Moofia

Okay, so the picture above pretty much sums up any feelings about Chick-Fil-A and the second amendment.  Seriously though, a few years ago, we saw this artist in Orlando, and Daddy loves this look a lot.  The artist's name is Simone Legno, and the company's name is "tokidoki," which means "sometimes" in Japanese.  According to a website, the meaning is more like this:  "tokidoki is the hope, the hidden energy that everyone has inside. It gives us the strength to face a new day and dream about something positive and the hope that something magical will happen to us"

Madison likes the look too.  Just wait until she hears that they have a Tokidoki Marvel characters!

Speaking of Thor, the lightning seems to be gone as of late.  Now we're in a pattern of hot, hot, hot again.  Not quite 106 like before, but still it's 97.  We'll be heading back to Florida one week from today, but it feels like Florida heat right now, right here.  It's HOT!

Daddy has been working a bit to get everything caught up enough to go on a vacation in the first place - one thing we did this morning was vote early.  It was so convenient.  First of all, Daddy did a lot of research about all the candidates - it took about two hours to finalize who we were voting for and why. Finally, we printed out cheat sheets and headed over to the library, which is only a few miles away.  The whole process there took only a few minutes, and we got to bring back a couple "I Voted" stickers for Madison.  You know, the kind with peaches on them?  Yes, they'd be better if they had "Moofia" characters on them (see above).  But Madison was delighted nonetheless:  she immediately stuck them on Nana and Ba-Ba.

Today was actually our first day of ballet camp.  We went to a new studio here in Gainesville, and apparently there is no air conditioning there.  Waiting for things to start, I lost six pounds.  Who need sauna therapy?  But seriously, these new classes we're willing to give a chance (despite a few communication problems).  Madison enjoyed the camp a lot, as it features a bit of tap dancing, ballet and other dancing too.  Meanwhile, Daddy and Mommy snuck out and did some - get this - Christmas shopping!  You read that right.  And this wasn't actually the first time we've done it this year.  Mommy and Daddy have already got a few things for Madison for Christmas, so this year we'll be more prepared than ever!

Tonight, the grown-ups watched Sherlock Holmes - Nana and Ba-Ba hadn't seen that yet.  Daddy is still working on his "School Days" devotional.  Day twenty is down, and only eight to go!

Madison had a nightmare.  She woke up and we were worried.  We asked her what it was about, and of course we're thinking all these dire thoughts.  She said that Green Lantern was trapped.  Okay, so this is what wakes her up at night?  We smiled when we heard this, relieved it was such a mundane dilemma that worried her enough to rouse her from her slumber.  I don't like nightmares of any kind, but don't you wish you had the simplistic mind of a child?