Today we sailed into yet another "Talk Like a Pirate Day," which happened to be a day off of sorts - time for a little arrr and arrr, right?
Not quite. Mommy and Daddy started the day off hearing the worst sound possible: this would be worse than enemy cannon fire splitting the main mast, or the sound of cursed Aztek gold coins accidentally dropped into the fathoms below. It was - shudder - the sound of a dentist's drill. Yes, we both had minor cavities, and both had some work that needed to be done at 8:00 this morning in Alpharetta. Geesh, I'm glad that's over with. NOTE TO SELF: Floss as much as you can. Believe them when they tell you it's important!!!
Unfortunately, they didn't have any stylish gold fillings to go with the pirate theme today. Until around 1:00, both Mommy and Daddy had one half of their mouths completely numb. We matched!
Meanwhile, Madison was having a good day at school. I know this because Daddy went to a meeting with a few of her teachers. It was the IEP meeting, where we sort of mapped out her speech therapy for the next year or so. The great news is that she's been doing wonderfully with her development. I knew that from the get-go. We're dropping one class a week, and doing some three drop-ins throughout the week, and concentrating on the letter s, the letter l, and - ironically enough - the letter r. Arrrr!
Madison's teacher was very complimentary of her efforts at school this year - she said that Madison was above average with math and reading skills. This is so great to hear. For a while as parents we were concerned and worried about her simply catching up - after all, the other kids have a two-year head start on the English language. But in some areas, Madison is actually ahead! Example: Madison's spelling lists each week. There is a basic list, and an advanced list. She actually is getting the advanced list nailed each week, which is great. Another ironic note about the day: we're learning about words that end with "ack." One word on her list is a proper name: "Jack." Captain "Jack."
After school there was ballet, which is our usual Thursday routine. There were ballerinas yelling "scurvy this" or "belay that." But Daddy did spend the time reading a book about pirates he found a few weeks ago. It is nonfiction, and while Madison was learning the hop-step (which she showed us later), Daddy was learning about Charles Vane, one of the pirates who hung around Nassau (where we'll be returning soon!).
We got home and had some grub from the ship's galley, served by none other than the Scarlet Blade herself. A few weeks ago, Daddy also picked up a book for just this day, a great children's book called "A Pirate's Quest," about a poor pirate looking for his family heirloom peg leg. Madison really enjoyed hearing this read to her, but Daddy enjoyed reading it. The artwork inside is fantastic, and the story a lot of fun.
I can't help but recommend this, especially if you're into piracy and peg legs. They even have a song, "The Peg Leg Song," that you can download for free (following a link in the book). It was fun reading about pirates - and then it was fun playing as pirates with Lego Pirates of the Caribbean. Yes, we returned to that game once more - Daddy played as Davy Jones while Madison chose Jack Sparrow. The two of us had a few more adventures along the way until bedtime, which wasn't that far off, really.
It was a good day to be a pirate, and a good day to say "Arrrr!" This weekend, we decided, if there's time on Sunday, we'll show Madison the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. That'll be a big moment: she gets to see Jack Sparrow again. Suddenly we'll be leaving Middle Earth behind and heading to the Caribbean...!
Not quite. Mommy and Daddy started the day off hearing the worst sound possible: this would be worse than enemy cannon fire splitting the main mast, or the sound of cursed Aztek gold coins accidentally dropped into the fathoms below. It was - shudder - the sound of a dentist's drill. Yes, we both had minor cavities, and both had some work that needed to be done at 8:00 this morning in Alpharetta. Geesh, I'm glad that's over with. NOTE TO SELF: Floss as much as you can. Believe them when they tell you it's important!!!
Unfortunately, they didn't have any stylish gold fillings to go with the pirate theme today. Until around 1:00, both Mommy and Daddy had one half of their mouths completely numb. We matched!
Meanwhile, Madison was having a good day at school. I know this because Daddy went to a meeting with a few of her teachers. It was the IEP meeting, where we sort of mapped out her speech therapy for the next year or so. The great news is that she's been doing wonderfully with her development. I knew that from the get-go. We're dropping one class a week, and doing some three drop-ins throughout the week, and concentrating on the letter s, the letter l, and - ironically enough - the letter r. Arrrr!
Madison's teacher was very complimentary of her efforts at school this year - she said that Madison was above average with math and reading skills. This is so great to hear. For a while as parents we were concerned and worried about her simply catching up - after all, the other kids have a two-year head start on the English language. But in some areas, Madison is actually ahead! Example: Madison's spelling lists each week. There is a basic list, and an advanced list. She actually is getting the advanced list nailed each week, which is great. Another ironic note about the day: we're learning about words that end with "ack." One word on her list is a proper name: "Jack." Captain "Jack."
After school there was ballet, which is our usual Thursday routine. There were ballerinas yelling "scurvy this" or "belay that." But Daddy did spend the time reading a book about pirates he found a few weeks ago. It is nonfiction, and while Madison was learning the hop-step (which she showed us later), Daddy was learning about Charles Vane, one of the pirates who hung around Nassau (where we'll be returning soon!).
We got home and had some grub from the ship's galley, served by none other than the Scarlet Blade herself. A few weeks ago, Daddy also picked up a book for just this day, a great children's book called "A Pirate's Quest," about a poor pirate looking for his family heirloom peg leg. Madison really enjoyed hearing this read to her, but Daddy enjoyed reading it. The artwork inside is fantastic, and the story a lot of fun.
I can't help but recommend this, especially if you're into piracy and peg legs. They even have a song, "The Peg Leg Song," that you can download for free (following a link in the book). It was fun reading about pirates - and then it was fun playing as pirates with Lego Pirates of the Caribbean. Yes, we returned to that game once more - Daddy played as Davy Jones while Madison chose Jack Sparrow. The two of us had a few more adventures along the way until bedtime, which wasn't that far off, really.
It was a good day to be a pirate, and a good day to say "Arrrr!" This weekend, we decided, if there's time on Sunday, we'll show Madison the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. That'll be a big moment: she gets to see Jack Sparrow again. Suddenly we'll be leaving Middle Earth behind and heading to the Caribbean...!
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