Here it is, just one masterpiece created today by ink stamps. Madison first used some ink stamps today, having acquired a pretty big collection of them on Christmas. One of the nicer gifts she got was a set with the "Brave," theme - you can see Merida, Elinor, some birds, chains and a celtic harp on the sheet above.
After Madison's piano practice, we stretched out the table covering and got out all the stamps, and started our own printing press! It was a fun little diversion after school, one that Madison enjoyed very much - here she is, pressing away:
Today, of course, was another school day for Madison. The weather has been downright balmy of late, considering it's January. We actually left the back door open for much of the afternoon, and even into the early evening. No need for fires today - it's almost picnic weather or something. This sort of weather makes you want to get out the ball gloves and go play catch.
After the stamps, we had dinner and watched "Brave" again. This Sunday's message is on the movie, so Daddy was looking for specific clips to support certain points. Still, it was fun watching it again together: Madison really likes this movie.
Oh, if only there was a way to communicate the soup Mommy made for lunch today. It was a Hibachi soup with delicious ginger in it - this was so good! Mommy has been trying all sorts of creative soup and vegetable ideas this month, and doing such a good job you'd have no idea we were really fasting anything at all.
Of course, we are. And we've been praying each night with Madison, praying for her friends and being very thankful that flu season hasn't struck our house. We did have our shots (Madison had a nose spray) earlier in the year, but even so, you get a little creeped out by the stories you hear of so many families falling prey to these terrible illnesses lurking about. Over the holidays we heard many a bad story, and even at school this week, a few of Madison's classmates have been out sick. So far this year, we've seen a little sickness earlier on - just after November, maybe? I can't remember. But I do know this: we've been doing well. And for that, we're very grateful.
After prayers, in Madison's room, she was in bed and we continued "The Quest for the Wand," and got as far as chapter nine. The fairies have gotten their wand for this self-centered mermaid named Soop. Honestly, this mermaid gets on my nerves big time.
Daddy is hoping that Soop gets captured by pirates, or eaten. But that's not the nice way to go about thinking, is it? There are plenty of "Soops" in this world, I suppose, and our job is to rise above that, because everything does eventually come around and bite you back. If you act like a Soop all your life, you'll pay for it in the long run (ironically, one of the "morals" of a movie we watched tonight - as described below). To quote Bob Cratchett, the offenses "carry their own punishment," which does make you feel better a little. Still, wouldn't it feel just great to walk up to Soop... and hit her on the head with an oversized mallet?
Moving on: this afternoon, we finished taking down the last remnants of Christmas things, so the Desantification Process is now complete. However, we still have to straighten up downstairs a bit: our basement is looking pretty rough. One thing we did do today was buy circus tickets for the end of February: we'll be going with the entire family once more to the circus! We've been going once a year for the last few years, and it's been a lot of fun. This year though, the theme of "circus" in February is especially potent, as we'll be doing a new series at KidPak called "Big Top." Daddy's been writing messages for it this week, and just finished. Also, Josh has been working on the animation too - in fact, here's a sneak peek at the mascot for February:
He's a little zany for sure! It should be a really fun "circus" theme for the month. Daddy's working currently on the devotional, and then we'll have skits too. Mommy's ordering costumes, and we're all watching circus movies for "research" as well. Tonight after Madison went to bed, we saw "The First of May," which was actually a pretty decent movie. You don't enter a circus tent until an hour into the movie, but it still was an entertaining movie, featuring an unique assortment of actors, including Mickey Rooney. And Joe Dimaggio has this really surreal part in it - it was as if it was thrown in there at the last minute just to have Joe Dimaggio in a movie. And the other icon in the movie: CNR!
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