Toy Story RC Car

Here's the vehicle Madison made this morning - the remote control car from "Toy Story."  This morning, Mommy, Daddy and Madison went to Lowe's to build this with hammer, nails and wood.  Madison did a lot of the work, and ironically when Daddy went to help, he actually nailed two pieces to the table.  I am not making that up.  The nail was longer than the pieces he was attaching together, and we were simply supposed to insert the nail through the hole.  Daddy missed that bit of helpful instruction though, and drove the nail in.  Needless to say, there was much amusement from Mommy and Madison.  The joke is this:  Daddy nailed one piece to the table last time we did this.  Within a couple years, their table will be filled with nail holes from Daddy's failed attempts at following instructions!

Anyway, we walked out of there with the car you see above, adding it to our growing wooden collection at home.  Madison has a few cars now, as well as a monster chest.  Next month, we're signed up to build an airplane from the movie "Planes."  With each of these accomplishments, she gets a certificate - and also a patch for her apron.  Right now she's got a few patches on there, but by this time next year she might be looking like a girl scout with all the patches.  She's got that collector mentality.

So tomorrow we're going to Florida.  The plan is to go there right after church, getting in as much vacation time as possible while down there.  We don't have much of a plan for the week, outside of going to see mermaids and maybe mini-golf.  Daddy heard an idea from Ye-Ye of a place to go see manatees, which might be fun for Madison to go see.  Also, it'd be nice to go to the beach.  We'll see how the weather is.  Currently, there's a tropical storm named Dorian that is heading towards Florida, but we don't know how that will affect our lives.  Really, no matter what happens, it'll be fine.  We're going down there to be with family, and we're bringing books and Scrabble.  We'll have plenty of time to rest, and maybe go on some day trips.