Jumanji

This afternoon, Daddy brought out a board game, and presented it to Madison with a bit of theatrics.  The game was "Jumanji," one she'd never heard of before.  This was intriguing, as she saw the alligator on the front of the box, and the jungle look to it.  When asked if she knew how much of a dangerous game it could be, she shrugged - and of course at this point, Daddy suggested everyone watch a movie about it.

Madison was quite glued to the television - it was one of those movies I wouldn't show to her just before bedtime, and certainly not alone.  A few scary moments of peril had her on the edge of her seat, but she never claimed to be scared throughout.  This was a fun movie, particularly the stampede scene, if you haven't seen it.

When the movie was over, Daddy asked Madison if she was sure she wanted to play the board game, as he gestured towards the ominous box on the kitchen table.  Madison just smiled, and said, "Daddy, it's only fiction!"

Some time ago, I remember reading this book to her, and she enjoyed it back then.  Maybe we'll make a theme of it, and try out "Zathura" next!

Madison took another day off of school today, although her health appears to be getting better.  She still has that nagging cough, something we heard pretty much all through the night.  Everyone had a late morning this morning, and we were pretty delighted to hear that there'll be another late morning tomorrow:  school will open later, just in case the weather looks bad.  At this point, it looks as if the storm will completely  miss us.  We won't even get much of the precipitation from this particular storm, although we've had rain all week long.  Someone else is getting walloped with snow for this snowstorm, and it ain't us.  In fact, the temperature is not even close to freezing.  So here we are with yet another disappointment for us in regards to seeing the white stuff.  On the other hand, there's no way we'd let Madison out in it to enjoy it:  she's still a little under the weather.

Today we did our piano practice, and our practice with letters, and our practice on the computer too.  We also had fun with some Tag books, "Brave" and "Finding Nemo."  And the Solar System too - that one seems to be fun for Madison.  It's neat that she can tell me which planet has the largest volcano.*  This may seem like a trivial bit of information, but to a kindergartener, it's vital!

Daddy wasn't able to work much on the new series today, but we did do some more "research" by watching "The Greatest Show on Earth," an old circus-themed movie with Charlton Heston and Jimmy Stewart.  It's also got cameos by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, which is kind of fun.  Anyway, it's another good movie, the one that kind of makes you want to go visit the circus real soon.  Which, of course, we are!


*Mars.