Monday, July 19, 2010

Though technically an "off" day, today was a big-time work day for Daddy, who has a few books to get done by Friday's hard deadline. These months zoom by like rough rapids, bumps and all, and soon it will be August where we'll be wondering what happened to July.

Daddy did the grass today while Mommy edged, trimmed and cut everywhere else. It was hard day's work outside, but mainly because Daddy let the grass grow too long. Not that it was some lush, tropical field out there - but it did get sort of thick.

Fortunately, the sun was obscured by the overcast skies, otherwise the blazing heat would have been unforgiving.

Also on today's list: fix the car. Not Daddy, of course. You can put all he knows about cars into a thimble. And then have room leftover for tea. But the one car we have is experiencing electrical problems, which are the worst kind because in Daddy's mind, there is no logic behind them. Of course, any electrician will be happy to point out the obvious - for an appropriate charge. Pun intended.

Today, we took Nana over to the new house to explore. It looked pretty much the same as it has the last few days in a row - but this time it is looking more and more comfortable. Yes, identical. But also yes: it looks like we are really going to be living there!

Daddy took a break from his typing to play a couple games with Madison, first of which was actually pretty fun. With this game, Madison learns colors and matching - and farm animals, of course. It was actually surprisingly easy to learn, although a little guidance for Madison is still needed. But she gets the overall concept of matching things up very well. We enjoyed this one a lot: it was a present from her birthday. Mommy, Daddy and Madison will sit and play this one later as an alternative to Candyland some time.

Also, another game we've enjoyed playing with Madison is a game of Memory, using cards from the older Disney "Alice in Wonderland." With that game, she has to match up images like the one you see on the right here of the White Rabbit. She enjoys this one, and it tests her memory - which is quite surprising. She's shocked Daddy with some correct guesses that he didn't even know! We've done this game a couple times and she enjoys picking each one and the big celebration that follows each correct match. The cards came from a copy of the DVD we bought a couple years ago, which was neat because we almost spent about fifteen dollars to buy a game of memory from Target - when this was with us all along.

Of course, that bill we'll be getting for fixing the car will more than make up for that!