Daddy did quite a bit of work today, but we did get home in time for piano practice and a bit of Marveling. We did stay up later too, which might not have been the best of ideas in retrospect. But we had that together time, which was nice. Sometimes it's good to just plop down on the couch together and watch something or play something. The weather is getting nicer (although cold rain is coming tomorrow), so at least we'll get to go for walks and maybe do some tennis.
But sometimes you just want to plop. And that's what we did. It was, after all, a long day at work. We spent most of it preparing for tomorrow and beyond.
Madison spent her day doing homework, watching a bit and playing a bit too. She also did some drawings - Daddy has a contract with her to do ten more quality drawings. She does these, and if they are up to Mommy and Daddy's expectations, she'll get Mickey Mouse for Disney Infinity. Last time she did ten drawings, she got Mater.
Now these take a while to do, which is what we want. We want her to practice her drawing, just like she practices piano, tennis and ballet. And she'll get better and better. In fact, she's already better and better - and quite creative. She uses books that show her how to draw certain characters or animals, step-by-step. Today's illustration was that of a dolphin. She wanted to make it Winter the dolphin, so she did her dolphin in the air a bit, and colored the entire dolphin grey - except the tail. She drew the water beneath, and the splash from below, and to show what was going on, she drew a checkered flag that Winter was heading towards. I'm not sure who taught her this, but she also did the "sun in the corner of the page" trick, where you just draw one quarter of a circle up there with rays shining downward.
She was quite proud of this. Winter is even smiling, apparently pleased with winning the race.
Speaking of racing, we've been watching online (in a limited way, because it's only broadcast in a limited way) the Paralympics in Russia. While Russia storms in and takes part of another country because it feels threatened by that part of the country, it is simultaneously hosting the peaceful Paralympics. Yes, as soon as the Olympics are over with, there goes Russia literally invading another country and taking it's territory away from it, in the name of "security." All that work to project one image, and we're all sitting here watching that one image get flushed down the туалет.
Anyway, back to the Paralympics, which are great to see. First of all, Go USA. We won the ice sledge hockey final against Russian today, winning a gold medal for that event. Russia wins overall with the most medals, but those ice hockey games are important for some reason. We haven't seen any replays of that - as we were busy when they were on television. Maybe someday we'll be able to, but until then we were watching a few of the other events online. Particularly fascinating are the blind skiers, who careen down those same Sochi slopes, despite being blind. These are the slopes that had skiers falling left and right during the Olympic Games. And, I might add, these are the same slopes that I'd have no hope whatsoever of skiing - and I have perfect vision. Yet by following a guide who calls out directions and maneuvers, these blind skiiers are able to complete a full Olympic course down the mountain. We were watching this today, completely fascinated.
But again - all this "goodwill" and friendly hosting... completely flushed down the туалет. Tomorrow, part of Ukraine will have a vote to decide which country they should be in. Logically, you'd think that Ukraine itself should be a part of this process, but in fact this is not the case. Tomorrow, it is expected that that part of the Ukraine will wish it was - for some reason - a part of Russia instead. It's as if we sent troops into Ontario and asked them to vote to see which country they wanted to be a part of. At gunpoint.
So history is going to be made tomorrow, one way or another. And it is shaping up to be a very interesting year. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail, rather than continue to flush all our progress towards peace down the туалет.
But sometimes you just want to plop. And that's what we did. It was, after all, a long day at work. We spent most of it preparing for tomorrow and beyond.
Madison spent her day doing homework, watching a bit and playing a bit too. She also did some drawings - Daddy has a contract with her to do ten more quality drawings. She does these, and if they are up to Mommy and Daddy's expectations, she'll get Mickey Mouse for Disney Infinity. Last time she did ten drawings, she got Mater.
Now these take a while to do, which is what we want. We want her to practice her drawing, just like she practices piano, tennis and ballet. And she'll get better and better. In fact, she's already better and better - and quite creative. She uses books that show her how to draw certain characters or animals, step-by-step. Today's illustration was that of a dolphin. She wanted to make it Winter the dolphin, so she did her dolphin in the air a bit, and colored the entire dolphin grey - except the tail. She drew the water beneath, and the splash from below, and to show what was going on, she drew a checkered flag that Winter was heading towards. I'm not sure who taught her this, but she also did the "sun in the corner of the page" trick, where you just draw one quarter of a circle up there with rays shining downward.
She was quite proud of this. Winter is even smiling, apparently pleased with winning the race.
Speaking of racing, we've been watching online (in a limited way, because it's only broadcast in a limited way) the Paralympics in Russia. While Russia storms in and takes part of another country because it feels threatened by that part of the country, it is simultaneously hosting the peaceful Paralympics. Yes, as soon as the Olympics are over with, there goes Russia literally invading another country and taking it's territory away from it, in the name of "security." All that work to project one image, and we're all sitting here watching that one image get flushed down the туалет.
Anyway, back to the Paralympics, which are great to see. First of all, Go USA. We won the ice sledge hockey final against Russian today, winning a gold medal for that event. Russia wins overall with the most medals, but those ice hockey games are important for some reason. We haven't seen any replays of that - as we were busy when they were on television. Maybe someday we'll be able to, but until then we were watching a few of the other events online. Particularly fascinating are the blind skiers, who careen down those same Sochi slopes, despite being blind. These are the slopes that had skiers falling left and right during the Olympic Games. And, I might add, these are the same slopes that I'd have no hope whatsoever of skiing - and I have perfect vision. Yet by following a guide who calls out directions and maneuvers, these blind skiiers are able to complete a full Olympic course down the mountain. We were watching this today, completely fascinated.
But again - all this "goodwill" and friendly hosting... completely flushed down the туалет. Tomorrow, part of Ukraine will have a vote to decide which country they should be in. Logically, you'd think that Ukraine itself should be a part of this process, but in fact this is not the case. Tomorrow, it is expected that that part of the Ukraine will wish it was - for some reason - a part of Russia instead. It's as if we sent troops into Ontario and asked them to vote to see which country they wanted to be a part of. At gunpoint.
So history is going to be made tomorrow, one way or another. And it is shaping up to be a very interesting year. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail, rather than continue to flush all our progress towards peace down the туалет.
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