What a Racket!

It's a great time getting to see Madison practice tennis, and today Daddy got to do just that.  On top of all that, our friend Lance came along to watch her - so it was Mommy, Daddy and Lance in the stands, cheering on our little girl.  She did well today - Daddy is still impressed with her backhand.  A few times today, she was able to volley it back and forth with the teacher too.  The weather, for the first time, was pretty warm outside.  This meant that it would have been a good day to play tennis outside, even.  But this is an indoor court, and we've needed it to be indoors all year long so far.

Madison enjoys tennis, and enjoys the games they play at the end of class too.  This week, we're signing her up for a tennis camp this summer.  This will be on top of the ballet camp and of course, Summer Xtreme, which we've just signed her up for as well.  It'll be a fairly busy summer for her this year, which is a good thing.  Vacation time around the house is nice, which she should get some of that too.  But experiencing these camps is a good thing too - like the art camp we'll sign her up for.  Also, we'll look into the local library's schedule again.  And our KidPak Movie Bash is set for June as well - I think the 20th, where we'll watch "The Lego Movie."  Anyway, all in all, I think she's going to have a fabulous summer, with plenty to do.  We haven't even talked about what we'll do for a summer vacation.  Maybe another trip to Florida is in the future?

Today was part three of our series, "Fore!"  It's been so much fun!  You can see here the big event, the girls versus boys matchup for mini-golf.  Who will wind up as champion?  So far, the boys have a slight edge, two games to one.  It all comes down to next week though.

The message went well too, where we showed a bit of Goofy's "How to Play Golf," and just one brief scene from "Happy Gilmore" demonstrating self-control.  Or, at least not demonstrating it!

Can you believe there are just twenty-one days left of school this year?  Things are certainly winding down.  Madison went over her spelling words with us on the ride to tennis, and nailed each one without even stopping to think about any.  She's definitely got spelling down this year, and math too.  I think she'll easily meet all her goals for the year.  Really, her speech is the only thing that remains slightly behind - but even that is light years from where we were this time in 2010.  We hardly have to stop at all when talking with her, whereas it used to be we'd be guessing as to what she was saying, or desperately looking for some context.  No longer!

It was a busy day, but we're mostly in good shape in a lot of places, as described here.  We have a LONG way to go with Summer Xtreme planning at work, but I have faith it will all work out.  Hopefully!