Visit Vulgaria!

Tonight we continued our geography lesson with a visit to Vulgaria, an obscure Alpine country where once upon a time, all children were outlawed.  I'm not recommending this strategy for any nation, although lately we've learned our own leadership in government is capable of essentially anything.  Enter the Child Catcher, a prominent resident of Vulgaria, who has a nice cushy job smelling out rotten children and luring them out of their hiding places with candy and ice cream, only to usher them into a large cage.  This is the guy we should be afraid of, seriously.  What's all this about a Slender Man or any other spooky character lurking about?  The Child Catcher was doing this thing long before any of you wannabes, and might I say giving kids nightmares long before it was fashionable.

That's why just before bedtime, Daddy came upstairs to visit Madison, who did her nightly ritual of hiding.  Only this time, there was added meaning as Daddy used his most nasal voice to call out, "I smell children!  I know you're in here....!"

Madison wasn't phased a bit.  Of course, she jumps out and reasserts herself as the one who does the scaring around these parts.  "BOO!" she cried out, and Daddy of course overreacted, jumping back in fear.

In case you have no idea where Vulgaria is, or who the Child Catcher is, these are references to the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."  We saw the second part, after the intermission, and Madison was anxious to see what happened next.  Last we knew, the poor car was plunging over the side of a cliff.  Of course, now we all know the car can fly.  Didn't see that coming!

It is a long movie, isn't it?  It was a good thing to do a two-part thing, breaking it up some.  We may do that more in the future with these old classics.

So today started as a most summer days will:  later.  We slept in yet again, but were up and out the door in time for work at the office somewhat - and of course ballet camp afterwards.  Madison is doing better now, catching up and more excited about the things she's doing there.  She's making crafts and dancing and having snacks and just having the best time - glad to be there.

She got home with us, and Daddy wasn't content to have her use the Kindle for more games - she's been addicted to "Where's Perry?" lately, on the ride to and from camps.  Daddy wanted her to add some more to her reading list, but the catch was that Madison actually read a pretty big book this afternoon - it was a chapter book, with quite a bit more to read.  But read it she did, and we're pretty proud of her there.

Yes, we did some video games too - we met Unikitty today in "The LEGO Movie" game, and got to see what happens when you get her mad.  This is the most hilarious moment of the game thus far - all three of us were cracking up at what we were seeing.

It's been a busy day, but lots of fun together again.  We signed up Madison for another camp next week - so June is officially going to be called Camp-a-palooza, as we've had a camp every single week this month.  July will be a break from camps, with visits from the grandparents, and hopefully a vacation somewhere. Speaking of which, October is looking better and better right now with another trip to the Not-So-Scary party in Orlando.

Okay, time for bed.  We tried some valerian root tea, Mommy and Daddy.  Not sure if it is making me tired or not, but it definitely tastes better with mint.