Don't Get Pinched!

Here's our little girl, all dressed up for the big day.  She's gotten so big - these holidays bring to mind memories and images of previous holidays, where our little girl was much tinier.  She's still a small fry, but growing up fast.  It won't take long for her to be taller than Daddy - at least that's what I tell her frequently.  She's got all kinds of green on today, including her shamrock socks too.

Off she went to school this morning, and off we went to the dentist down in Alpharetta.  What a long, miserable commute that is each morning.  Thank you God that we don't have to suffer through that each day.  I'd seriously leave earlier with a book or something, just so I wouldn't have to endure the rush hour traffic that we experienced only once this morning.  Stop.  Go.  Stop.  Go.  It's too much!

Fortunately, everyone at the dentist is always friendly, and there was good news for Mommy and Daddy there as well.  We've been getting much better at flossing, and we got the "all clear."  Which means no drill!

That's always a plus!

Today was St. Patrick's Day, and it felt like Ireland outside.  Gloomy, cold, windy and wet.  The rain fell down hard in the morning, and gave way a little later in the afternoon to more rain.  Winter's last gasp has been a big one - Daddy felt it outside at the bus stop waiting for Madison.  We both raced inside to see Mommy, where there was a fire in the fireplace.  It felt so nice and toasty by the fire, and yet it felt weird to have a fire in there so late in the season.  Still, it was there, and we were grateful.

Madison did homework and a tiny bit of piano.  The idea behind this afternoon had been to go see "Mr. Peabody and Sherman," but unfortunately the movie times didn't work out with our schedule so much.  No matter, Madison was just fine as long as she got her Marvel time in.  Yes, we're still playing video games a bit - day we finally got Silver Surfer as a character.  This is kind of a big deal, as Madison is strangely really into the Silver Surfer.  It might be the silver part.  Or the surfer part.  Or maybe the fact that he is in fact a silver surfer.  Whatever the reasons, we have him in our arsenal now, and all is well with the world.

We've continued our Bible reading today, with our Little Princess Bible.  We'll be there for a while, which is great.  We've been talking about Rebekah, which is a classic princess tale.  And, of course we continued with Ka-Zar as well.

It was a day to stay inside.  We ate corned beef and cabbage and potatoes for dinner, leftover from yesterday, but you have to eat that sort of thing on St. Patrick's Day.  Oh, and the shamrock cupcakes too.  And the marzipan potatoes.  And Lucky Charms.  Go that too!