Madison's birthday is in the summer, which means she gets to basically pick another birthday during the school year. Although this isn't a huge party with gifts, it is still a day to acknowledge that yes, she does in fact have a birthday like all the other students do. Her cousin has the same situation - there's a celebration sometime in May, before the school year lets out. We chose today, basically because this week is essentially a week-long party at school, and we were fairly sure we weren't interrupting much.
Actually, we came at around lunch time, when we could sneak in some cupcakes for her entire class. Madison had a thrill passing out cupcakes to everyone in her class, one at a time. Other classes were quoted as saying, "Hey, no fair!"
But that's how Madison's class rolls! Actually there were other kids with birthdays in the summer too - or perhaps legitimately on this day. Regardless, their classes got cupcakes from their loving parents as well. There were lots of cupcakes being passed around, and Madison got to eat her lunch once more on stage above all the common folk!
This image above represents one of Madison's favorite jokes lately. She's big into knock-knock jokes, although there isn't necessarily a punchline at the end of each joke. In fact, if there's something that makes sense at the end of the joke, or something that makes it technically "a joke," then that'd make sense. But what defines a joke anyway? If it makes you laugh, then it is a joke, right? Most of the time, Madison's answers are so abstract, they crack us up.
She got home from school, the last Monday of 1st grade. I'd like to say we did a whole lot this afternoon, but in fact we didn't do too much due to quite a bit of fatigue from the weekend's events. Madison is in the middle of a week of piracy - that's the theme of her class. They're stuck on a ship together, doing various things together each day. Today, everyone brought in a favorite board game. Tomorrow, everyone brings in a book and a stuffed animal. Ah, to be in that atmosphere, the final week of first grade. It was such an exciting time. Madison's teacher talked with us briefly, talking about the energy in the air, how she has to keep reminding the students there is still technically one week to go!
The weather outside today was gorgeous - sunny and beautiful, after the morning fog lifted. Only one more day of relentless phone calls from primary candidates too - at least until the run-off season picks up. Tomorrow is election day, and there are a lot of names on the ballot this year. The school superintendent race alone has somewhere around fifteen candidates. Daddy finally broke down and did the research on each of them running, as I'd feel guilty walking into a polling room, picking names based on the way they sound. In fact, there were a few candidates we were leaning towards that we are now leaning against, due to a bit of research. Mailers help, believe it or not - that at least introduces the candidate to our home, and at least identifies position stances. As this is a primary, most of those positions are the same, so this is the tougher of elections, as we're looking for differences and nuances and even religious affiliation. Yes, we go there. And then we go vote, which we'll do tomorrow. There are plenty of names on the ballot, and after well over an hour or two of researching online, we're ready to walk into the polling place.
And we're ready for all these phone calls to end!
Actually, we came at around lunch time, when we could sneak in some cupcakes for her entire class. Madison had a thrill passing out cupcakes to everyone in her class, one at a time. Other classes were quoted as saying, "Hey, no fair!"
But that's how Madison's class rolls! Actually there were other kids with birthdays in the summer too - or perhaps legitimately on this day. Regardless, their classes got cupcakes from their loving parents as well. There were lots of cupcakes being passed around, and Madison got to eat her lunch once more on stage above all the common folk!
This image above represents one of Madison's favorite jokes lately. She's big into knock-knock jokes, although there isn't necessarily a punchline at the end of each joke. In fact, if there's something that makes sense at the end of the joke, or something that makes it technically "a joke," then that'd make sense. But what defines a joke anyway? If it makes you laugh, then it is a joke, right? Most of the time, Madison's answers are so abstract, they crack us up.
She got home from school, the last Monday of 1st grade. I'd like to say we did a whole lot this afternoon, but in fact we didn't do too much due to quite a bit of fatigue from the weekend's events. Madison is in the middle of a week of piracy - that's the theme of her class. They're stuck on a ship together, doing various things together each day. Today, everyone brought in a favorite board game. Tomorrow, everyone brings in a book and a stuffed animal. Ah, to be in that atmosphere, the final week of first grade. It was such an exciting time. Madison's teacher talked with us briefly, talking about the energy in the air, how she has to keep reminding the students there is still technically one week to go!
The weather outside today was gorgeous - sunny and beautiful, after the morning fog lifted. Only one more day of relentless phone calls from primary candidates too - at least until the run-off season picks up. Tomorrow is election day, and there are a lot of names on the ballot this year. The school superintendent race alone has somewhere around fifteen candidates. Daddy finally broke down and did the research on each of them running, as I'd feel guilty walking into a polling room, picking names based on the way they sound. In fact, there were a few candidates we were leaning towards that we are now leaning against, due to a bit of research. Mailers help, believe it or not - that at least introduces the candidate to our home, and at least identifies position stances. As this is a primary, most of those positions are the same, so this is the tougher of elections, as we're looking for differences and nuances and even religious affiliation. Yes, we go there. And then we go vote, which we'll do tomorrow. There are plenty of names on the ballot, and after well over an hour or two of researching online, we're ready to walk into the polling place.
And we're ready for all these phone calls to end!
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