Madison likes calendars - so it seemed only fitting that during our last vacation we got her very own calendar: a Weeki Wachee Mermaid Calendar!
We hung it up in her room today, realizing the calendar actually starts in September. It's for all of next year too, but it starts this month. Madison has marked off the days so far already, and noted September 18th is National Cheeseburger Day. Though she's not a fan of the cheeseburger, Daddy thought this day might be worth celebrating! Note, by the way, the manatee on the picture: that's basically the theme of our last little vacation - mermaids and manatees.
Today started as all Sundays do: with us at church. Our museum-themed service continued with a dedication to Thomas Edison's 10,000 failures. Or however many failures he had that brought him to the proper filament for a lightbulb. The problem with the internet is that you really have to fact-check even some of the more reliable sources to make sure of a certain quote. In this case, Edison could have said 1,000 failures or 2,000 failures. Some say he said 10,000 failures. Either way, the quote was impressive:
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
It was a neat motivational service about failures. Of course, we don't just talk about failures of inventions or businesses. We talked about failures in the Bible - there are plenty of characters there that had epic problems, and yet God used them anyway.
After church, we came home and got business out of the way. By "business," I mean homework. There is another spelling list, which Madison has mastered already (for the most part). This one features words with "an" in them such as "sand," "can," "plan," "hand" and "pan." A quick spelling test on the couch, and Madison was on top of her game.
After the spelling test, we went to the piano where Madison was playing things one octave up - with her right hand. It's a switch-your-hand-position sort of song, where she has to quickly move her hand up one octave. It's called "Alpine Echo," and Madison was steadily improving on that. We'll have to practice again tomorrow, but I think she'll get it fine. Part of it is memorizing the song. She's also dancing up the C scale with her sneaky thumb maneuver - that's part of practice too. Daddy is right there with her, learning as well. Both of us were pretty exhausted by the end of practice though: it's been a long weekend!
So we plopped down on the couch for yet another return to Middle Earth. Yes, we've been there a lot. Madison is really into the Lord of the Rings lately, Lego Style. It's a great motivational tool to get her doing homework and other tasks!
At bedtime tonight, we read from our Bible some more. Soon, we'll be reaching the end. She's been focused as Daddy shared the stories with her - tonight we talked about Lazarus, and how "Jesus wept." Daddy tells the story with a bit of comedy at the end, based on the illustrations - Mary and Martha are there in disbelief: "But ... you're dead!" Lazarus: "No... I'm not really dead." Mary and Martha: "Yes you are!"
And so on. We said our prayers, and Madison was asleep pretty quickly. We've got our agenda tomorrow: she wants to play hopscotch! We have our sidewalk chalk, and we'll be using it on the driveway, weather pending. Also on the list for tomorrow: Tag books. Daddy is wanting to use these more extensively as her reading skills increase. The Tag pen system has been fun for us, and we even have a new book to load up on her pen.
But for now, it's time to get some shut-eye. Mommy and Daddy continued our Monk-fest, saying goodbye to Sharona tonight. She's one of the main characters in the first three seasons, and it was a bit of a shocker to have her leave so abruptly. We've been addicted to this show, watching a few episodes a night. It's like a fever that you sort of have to just ride out...!
Anyway, it's been a good weekend. And September is here, isn't it? Fall is just around the corner - or based on my statements about Labor Day, it may be here already. Time for all sorts of Fall-related plans, and then October, and then November and all the Christmas in between. It's the favorite time of year, and just like always it will whiz by quickly with a whirl of fun and excitement, just like an amusement park ride. This is the best part right here at the beginning, just looking forward to all of it!
We hung it up in her room today, realizing the calendar actually starts in September. It's for all of next year too, but it starts this month. Madison has marked off the days so far already, and noted September 18th is National Cheeseburger Day. Though she's not a fan of the cheeseburger, Daddy thought this day might be worth celebrating! Note, by the way, the manatee on the picture: that's basically the theme of our last little vacation - mermaids and manatees.
Today started as all Sundays do: with us at church. Our museum-themed service continued with a dedication to Thomas Edison's 10,000 failures. Or however many failures he had that brought him to the proper filament for a lightbulb. The problem with the internet is that you really have to fact-check even some of the more reliable sources to make sure of a certain quote. In this case, Edison could have said 1,000 failures or 2,000 failures. Some say he said 10,000 failures. Either way, the quote was impressive:
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
It was a neat motivational service about failures. Of course, we don't just talk about failures of inventions or businesses. We talked about failures in the Bible - there are plenty of characters there that had epic problems, and yet God used them anyway.
After church, we came home and got business out of the way. By "business," I mean homework. There is another spelling list, which Madison has mastered already (for the most part). This one features words with "an" in them such as "sand," "can," "plan," "hand" and "pan." A quick spelling test on the couch, and Madison was on top of her game.
After the spelling test, we went to the piano where Madison was playing things one octave up - with her right hand. It's a switch-your-hand-position sort of song, where she has to quickly move her hand up one octave. It's called "Alpine Echo," and Madison was steadily improving on that. We'll have to practice again tomorrow, but I think she'll get it fine. Part of it is memorizing the song. She's also dancing up the C scale with her sneaky thumb maneuver - that's part of practice too. Daddy is right there with her, learning as well. Both of us were pretty exhausted by the end of practice though: it's been a long weekend!
So we plopped down on the couch for yet another return to Middle Earth. Yes, we've been there a lot. Madison is really into the Lord of the Rings lately, Lego Style. It's a great motivational tool to get her doing homework and other tasks!
At bedtime tonight, we read from our Bible some more. Soon, we'll be reaching the end. She's been focused as Daddy shared the stories with her - tonight we talked about Lazarus, and how "Jesus wept." Daddy tells the story with a bit of comedy at the end, based on the illustrations - Mary and Martha are there in disbelief: "But ... you're dead!" Lazarus: "No... I'm not really dead." Mary and Martha: "Yes you are!"
And so on. We said our prayers, and Madison was asleep pretty quickly. We've got our agenda tomorrow: she wants to play hopscotch! We have our sidewalk chalk, and we'll be using it on the driveway, weather pending. Also on the list for tomorrow: Tag books. Daddy is wanting to use these more extensively as her reading skills increase. The Tag pen system has been fun for us, and we even have a new book to load up on her pen.
But for now, it's time to get some shut-eye. Mommy and Daddy continued our Monk-fest, saying goodbye to Sharona tonight. She's one of the main characters in the first three seasons, and it was a bit of a shocker to have her leave so abruptly. We've been addicted to this show, watching a few episodes a night. It's like a fever that you sort of have to just ride out...!
Anyway, it's been a good weekend. And September is here, isn't it? Fall is just around the corner - or based on my statements about Labor Day, it may be here already. Time for all sorts of Fall-related plans, and then October, and then November and all the Christmas in between. It's the favorite time of year, and just like always it will whiz by quickly with a whirl of fun and excitement, just like an amusement park ride. This is the best part right here at the beginning, just looking forward to all of it!
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