Level Up

So here's the banner for our upcoming series, "Level Up."  As described here earlier, it's entirely based on video games - which has been sometimes a bit of a challenge as there are no references to video games in the entire Bible.  At least, none that I've found so far.  Today's message I've been writing is about an "extra life" and a bit about Mario and his creator, who I have a whole lot of respect for.  That one might get posted here - maybe on Friday when it is finished.

Today Daddy came home to see Madison, who had an early release day at school.  This made her after school time a bit less rushed, so she was able to eat and even add some items to her space room.  Yes, that means she's been reading a lot lately.  In fact, she's almost done with her assignment - in less than a week!  It's all because she wants to decorate that room, or buy a pink planet to put it on.

Tomorrow, Daddy will visit with her speech therapist once more, an annual visit to check on progress and map out the future a bit.  So far, Madison has been doing well. She actually reads the above books out loud, and has been getting better with her speech.  A lot better.  It'll be a busy day tomorrow, with more dentist visits in the morning, a speech therapist appointment, ballet in the evening and oh yeah, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day!

But today was fun too.  Tonight's service was hilarious, a mad-lib sort of service that we like to do from time to time.  It features quite a bit of improv, obviously, as the kids fill in the blanks of the story, and the actors have to act it out.

Madison went to tennis this afternoon, which turns out to be a popular class apparently.  We didn't know this when we signed her up for it - but there is a waiting list for this class.  One family is going so far as paying for a month that they won't be there, just to hold the spot for the next month.  How we got into this class we have no idea - just remarkable timing.  Okay, we'll give God the glory for it.  But if you go online to sign up for this class, you won't be able to.  Madison will be able to sign up easily though, because she's already a part of the class and has first dibs.

Tonight we got a call from Nana and Ba-Ba.  But it wasn't on the phone - we were able to talk with them on the computer!  It turns out they got a new computer, and after a bit of finagling, we were talking to one another on the computer and seeing each other's faces.  Madison was already in bed by this time, but you can see how nice this will be for the grandparents to call up and see her from time to time.

As for now at this time, I'm off to bed.  Well, almost time for bed.  "Monk" first, and then bed...