Floating Along

Here's our ghost pirate, one of Madison's mascot friends that goes back a long time in our family. He's taking a ride with Flynn Rider, presumably to go fishing somewhere. You can see the mass of Valentine's Day cards that Madison received all in the background. She did well this year!

Today she was off of school, which was nice. I think it is the President's holiday, or something like that. She has Monday off too, but in fact she has every Monday off, so that's not a big deal for us.

Daddy spent a lot of time working today, getting things ready for another big service this weekend. Our "Get a Clue" series continues, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be proud. Well, sort of...

This is one of our props for the upcoming drama skit. Note Madison's eyes peeking out from the newspaper, as if Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is peeking about! She's got the makings of a Baker Street Irregular, she does!

Outside, once again the weather is springlike, whereas just a few days ago it was bitter cold. Not entirely sure what to wear when you leave in the morning - you really have to pay attention to the weather forecast!

One game that Madison and Daddy have been playing a lot lately is "Name that Tune." Or, at least, "Name that Princess Who is in that Movie that has that Tune in it." This title seems a little longer, even with the acronym NTPWIITMTHTTIT, so we'll just stick with "Name that Tune." In any event, in the car on longer rides to school or church, we'll take turns singing songs and seeing if the other person can guess what princess movie it is from. This has been a fun exercise, but the favorite moment is hearing Madison sing different songs. Her "go-to" songs have been from Ariel ("aaaaaaah"), and from Snow White ("I'm wishing....I'm wishing"). It's so cute hearing her sing! She's also pretty quick at figuring out different songs that Daddy tries to stump her with.

Guess what? This is post number 999. That's a big deal! Tomorrow is our 1,000th post. It seems like only yesterday we started marking time with this blog. Amazingly, we've kept it going strong each day. In fact, looking back at the first entries, I'd say we're writing more than we used to about each day. Still, we can look back on different moments and say with precision what we did and when, and how much fun it was. For the most part, it's all been fun. Lots of fun. So here's to another couple thousand posts!