Things that start with N

This is just one assignment that Daddy and Madison have been working on all year long.  Each week, a letter is picked - this week we actually have two letters, both n and f.  Above you can see the assignment:  we look for things that start with that letter.  Madison then cuts them out, and pastes them on a paper, creating a collage of things that start with the letter of the week.

As you can see, it's a fun assignment for both of us!

Today was a rainy day, and a day that's getting cooler as it goes on.  In fact, we're returning to cold weather again towards the end of the week.  Normal weather.

When Madison got home from school, we had our traditional piano practice and our homework assignment as well.  Then dinner, obviously.  It all happens so quickly!  She got a bath and then it was time for something short on television and bedtime.  She was a little restless today, and had to be refocused from time to time, but we did get the assignments done, and food eaten!

For our movie, we watched "Dumbo," which is a circus movie Daddy hasn't seen in ages.  The last time we attempted to do this, Madison was still two years old.  It was a big mistake.  We couldn't tell if certain things were registering back then, and of course she didn't understand us completely having only been exposed to English a few months.  But one thing was clear:  she didn't like that scene where Dumbo's mother is separated from her son for the first time.  I'll never forget that - we were watching a movie and everything was fine.  Daddy was thinking this one would be one of the more harmless of movies (after all, it's not "Bambi!").  She was completely normal, looking at the movie and watching it carefully.  And the next thing you know, she was in tears.

Oops!  That may have been Daddy's biggest movie mistake ever.  Although going to see "Frankenweenie" could be a close second.  Daddy is perpetually worried about exposure to certain things in movies at too early an age.  He himself remembers bad things from movies - why is it we don't remember the good stuff?  Those bad impressions from early can leave a mark!

We didn't get any of the circus movies yet, so tonight after Madison's bedtime, Mommy and Daddy continued our Valentine's Day theme with "While You Were Sleeping."  There's another great movie - we were still laughing out loud at certain parts of that one.

Anyway, it was a Monday - a dreary, rainy one.  Not much going on, although we did try to pack in as much as we could for Madison.  She did enjoy "Dumbo" this time - no tears.  The more playful moments cracked her up, and Daddy was glad to have seen it again.  It's such a classic.