Fall Crafts

Here below are just some of the crafts that Madison made today:

She spent the afternoon with Ye-Ye and Nana, which sort of turned into a Fall Camp, where she and her cousin Hannah spent some time playing with toys and watching Equestria Girls, but then spent a whole lot more time, evidently, making these fall crafts.  Ye-Ye is always prepared with neat ideas for Madison to do, so that when Mommy and Daddy came over to pick Madison up, she had this entire art gallery to present to us.  It was just like dropping her off at camp!

So where were Mommy and Daddy?  They went off for a date this afternoon:

No, it wasn't the restaurant you see above.  That's actually a screen capture from the Thor movie, "The Dark World," which came out last week.  It's another Marvel movie, so therefore we went out to see it. Daddy has been itching to go see this one, just like he'll be itching to see the next Captain America movie, "The Winter Soldier."

The movie was decent, although I think I liked the last one a tiny bit better.  Not to say this one was bad in any way.  It's just preference, I suppose.  Obviously, you have to stay until after the credits.  I would say more on this one than others, as something sort of relevant to the movie occurs after the credits.  I can't believe so many people walked out of the theater and missed that.  By now, you just have to know it is near mandatory to stay after the credits of a Marvel movie!

This morning, of course, was church.  The three of us had a great morning there, learning to be like Mario and putting things "under our feet."  Madison always enjoys KidPak Jr., even this morning when the guest speaker was none other than Pastor Brock, who switched places with Halston (who was speaking with the older kids).  Brock used Madison in an illustration, which of course was a big deal for Madison:  she mentioned it quite a few times afterwards!

It was raining a lot today, although not as harshly as it could have been.  The overcast weather kept the heat energy down so that the threatening weather calmed down quite a bit by the time it reached us.  To that extent, we were highly blessed.

Tonight's feature presentation is "Miracle on 34th Street," the newer version.  Mommy and Daddy have the fire in the fireplace again, snuggled together and watching a Christmas movie.  Madison went to bed a little earlier tonight, but not before practicing her recital songs.  She does well when she's focused on the task at hand, which sometimes requires Daddy standing right behind her, encouraging her forward.  Sometimes that's something all of us need though, isn't it?