Spongicus

One year ago, we were preparing for February's new series "Wonderland," and this year is a little different: we're doing a series called "Gladiators," which features a look at the book of Romans, and a bit of Roman culture thrown in. Can't wait to show you pictures of our set and characters - we'll have togas, Roman soldiers and even a bust! For "research," we got "Spongicus," starring Spongebob and Plankton. We'll have to watch soon. We might not get anything useful out of it, but we tend to watch a lot of movies related to the themes of our series. Mommy and Daddy are not Gladiator movie type people, but we did enjoy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Although we are really looking forward to seeing Plankton as Caesar...

ANYWAY, Daddy's been reading a lot lately about Roman culture for a bit of research, and hopefully we'll have a devotional all hammered out within two weeks.

Technically, this is a week off for us at the church, but the fact is that the show must go on - we've been going in to the office to get things done for the new series, and also preparing for February. At least it is all at a slower pace this week. Sadly, we won't have time for the mermaids at the aquarium. Mommy was sick earlier this week, and Madison was recovering as well - we just couldn't squeeze it into the schedule this time around. Oh well, maybe we'll go to Florida to see them after all...

Today we hopped in the car and did some errands. Daddy and Madison mainly stayed in the car as Mommy ran into different places to pick up things, or trade in Christmas gifts with receipts. 'Tis the season for all that!

We're planning on having the Hitchcocks over for New Year's Eve at our house. It'll be the first New Year's Eve at our new house, obviously, so we're rather looking forward to that. Mommy's going to go out and get some snacks and the one thing that Daddy seems to always need at New Year's Eve: shrimp cocktail. Don't ask me how some of these traditions get started!