Madison is coughing a bit, but it's nothing on the full-scale level of other folks we've heard and seen. Still, we're taking precautions. Though we went to piano class today, we stayed home from ballet class. And tomorrow, we're keeping her home for the day. She hasn't missed too many days, so that's a blessing there.
Piano class was a bit of a shock to the system. "We're climbing a mountain together," is the phrase Mrs. Pam uses as she requests the parents learn a lot of these piano numbers as well. Today we learned a new chord, adding that to the two we learned last week. Madison instantly - and without Mommy or Daddy having to show it to her - got the finger positioning right on the new chord. She just saw it, and played it. We were pretty pleased to say the least. Unfortunately, she started coughing a bit in class. It may have been too much for her, so we decided to go straight home after that. Rather than go back to work, Daddy went home with Mommy and Madison.
To keep her on the couch and under some blankets, we had fun with her Tag pen. For Christmas, she got a few new books: "Finding Nemo," "Spider-Man" and a map of the solar system (which has a board game on it as well. We started with Spider-Man, who faced off against The Lizard.
This is no doubt a book that came in conjunction with the movie from last summer. But you'll notice that even this comic gets it right: The Lizard has purple pants, a lab jacket and a projecting jaw like a lizard. I bring this up because the latest movie presents the Lizard as, well, basically a Sleestak from "Land of the Lost." This was huge, as it took away a lot of his character, and turned him into basically... well... a lizard. Gone are the days were Spider-man battles a T-rex in a lab jacket. No, now he actually has to fight a lizard. This pretty much sums up the last movie for me.
But Madison didn't mind the book. She won't see the movie for years, of course. But the book is a lot of fun with the Tag pen. It reads the story, of course. But then there are pages where you learn about reptiles (of course), and play games that test your recognition. Each of these Tag books does that, of course. There's one she got for "Brave," and also the "Finding Nemo" one as well. She has about ten of these books so far, and the two of us had a great time reading and playing games on the couch while Mommy got dinner ready.
Dinner was potato soup, which Mommy made from potatoes in the crock pot, along with other vegetables thrown in for flavor. It was quite tasty!
Afterwards, it was time to return to the couch for Madison. Her nose is runny and she's coughing a good bit - I think this is a result of the warm weather turning colder. Today the rain was pretty heavy in the morning, and pretty constant all throughout the day. It was the first day of the school year where she had to use an umbrella when being dropped off for school. Daddy watched her this morning after dropping her off - watched her trudging along with her backpack and raincoat on, all under the protection of that tiny pink umbrella. She was safe under the umbrella, and moving slowly so that she wouldn't get wet.
We watched another movie tonight - actually two movies. Madison and Daddy watched "The Emperor's New Groove," which Madison enjoyed. Then it was time for bed afterwards, where we listened to another few chapters of the "Quest for the Wand." Basically, everyone in the story has wand madness now, making wishes left and right. And not one of the wishes has worked out well so far. The point is obvious: if you find a magic wand, don't use it.
Mommy and Daddy watched another circus movie today: the circus movies we ordered came in. Tonight's feature: "Toby Tyler." This one ends kind of funny for me - does Toby Tyler stay in the circus, or go on to help his short-tempered Uncle and Aunt? It wasn't enough to spoil the movie, of course. We enjoyed it, and got a few small ideas from watching it. Yes, this was research. It was good to see Henry Calvin and Gene Sheldon together again too. And to see Gene Sheldon with a speaking role - that was different! After watching so much of "Zorro" and "Babes in Toyland," we were beginning to think he didn't really talk!
So Madison will be taking tomorrow off, and the night was pretty late for her, as it turns out. High fever and runny nose, plus coughing due to drainage. Looong night for us.
Piano class was a bit of a shock to the system. "We're climbing a mountain together," is the phrase Mrs. Pam uses as she requests the parents learn a lot of these piano numbers as well. Today we learned a new chord, adding that to the two we learned last week. Madison instantly - and without Mommy or Daddy having to show it to her - got the finger positioning right on the new chord. She just saw it, and played it. We were pretty pleased to say the least. Unfortunately, she started coughing a bit in class. It may have been too much for her, so we decided to go straight home after that. Rather than go back to work, Daddy went home with Mommy and Madison.
To keep her on the couch and under some blankets, we had fun with her Tag pen. For Christmas, she got a few new books: "Finding Nemo," "Spider-Man" and a map of the solar system (which has a board game on it as well. We started with Spider-Man, who faced off against The Lizard.
But Madison didn't mind the book. She won't see the movie for years, of course. But the book is a lot of fun with the Tag pen. It reads the story, of course. But then there are pages where you learn about reptiles (of course), and play games that test your recognition. Each of these Tag books does that, of course. There's one she got for "Brave," and also the "Finding Nemo" one as well. She has about ten of these books so far, and the two of us had a great time reading and playing games on the couch while Mommy got dinner ready.
Dinner was potato soup, which Mommy made from potatoes in the crock pot, along with other vegetables thrown in for flavor. It was quite tasty!
Afterwards, it was time to return to the couch for Madison. Her nose is runny and she's coughing a good bit - I think this is a result of the warm weather turning colder. Today the rain was pretty heavy in the morning, and pretty constant all throughout the day. It was the first day of the school year where she had to use an umbrella when being dropped off for school. Daddy watched her this morning after dropping her off - watched her trudging along with her backpack and raincoat on, all under the protection of that tiny pink umbrella. She was safe under the umbrella, and moving slowly so that she wouldn't get wet.
We watched another movie tonight - actually two movies. Madison and Daddy watched "The Emperor's New Groove," which Madison enjoyed. Then it was time for bed afterwards, where we listened to another few chapters of the "Quest for the Wand." Basically, everyone in the story has wand madness now, making wishes left and right. And not one of the wishes has worked out well so far. The point is obvious: if you find a magic wand, don't use it.
Mommy and Daddy watched another circus movie today: the circus movies we ordered came in. Tonight's feature: "Toby Tyler." This one ends kind of funny for me - does Toby Tyler stay in the circus, or go on to help his short-tempered Uncle and Aunt? It wasn't enough to spoil the movie, of course. We enjoyed it, and got a few small ideas from watching it. Yes, this was research. It was good to see Henry Calvin and Gene Sheldon together again too. And to see Gene Sheldon with a speaking role - that was different! After watching so much of "Zorro" and "Babes in Toyland," we were beginning to think he didn't really talk!
So Madison will be taking tomorrow off, and the night was pretty late for her, as it turns out. High fever and runny nose, plus coughing due to drainage. Looong night for us.
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