World Penguin Day

Today was World Penguin Day, and what better way to celebrate than by watching "Batman:  The Movie!"  Daddy has never seen it before, and obviously neither has Madison.  Daddy has seen a lot of the old television series with Adam West and Burt Ward, but never this masterpiece of a movie!

The shark.  The bomb.  The porpoises!  It's funny how Madison reacted to this - like Daddy was when he was her age, all of it seemed so cool.  These guys were real bad guys and he was Batman, doing battle on the side of the right.  Now that we're "all grown up," it's simply hysterical!  There is so much deadpan and serious acting despite the ridiculousness of it all.  We huddled up on the couch, and Madison was having a great time watching Batman and her favorite villains do battle.  Daddy was cracking up left and right.  Have you seen it yet?  The line about the porpoises might be the best one, and the scene with Batman trying to dispose of a bomb just might be one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history!

It wasn't all penguins today.  Of course, there was a bit of piano practice.  The recital inches closer!  Another thing we did after school today was play tennis!  Although the code to the courts wasn't working, we still had fun practicing tennis a bit on the basketball court.  Madison has a good swing and good timing as well.  Occasionally, she even has good aim!

We had fun at the playground for a bit too.  The weather was so nice outside that we stayed there for a bit, until it was time to go home for dinner.  Mommy had Mexican food ready:  Daddy had tacos, and Madison made herself a Mexican pizza.  She took it upon herself to flatten a tortilla on a plate, cover it with salsa, and then sprinkle cheese on top of that.  It was cut into quarters already, and she was quite proud of her creative idea.  Yes, she ate it all.  The whole family was quite full by the time it was over with!

Mommy had a Divine Bible study this morning, and Daddy spent a lot of time finishing his Twelve Tribe messages.  Yes, they are all done now!  I may post them soon, one at a time.  Very proud that I actually finished them.  Some were quite obscure, but there is enough material in the Bible to have a unique message for each Tribe, and focused towards children.  That's what I set out to do, and I think this turned out pretty good!

Okay, time for bed.  Tomorrow, we're hopefully going to the Zoo.  Pretty excited - and it's a surprise for Madison.  She's been trying to guess all week, and hasn't got it right yet...!