster board and cardboard underneath, wiring, lace, fabric, ostrich feathers, pins and buttons (and of course a burned edge piece of paper that says 10/6). She's working on the rest of the costume now, dying the pants and making the stripes too. As she does that, I'm writing this blog - and we're both listening to the end parts of "Through the Looking Glass." We're following the White King to see the Lion and the Unicorn fighting. "Through the Looking Glass" is a truly insane book. You'd have to be mad to get it. Fortunately, we are.

MADISON'S BOOK CLUB

Today Madison spent some time reading with Daddy early in the morning, and we went through several books, including that favorite early book of hers, "Mirror Me."

One book we picked up not long ago is a classic: Harry the Dirty Dog. This is one that Daddy and Mommy like too. Madison enjoys the illustrations and the story, which everyone with a child probably already knows. This poor doggy gets so dirty that no one knows it is really Harry!

Madison has gotten pretty dirty from time to time. You should see her after eating spaghetti. Even a peanut butter and jelly sandwich can be an adventure. But as dirty as she makes herself, it never gets as bad as poor Harry. It's never that dirty.

Madison fell asleep tonight in Daddy's arms. She had an active day, and an early morning. While drinking her milk, she drifted off to sleep and rested there in Daddy's arms a few minutes while Daddy looked on. Without any fuss, I slipped her into the crib and tucked her in. Such a peaceful face.

Tonight, Mommy and Daddy will get to bed early too, after finishing Alice's next adventure. At the moment, the White Knight has fallen off his horse again. He's stuck, and sitting there upside down. Somewhat like the Poseidon Bus...