Madison had a full day today, really making the last of her summer vacation days count! This morning she arose and was ready for action - and before the weather turned out to be too hot, she and her grandparents went to the tennis courts for some more practice. She's doing quite well, they think - even ready for a grown-up racket. Of course the weather started getting much hotter, at which point everyone was ready to return to the house.
Mommy, Nana and Ba-Ba all had routine visits with the eye doctor today, so that pretty much made up for their afternoon - three appointments in a row made for a lot of time on the clock.
But Daddy and Madison filled that time with lots of activity. After eating lunch, we defeated Zurg once more. This time we defeated Zurg on Disney Infinity, something we haven't done yet. With that accomplished, we could safely launch off to our next destination: the library.
It was there that we saw this magician above - his name was Ken Scott, and the guy was incredibly quick and great with kids. Plus, the magic act was spot on, with some funny puppet segments that had the kids laughing very hard. Madison was right there with them, cracking up at the alligator puppet - and the Frankenstein puppet as well, which Daddy thought was pretty funny.
It's been a great year for magic shows, hasn't it? Madison has certainly seen plenty of magic tricks, this being another really good quality show that we got to see for free because of our local library.
Afterwards, there was a surprise for Madison. Daddy told her there was a surprise, but didn't say where we were heading to next. She wanted to hear a make-up story, so on the way there, Daddy told an epic story involving Papi and Chloe the chihuahuas, Delgado, Gandalf and Vitruvius, Luke Skywalker, Hiccup and Toothless, Captain Hook and Peter Pan, Olaf, and a quest to find Elsa the Snow Queen - in order to defeat Chernobog, which was pretty random of course. It was an epic tale that Homer would have been proud of, and when victorious, the parties involved all ate at a Chick-Fil-A to celebrate. One by one they each left, saying their goodbyes to Elsa, who remained at Chick-Fil-A. Daddy timed the story so that we got to the Spout Springs Chick-Fil-A at about 5:00. And sure enough, just as told in the story, Elsa was still there!
The location at Flowery Branch was having a Frozen in July event, which had all kinds of things to do. First of all, eat. Okay, that wasn't exactly first: the very first thing Madison did was pose with two girls dressed as Anna and Elsa - from which she received a mylar balloon with Elsa and Anna on it. And she also received another cow. This was an other Chick-Fil-A cow to add to the herd at home.
Anyway, we ate, and then traded in our toy for a cup of ice cream. But this time, we could take our ice cream over to a special princess "toppings" table where there were sprinkles, chocolate chips, whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and even pixie sticks. Talk about a sugar rush!
Fortunately, there was a "bounce house" behind the restaurant. They had an inflatable bouncy thing set-up back there, and Madison was pretty much the first one inside. Daddy let her run off some of that sugar, thinking this would be it. But no, it was certainly not it. For unbeknownst to Daddy, there was also another free thing being set up next to the bounce house, that being a free snow cone stand. We timed everything just right: we were towards the front of that line, and got ourselves a few snow cones as well: Madison got the bubble gum flavor, and Daddy got the flavor of pineapple upside down cake. Both were delicious!
We got home after all this, and arrived pretty much the same time as Nana, Ba-Ba and Mommy. So we spent some time together talking and doing a recap of our exciting days. Everything is fine with everyone's eyeballs, so that's good news of course. The examinations were pretty thorough, something Daddy doesn't have to go through for a while. How blessed he is to have great eyesight right now.
Anyway, we had just a little time to kill before bedtime, so Madison and Daddy pulled out the Star Wars Operation game - the one where you use these tweezers to pull out items without touching the metallic sides? Madison started out a little rough, but before long she was doing just as good as Daddy, pulling out those hard-to-reach ones worth $2,000! She won the game, which actually lasted for quite a bit - and following this it was time for bed.
This is where we finished the first Never Girls book. Daddy read her the Bible, and then the final few chapters of the Never Girls book, after which Madison said we need to get the next two books in the series. She's enjoyed hearing these stories quite a bit, so Daddy may race to the library once more to get another book in the series.
