Field Day

We found this picture on Facebook - it was taken of Madison on Friday at school, during the Field Day.  The weather cleared up just long enough for the kids to have a little fun, and as you can see in the photo above, Madison even got her face painted as a little kitten.

She looks pretty intense in this photo though, doesn't she?  It looks like she's about to tackle somebody or something!

Today we had our last music recital practice, which was actually a run-through with costumes and everything.  Mommy said Madison did very well at practice, which makes me a little less nervous!  She's been practicing nearly every day on the piano, but a change of location can sometimes unravel the best laid plans.  The music recital is Thursday, located at a church nearby.  It seems we've been on a tour of local churches, doesn't it?  The graduation was at a church nearby, and here we are at another one.  Next week's ballet recital won't be at a church, but rather the Aquatic Center.  That makes sense, right?  Have a ballet recital at an aquatic center?

School today went well, although it went quietly.  Only one more week of the regular school year, and things are winding down.  We've signed Madison up for summer school classes, just because we want to keep up with her speech all the way until the first day of kindergarten.  Although this may have been a bummer to Daddy growing up, Madison truly enjoys going to school and making friends.  She'll like school, whereas Daddy always had a hard time liking the "waking up early" part.  He still does, somewhat.

The good news is that Daddy is now sleeping through the night.  The pain is lessening, although the energy levels are supremely low.  The healing process just takes time, pure and simple.  That's what I need, and I should be grateful for the opportunities to rest.  Indeed, tonight I pulled out some comic books and a few other books and just sat in bed, reading.  I feel like such a slouch, but there's no way around it right now.

The worst part of it all is the date itself.  Do you know what today is?  It's Mommy's birthday.  Sure, Daddy and Madison sang "Happy Birthday" to Mommy, but there wasn't much else we could do.  Daddy's been so under the weather lately that he's been under house arrest.  He did send out a request to all his friends to send happy birthday messages to Mommy - at last count, she got over a hundred different messages and emails wishing her a good birthday.  That was very sweet of everyone!

Daddy has promised to make it up to Mommy at a later date, and that we will.  Maybe we can even do something this weekend - it's Mother's Day, you know.  That's a big day you can't miss either!