Back to Court

Madison looked sharp today playing tennis against pretty much all of us.  She looks forward to tennis almost as much as swimming or anything else - she perks right up when the thought of getting to the court is present.

Nana and Ba-Ba saw quite an improvement in her play since the last time.  Madison of course has had tennis lessons throughout the year, and most recently tennis camp.  And as she loves the sport so much that we'll no doubt be signing her up for tennis lessons once more.  The instructor she has is kind and helpful.  The lessons are fairly repetitive, but that's the point - she gets better and better each time she tries a backhand or a forehand, or those rapid back-and-forth exercises.

It's hard to pick a favorite picture - to quote Captain Hook, Madison was showing "Good form!  Good form!"  Ba-Ba started things off by tossing her tennis balls one after the other, sometimes to one side and then to another.  Madison hit back ninety percent of them easily.

The weather was too warm to do much today, so we waited until later to play.  Actually, it was almost nightfall and the weather was cooler and even slightly overcast.  Always this week a threat of rain, with thunder in the distance.  But nothing came close today - and Madison got to spend well over an hour playing tennis with us all, and insisting Ba-Ba take a break alongside her for some water from time to time.

It was another day of rest today for us otherwise, as we spent our afternoon and morning lounging about at Ba-Ba and Nana's house, reading, playing Scrabble, doing yet another puzzle, coloring, and that sort of thing.  We've been well-fed this entire trip, as Nana and Ba-Ba have kept all kinds of food on the table.  We've eaten and eaten and eaten!

But today, Madison worked that food off easily.  We all did this afternoon - playing tennis and running back and forth to collect all the balls.  It was great tonight going back to court.