But not tonight. We're all pretty worn out - it's been a great, full day! Ironically, after meeting Elsa today, the temperature is supposed to take a good little drop...
Mommy, Nana and Ba-Ba all had routine visits with the eye doctor today, so that pretty much made up for their afternoon - three appointments in a row made for a lot of time on the clock.
But Daddy and Madison filled that time with lots of activity. After eating lunch, we defeated Zurg once more. This time we defeated Zurg on Disney Infinity, something we haven't done yet. With that accomplished, we could safely launch off to our next destination: the library.
It was there that we saw this magician above - his name was Ken Scott, and the guy was incredibly quick and great with kids. Plus, the magic act was spot on, with some funny puppet segments that had the kids laughing very hard. Madison was right there with them, cracking up at the alligator puppet - and the Frankenstein puppet as well, which Daddy thought was pretty funny.
It's been a great year for magic shows, hasn't it? Madison has certainly seen plenty of magic tricks, this being another really good quality show that we got to see for free because of our local library.
Afterwards, there was a surprise for Madison. Daddy told her there was a surprise, but didn't say where we were heading to next. She wanted to hear a make-up story, so on the way there, Daddy told an epic story involving Papi and Chloe the chihuahuas, Delgado, Gandalf and Vitruvius, Luke Skywalker, Hiccup and Toothless, Captain Hook and Peter Pan, Olaf, and a quest to find Elsa the Snow Queen - in order to defeat Chernobog, which was pretty random of course. It was an epic tale that Homer would have been proud of, and when victorious, the parties involved all ate at a Chick-Fil-A to celebrate. One by one they each left, saying their goodbyes to Elsa, who remained at Chick-Fil-A. Daddy timed the story so that we got to the Spout Springs Chick-Fil-A at about 5:00. And sure enough, just as told in the story, Elsa was still there!
The location at Flowery Branch was having a Frozen in July event, which had all kinds of things to do. First of all, eat. Okay, that wasn't exactly first: the very first thing Madison did was pose with two girls dressed as Anna and Elsa - from which she received a mylar balloon with Elsa and Anna on it. And she also received another cow. This was an other Chick-Fil-A cow to add to the herd at home.
Anyway, we ate, and then traded in our toy for a cup of ice cream. But this time, we could take our ice cream over to a special princess "toppings" table where there were sprinkles, chocolate chips, whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and even pixie sticks. Talk about a sugar rush!
Fortunately, there was a "bounce house" behind the restaurant. They had an inflatable bouncy thing set-up back there, and Madison was pretty much the first one inside. Daddy let her run off some of that sugar, thinking this would be it. But no, it was certainly not it. For unbeknownst to Daddy, there was also another free thing being set up next to the bounce house, that being a free snow cone stand. We timed everything just right: we were towards the front of that line, and got ourselves a few snow cones as well: Madison got the bubble gum flavor, and Daddy got the flavor of pineapple upside down cake. Both were delicious!
We got home after all this, and arrived pretty much the same time as Nana, Ba-Ba and Mommy. So we spent some time together talking and doing a recap of our exciting days. Everything is fine with everyone's eyeballs, so that's good news of course. The examinations were pretty thorough, something Daddy doesn't have to go through for a while. How blessed he is to have great eyesight right now.
Anyway, we had just a little time to kill before bedtime, so Madison and Daddy pulled out the Star Wars Operation game - the one where you use these tweezers to pull out items without touching the metallic sides? Madison started out a little rough, but before long she was doing just as good as Daddy, pulling out those hard-to-reach ones worth $2,000! She won the game, which actually lasted for quite a bit - and following this it was time for bed.
This is where we finished the first Never Girls book. Daddy read her the Bible, and then the final few chapters of the Never Girls book, after which Madison said we need to get the next two books in the series. She's enjoyed hearing these stories quite a bit, so Daddy may race to the library once more to get another book in the series.
But not tonight. We're all pretty worn out - it's been a great, full day! Ironically, after meeting Elsa today, the temperature is supposed to take a good little drop...
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