Don't Get Lured In

We're still plugging away at our latest series, with this upcoming week dedicated to "not getting lured in."  That features the story of Samson and Delilah, which oddly enough was an opera that Mommy and Daddy attended some time ago.  That was a season where Mommy and Daddy attended several operas, from "La Boheme" to "Turandot."  Daddy had a tuxedo, and Mommy dressed up, and together we went down and enjoyed the stuffy atmosphere pretending to be something we're not for a night.  Seriously, we did enjoy the performances and the stage and the atmosphere.  I suspect though that it will be some time before Madison goes to the opera.

Still, this weekend's story promises to be good. We'll continue our story, where the fish in our tale are tempted to go to explore a spooky old shipwreck, completely surrounded by party balloons.

Of course, they aren't party balloons.  There's the "hook" of sin, which makes for a pretty appropriate metaphor.  Or allegory?  Here's the the homework assignment that Daddy made for this upcoming weekend, just for show:

We've kept up the homework idea, and to our great pleasure, many kids are filling these out week after week, and their parents are signing them to indicate that the memory verse is in fact getting memorized. Of course, it doesn't hurt that we're motivating them with the hope of getting a free prize from a drawing, tickets to the Georgia Aquarium.  But nevertheless, it's great to see the "partnering with parents" aspect of this in motion.

Today after school was ballet.  Again.  We returned to ballet class today, this time with a new class in a new room with a new teacher.  Madison was nervous to begin with, but with everything she's been nervous about lately, that all goes away once she walks in and sits next to another friend.  Immediately, she just about forgot that Daddy was even there, in fact.  She had a great time.

Daddy got to the school early and waited in line for pick-up, while doing so finishing a book he's been working on.  Madison was out just in time, and we were home earlier than expected in fact.  We didn't need to hurry to Gainesville to ballet, even having enough time to eat a dinner meal beforehand.  Daddy was hungry, so we ate some tacos for dinner!

After ballet, we stopped by Walmart to return something, and after that there was a bit of homework to do.  Madison now has nightly homework, although not that much.  She did some math problems, about fifty of them in three minutes.  She only missed three, and two were because of simple mistakes - she didn't write down the "1" when she meant to write "12" and in another case "13."  Easy mistakes to make when you're in a hurry.  Daddy was still quite impressed with her math skills.  Daddy can do it in three minutes, but it's not entirely something he wants to do in three minutes.  She took it as a challenge and off she went!

Following this, we did some more arithmetic:  in the garden.  Our tomatoes have been coming in strong lately, and we've made a near-daily habit of going down to pick the latest fresh ones off the vine.  When it comes to cherry tomatoes, we've had quite a crop down there!

We had about a half hour left before bedtime, so the choice was hers as for what to do.  We went back to the Clone Wars, believe it or not - the game, that is.  We haven't seen too many of those episodes yet, although that might take place later on as we get closer to the new movie and Star Wars Fever sets in.  Tonight, we were happy to simply run around as jedi and sith, making our way through a level on Naboo, trying to hold back some deadly virus.

After containing that outbreak, it was time for bed.  We didn't need any biohazard suits though.  Especially because we were back in Neverland for a bit.  We read from book number three of the series, "A Dandelion Wish," and also read from our Bible a story about Mary.  After prayers, it was time for bed, and I have to say it was just about time for bed for all of us.  Really tired tonight - that may be because of the big weekend.  Another reason:  we're all a little sniffly lately.  Madison and Mommy have runny noses and sore throats at the moment, which is basically a reminder:  school is back in session.  As soon as school starts, here comes the runny noses and sore throats.

So off to bed we go tonight, after a fairly routine day.  But with the family, it's a happy one!