Back to Transylvania

Today was nice - though Daddy had to work, he made a fun decision to come in a little late.   We've been working a lot lately, after all, so together the three of us went over to the theater in Cumming for part of their free movie summer.  Today's selection was "Hotel Translyvania," which we saw last Fall.  We haven't got the Blu-Ray yet - that's a surprise for later.  But this morning, we joined Aunt Shain, Madison's cousins, and even Nana at the theater.  Together, we took up a bunch of seats in the back row, and we were glad Aunt Shain got there a little early:  the place was packed!

Madison did her usual routine on the computer and is now on LEVEL G.  This is a pretty big deal to her, because none of her classmates have gotten that far.  She's been reading and doing assessment every single day, pretty much.  Spending about a half hour each day, she's been diligent about moving forward.  Also, she's been trying some of the other programs, like the one you see above.  Basically, you have to fill in the slots and create the number presented using only Roman numerals.  Madison was a quick learner - she could even write her birth year in Roman numerals:  MMVI.

Daddy actually learned a thing or two as well, to be honest.  For example, did you know that 400 is CD?  At the end of movies, there's usually this huge hodgepodge of Roman numerals spelling out what year the movie was made in, and you have just a few seconds to figure it all out.  In the nineties, it was tough.  MCMXCVI is 1996.  That takes a few moments for me to calculate.  Okay, so maybe more than a few moments.  But the year 2000 was glorious.  That's MM.  Yep.  And then MMI, MMII, MMIII, MMIV, MMV, MMVI, MMVII, MMVIII, MMIX, MMX, MMXI, MMXII, and here we are at MMXIII.  That didn't take long at all for me to figure out - thank goodness we're out of the nineties.  Rough years!

Okay, anyway, Daddy had to work today.  Mommy and Madison did piano together, and the great news is that Mommy is doing fine with her digestive issues.  So far, so good.  She prepared some pieces of pork for Daddy to grill when he got home - and in between a few rain showers, Daddy raced out there and grilled up some tasty dinner, while  of course listening to some of our records.

It was a little late for a movie, so Madison and Daddy opted for some X-box fun, playing an old game based on the movie "Madagascar 2."  Yep, it was that old.  And yet, Madison loved it.  She'll want to play this one through.  There's something to be said for movie license games, although some are pretty bad.  They all have a head start in that you already like the characters involved.  Madison was playing as Gloria, Marty, Melman and Alex tonight and having a fun time, especially with the "hot potato" game and the "musical chairs" bit.  These were variations of these games, and she was laughing all the way through.