Return of the Giant Tater Tot

Where else can you find the "Daniel and the Lion's Den" story retold using a menacing lunch lady and a giant tater tot?  Yep, that's right - we're pretty odd at KidPak.  Tonight's story featured the return of the Baby Dolls, and as you can see above - a giant tater tot.  We've mentioned this character before, but it's been a while since the giant Tater Tot has appeared on stage.  In this instance, he's replacing the lions in the den, and of course he doesn't eat any of the Baby Dolls.

Madison stayed at home again - we get up too early in the morning to take her on Wednesday nights, although there may be some exceptions to the rule in the future.  For example, the Fall Festival at the end of October will have plenty of inflatables, fun and candy.

Daddy worked all day - Wednesdays are the long days - but he came home for lunch to see Mommy and Madison.  Mommy made up some of her wonderful chicken pot pies, and Madison showed off a lot of her new drawings with crayons.  She had a shortened day at school today - they let everyone go home early for planning or something like that.

Last night was a scheduled Daddy-daughter event, but we were concerned about Madison's health, and getting enough sleep.  SO, we skipped it this time around.  As for Madison's health, it's getting much better.  It was just a lot of congestion, really.  And that seems to be going down, so long as she keeps taking the medicine and gets plenty of rest.  We've been good about getting her in bed early.

This morning Daddy told a really fun story to Madison on the way to school.  She asked for a pirate story, and she got a good one about being taken captive by bad pirates out for ransom.  Of course, everyone in the kingdom is out to rescue Princess Madison, but only some other pirates can actually have the knowledge and skill to pull it off.  Enter Angelica and Jack Sparrow.  Meanwhile, Madison actually escapes from the captain's cabin onboard a pirate ship.  She climbs out the window, and clings to the outside walls of the ship and makes her way around to a lifeboat.  She lowers it quietly and starts drifting away from the bad pirates' ship.  Of course, they find out soon enough - and they begin to chase down her little boat.  But of course, who comes to the rescue in another pirate ship, but Jack Sparrow.  His ship and the other pirate ship exchange fire of heavy cannonballs, all the while Madison is rowing her little boat towards safety.  In the end, Madison is rescued by Angelica, who pulls her up onboard a larger boat - and the good guys are able to outrun the bad guys and get away.  A happy ending!

We have fun with stories like that in the morning on our short trip to school.  Sometimes, we just talk or eat the rest of our breakfast.  But sometimes like this morning... she's in the mood for pirates.  Perhaps next time, we'll tell her the tale of the most devious monster out there lurking in the high seas:  the giant Tater Tot!