The Pink Surfer

Above you can see Madison's artwork - just a sample.  She has the Silver Surfer there, along with the Silver Surfer's friend, the Pink Surfer.  The two of them are "surfing" in the garden - if you look closely you can see that she has actually cut out the two surfers from another sheet of paper that she was drawing on.  She's been rather artistic lately, drawing in her spare time - with or without Daddy.  A few times, we've been hitting the "how to draw so-and-so" book, penciling out a drawing of Mickey or Minnie Mouse.  Or maybe even Perry the Platypus - you'll see a version of that probably on Saturday.  Here she is drawing with one of her friends, Matthew, at the KidPak office.

Today was a busy day for Madison, who had piano and ballet again this afternoon.  Piano was a good class, as she was really on-the-spot with some of the questions Mrs. Pam had asked.  She could name that tune in the three notes that Mrs. Pam had written up on the board.  She was also playing rather well - in fact, she's pretty close to Daddy's level of play right now.  Daddy had better keep his practice up, if he's going to keep up with her!  This is a neat class, because it's pretty much a two-for-one in that respect!

Ballet class was fun for Madison as well, and afterwards we were able to have a daddy-daughter date at McDonalds.  The reason for that choice of restaurant:  the Shamrock Shake is back.  Yes, St. Patrick's Day is about twenty days away, but we can still enjoy the Shamrock Shake a little early, can't we?

Madison was such a blessing for an elderly couple that was there - she blew them kisses and complimented the older woman on her hairstyle.  These folks were supremely blessed by Madison - but aren't we all?

We didn't have much time when we got home - we do so much on Tuesdays.  Madison wanted to play the Stitch Trouble game, so that's what we did for the night before bed.  It was a draw - we both won a game a piece.

And then... it was time for bed.  For all of us, really.  Can you believe that Daddy went to bed pretty much the same time as Madison did?  Mommy was up a little later, but Daddy was so tired for some reason today.  Perhaps it was this cold, overcast, rainy weather.  Whatever the reason, Daddy plopped into bed with a book and read for a while, and drifted off to sleep, roughly the same time Madison was probably going to sleep!