Last Day of School!

Today was the final day of classes for Madison - although Madison will still be seeing more of her teacher Mrs. Julie this summer when she returns for additional classes.  That won't be for a while though.  Madison came home with a DVD that included all kinds of images - including the one you see here.  There was a slide show on the DVD, which had all kinds of pictures from her class throughout the year, including images from events at Easter and Christmas that we'd not seen before.  So that was pretty neat!  Also, there was a cute little movie where everyone was gathered in class singing a little song together.  Madison enjoyed the day very much, although she's a little sad not to see some of her friends anymore.  She really liked her friend Madison B.  We never knew her last name, but we knew her name was Madison, and her last initial was B.  Madison literally calls her "Madison B."  When asked about her name, she calls herself "Madison C."

Check these out!  Mommy made them last night, and Daddy was so impressed he took a picture.  These are small pots, and on each pot Mommy painted a black chalkboard substance that you could actually use to write with chalk on.  She wrote the words, "Thank you for helping me grow," and put flowers in each pot.  Also: she put little butterfly gift cards (to Target).  Aren't they great?  Mommy gave these to each of Madison's teachers today as a parting gift.  Mommy is so creative!

Tonight, Daddy got back into the swing of things somewhat by getting back up on stage at church.  It was exhausting, but he has been "out of the loop" long enough.  Or, at least that's the way I've been feeling lately.  Taking any extended health-related leave is a real pain, in more ways than one, obviously.  There have been upsides to it, but I'm ready to get better.

Madison and Daddy have been on a board game marathon as of late.  She's really been into them!  We've been doing the Monorail game, Candyland, Battleship, Trouble, and Disney's Scene-It game too.  Also, we've been playing this game as well:

  This is a virtual board game with a Disney Princess theme.  We've popped this one in a few times, and Madison has enjoyed it as well.  She's smart too - watch out and don't play around if you want to keep up with her!  The object is to collect items in order to go to the ball, and in order to get those pieces, you usually have to answer questions or watch clips to see if you can figure something out.  Daddy got a good head start today, but Madison sailed to victory with a bunch of easy questions about Snow White.  You have to be careful with her - she's tricky!

"Angel, ha! She's a female! And all females is poison! They're full of wicked wiles!" - Grumpy