Madison's doctor's appointment this morning confirmed that Mommy has been doing the right thing by giving her certain standard medicines at regular intervals. Furthermore though, we've now gotten a newly prescribed nose spray that should help with some inflammation inside the nose. She'll be okay in just a bit - it's just the coughing that gets to you. Last night she coughed at certain longer portions of the night, despite the cough medication given at appropriate times during the evening. As a result, everyone's been a bit tired. We all woke up rather sleepy, and a little late. It's funny how you can catch a cold here and now - at the beginnings of summer.
Huge storms have been thundering through - or barreling through if you'd like. It'll be sunny for a big part of the day, but the large clouds will build up, and towering thunderstorms will loom, thundering closer and closer until the downpour begins. We've been getting a lot of rain lately, which is a good thing - we had a bit of a dry spell earlier in the year. I love the rain. Just not the violent rain so much.
Madison was at work with Daddy and Mommy for a good part of the day, running around as if she weren't really sick at all. She was with her friends - other children held captive in the office by working parents - and having the time of her life. Madison and Daddy roamed the church at one point, going up to the secret places of the third floor and doing a bit of exploring, but for the most part she was playing with the other kids - and adults. A few days ago we got a "pumponator," which is a device invented by a young girl: it's function is to easily fill water balloons. Although we haven't tried it for it's expressed purpose yet, Madison has enjoyed the heck out of this invention: she pumps the handle and fills the tank below with air pressure, and then sneaks up on unsuspecting office workers... and pulls the trigger. Out pours this burst of smelly air - it stinks because of the rubber water balloons inside. She sprays anyone and everyone, and then asks, "Does that stink!?" And that's when she laughs and runs away!
Tomorrow Daddy sees his pulmonologist, a word my spellcheck here is convinced I got wrong! It's in the morning, so we'll all have to get our alarms set and make a family trip to a lung specialist. That'll be a first for me. Not the getting up early part: we seem to do that a lot now that we have Madison. This morning she crawled into bed with us, and together we slept in quite some time, mainly because of the long night beforehand. That was related to a cold, but it seems we've been staying up a little later now that school is out for a few weeks. Madison, Mommy and Daddy have even stayed up on night until 10:00 pm watching a movie together. Oh yeah, that's late. You could say we were regular nighthawks!
This morning, Daddy and Madison were looking through some impressive lego creations online, and Daddy spotted this one here above - it is a recreation of his favorite paintings. Some time ago, I actually painted a version of this myself - it'd be neat to actually frame my work and have it hanging around somewhere. In fact, it would be neat for Mommy and Daddy to do some more painting some time. We got some new canvases recently for just that purpose, and Mommy was thinking of doing just that - maybe we'll get started on that again soon.
Okay, so maybe after Madison's birthday and Summer Xtreme. It seems like something's always going on around here, huh? Example: this weekend is Memorial Day, and everyone wants to come over to our house for a typical Memorial Day celebration, with food and fun. Mommy is preparing things somewhat, so it should be a fun occasion. But it sort of fits what we were saying earlier: always something on the menu!
Back to "Nighthawks." What is it about that painting that everyone seems to like? It seems to tell a story, or express some sort of unusual mood. I just looked up to see if there is such a physical location that Hopper was looking at when he came up with this idea, and it sounds like this is not a real restaurant, but rather a combination of ideas. Surely somebody has built it for real by now: A "Phillies" that looks just like this building. Now there's an idea to get cracking on. Anyway, someday we'll get up there in Chicago to see the painting in person. That'd be a good trip for later when Madison is old enough to appreciate it. Until then, here below is a version she would appreciate now:
Speaking of "now," it's gotten pretty late here. And this nighthawk is off to bed. Goodnight!
Huge storms have been thundering through - or barreling through if you'd like. It'll be sunny for a big part of the day, but the large clouds will build up, and towering thunderstorms will loom, thundering closer and closer until the downpour begins. We've been getting a lot of rain lately, which is a good thing - we had a bit of a dry spell earlier in the year. I love the rain. Just not the violent rain so much.
Madison was at work with Daddy and Mommy for a good part of the day, running around as if she weren't really sick at all. She was with her friends - other children held captive in the office by working parents - and having the time of her life. Madison and Daddy roamed the church at one point, going up to the secret places of the third floor and doing a bit of exploring, but for the most part she was playing with the other kids - and adults. A few days ago we got a "pumponator," which is a device invented by a young girl: it's function is to easily fill water balloons. Although we haven't tried it for it's expressed purpose yet, Madison has enjoyed the heck out of this invention: she pumps the handle and fills the tank below with air pressure, and then sneaks up on unsuspecting office workers... and pulls the trigger. Out pours this burst of smelly air - it stinks because of the rubber water balloons inside. She sprays anyone and everyone, and then asks, "Does that stink!?" And that's when she laughs and runs away!
Tomorrow Daddy sees his pulmonologist, a word my spellcheck here is convinced I got wrong! It's in the morning, so we'll all have to get our alarms set and make a family trip to a lung specialist. That'll be a first for me. Not the getting up early part: we seem to do that a lot now that we have Madison. This morning she crawled into bed with us, and together we slept in quite some time, mainly because of the long night beforehand. That was related to a cold, but it seems we've been staying up a little later now that school is out for a few weeks. Madison, Mommy and Daddy have even stayed up on night until 10:00 pm watching a movie together. Oh yeah, that's late. You could say we were regular nighthawks!
This morning, Daddy and Madison were looking through some impressive lego creations online, and Daddy spotted this one here above - it is a recreation of his favorite paintings. Some time ago, I actually painted a version of this myself - it'd be neat to actually frame my work and have it hanging around somewhere. In fact, it would be neat for Mommy and Daddy to do some more painting some time. We got some new canvases recently for just that purpose, and Mommy was thinking of doing just that - maybe we'll get started on that again soon.
Okay, so maybe after Madison's birthday and Summer Xtreme. It seems like something's always going on around here, huh? Example: this weekend is Memorial Day, and everyone wants to come over to our house for a typical Memorial Day celebration, with food and fun. Mommy is preparing things somewhat, so it should be a fun occasion. But it sort of fits what we were saying earlier: always something on the menu!
Back to "Nighthawks." What is it about that painting that everyone seems to like? It seems to tell a story, or express some sort of unusual mood. I just looked up to see if there is such a physical location that Hopper was looking at when he came up with this idea, and it sounds like this is not a real restaurant, but rather a combination of ideas. Surely somebody has built it for real by now: A "Phillies" that looks just like this building. Now there's an idea to get cracking on. Anyway, someday we'll get up there in Chicago to see the painting in person. That'd be a good trip for later when Madison is old enough to appreciate it. Until then, here below is a version she would appreciate now:
Speaking of "now," it's gotten pretty late here. And this nighthawk is off to bed. Goodnight!
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