Counting Zebras

Today was a work day for Daddy, but Madison still had a good time at home with Mommy, helping out around the house. Madison is still enormously helpful with Mommy, a generous and helpful spirit when it comes to household chores. She'll help unload the dishwasher, and knows where everything goes. Unlike Daddy sometimes. She'll also help with the laundry, although Mommy prefers that task be done alone - sometimes Madison can be a bit too helpful if you know what I mean.

Daddy got home in time for dinner, and together we had a great big spaghetti dinner, meatballs and all! Madison poured the cheese on for each of us, just like a professional waitress. She asked us to say "when," and at that moment, she'd stop pouring out the cheese. Such a good waitress deserves a good tip, so there was ice cream for dessert!

MADISON'S BOOK CLUB

Today's book was one we picked up at the library. In honor of our African theme this month, we picked up a few books with African legends, or books about animals you'd find on safari. For example, there's the book "We All Went on Safari," which follows some kids through Tanzania (as the book title shows), where they encounter wildebeest, zebras, hippos, giraffes and more. Together, Madison and I count the animals on each page. How many zebras are there? How many warthogs? How many lions? Each page reveals more and more. The artwork is nice, and the book works on multiple levels, as we learn about counting and we learn about the kinds of creatures you'd encounter in Tanzania.

After reading, it was time for bed once more. I suppose instead of counting sheep, tonight she was counting zebras!