Fashion Plates

Madison has a realistic drawing style - and then there are gems like these, where she just explores the possibilities with crayons.  Here, she's trying out different fashion styles - you can see the figures beneath, and then the colorful outfits on top.  Also, note that lipstick and rouge are important to have when dressing up.

These aren't quite the fashion plates that were around when we grew up - in fact, these are probably better.  I think that this Christmas we'll be looking into getting some fashion plates for Madison to design with.  Maybe she'll be the next big fashion designer!

Today's color was green at school.  Madison wore her colors proudly - it's not easy being green.  Today was historic in that she had her first trip to the school nurse.  It seems that in PE she hit her head on the floor while doing a bit of running around, so she made a trip to see the school nurse to see if everything was alright.  A cold compress later, she was back in action with the rest of the kids.

Meanwhile, Daddy and Mommy enjoyed the day together, driving down to Buford to pick up birthday presents for Uncle David and Nana as well.  We ate at Steak and Shake, and did a bit of exploring too. There was a lot of quiet time in the house this morning - still getting used to not having Madison around so much!

This morning we had a funny moment on the way to school.  We have a really, really long line to wait in to get to school for the drop off.  While waiting, Madison has been eating what's left of her breakfast in the back seat - muffins, vitamins, dry cereal, etc.  So Daddy was hurrying her along a bit, and told her to keep eating a bit.

Which is when Madison gave her impersonation of Mrs. Claus:  "Eat Papa, eat!"

It was laugh-out-loud funny!

Later on tonight, we played Stitch's Trouble game again, which Madison really likes a lot.  This was the first time that Daddy won the game, although it was close.  This morning, Madison was wanting to play a board game when we got home from school, so Trouble it was!

But that's the only trouble we had today.  Just before that, she earned her board game time with a bit of piano practice.  Things are moving along very quickly there - already we're shifting our hands to the left, starting with the sol key.  If that makes no sense to you, don't worry:  it makes no sense to us either!  Seriously, we're doing some new stuff there, which is moving along quickly!  Madison is quick to adapt, maybe quicker than we ourselves are!

So after that we actually went to the library.  Mommy and Daddy went to vote, and we figured it would be good to pick up a few books and movies while we were there.  In the front of the library, as you know there is a small statue of kids reading a book on a bench.  In case you're wondering what they're reading, it's "Tarzan."

Madison hasn't seen the Disney cartoon "Tarzan," although she's seen him here or there at the parks.  During the cruise, there was a part of the Golden Mickeys where Tarzan appears, swinging around on vines.  Anyway, tonight we watched that before bedtime.  Madison enjoyed the movie quite a lot, laughing a lot and getting close to Daddy during the thrilling parts.  It was neat to watch her enjoying the movie so much.

Tonight before bed, of course, the made-up story was straight from the jungle.  Madison was swatting monkeys that were chasing her - she was using her umbrella, and of course she was rescued by Tarzan.  The two swung from tree to tree on vines, and of course there was a happy ending when they arrived safely at the camp.  Madison liked the story so much, she said that's the end of part one.  Translation:  more tomorrow night - another exciting chapter with the Jungle King!

"Shall I, ahem, leave you and the blackboard alone for a moment?"
- Professor Porter