Return Serve

Daddy got to come along to tennis practice today, and what a thrill.  You can see Madison above, returning yet another serve.  She won that part of the day, returning more balls over the net than any of the others, boys included.  She's getting better and better each day, she says.  And best of all, she really enjoys this sort of thing.  It won't be long before we'll be struggling to keep up with her!

The problem with tennis lessons would be the time.  Right now, there just weren't enough participants to justify the 4:00 time, so we're there with the 5:00 time.  It is so close to church time that I'm cutting it close to get back on time.  But we did make it, and tonight was a good night at KidPak.

Madison did some other atheltic activities today:  it was the Fund Run.  Today in order to raise money, kids were sponsored to do laps around the track behind the school.  Madison said she did ten laps today, which was quite a bit.  Yes, that's probably a whole lot more than Daddy could run at the moment.  Not that our event was this big - or maybe it was - but there was a blimp flying over the school today.  Madison had never seen a blimp before, so this was kind of a big deal for the kids.

So the rest of the day was school, and homework, and an early night's rest.  Daddy has been working on our LEGO messages for the next week, which are coming along at a quicker pace now.  We've been reading Madison's LEGO magazines, watching LEGO movies, and reading LEGO books.  And yes, there were a couple visits to LEGOLAND this year - I think we've had a lot of fun with the research phase.  We've got some great ideas for this series, ideas I'll be sharing soon when Under the Sea is drawing to a close.

We also came up with our January-February series this week.  Mommy came up with the title, and Daddy thought up the premise.  The series will be called, "Northern Lights," and will take place in Norway, probaby.  This covers all kinds of good stuff, from Vikings to Queen Elsa to trolls to "How to Train Your Dragon."  Daddy has one message called "Berserker" that he's been sitting on a while, and of course the set will be a snowy wonderland.  This should be good stuff.  Daddy has had these Viking ideas - several three-point messages - already outlined at least seven or eight years ago.  They've been sitting there, waiting for the right moment, and that may be upon us now.

It was a good day, but as are most Wednesdays, there isn't enough time spent with Madison.  She had a great time running around, but that will probably pale in comparison to the event in a few days, the Color Run.  Daddy and Mommy will be on hand at the school to witness that one!