This morning when Madison woke up, she brushed her teeth and got dressed, as per her usual routine. And then she went downstairs... and squealed! Upon the kitchen table was Howleen, a doll from Monster High. Howleen was resting upon a rented copy of "Freaky Fusion" from the library, a movie that Madison was wanting to watch. The combination of the two of them was tantamount to a Christmas morning sort of moment, as she was quite surprised! She did, however, do all her homework the night before and worked very hard on her piano. So she earned this special little prize, which was quite fun to see her get.
Tonight, she was watching the movie of course. That couldn't wait, nor could any of the extra little specials included on the DVD. She had to wait until she was done with this afternoon's homework though. One problem was a bit amazing for a second grader, at least by my reckoning. Sometimes we parents think things are too far advanced, and then there are those Common Core moments where we think the education system is wasting everyone's time. This was a little of both, a complex math word problem that together we wrote out as (20 - 13) / 2. That's a twenty cm piece of string with thirteen cm cut from it, can you divide that piece in two equal pieces? The question was worded in such a way that the pronoun didn't exactly indicate which piece. We just assumed it was not the thirteen inch piece. Either way, it was a nifty little math problem for a second grader. Once we figured out what we were supposed to do, we were off an running, actually grabbing a strip of paper and measuring out 20 cm on it.
Along those lines, weren't we all supposed to be on this metric system by now? Either be on it or not, folks. Yeah, it would have made sense to have something like that to begin with. But we haven't moved to it yet, and I'm not sure why. I'm older and therefore more accustomed to feet, pounds, miles and gallons. It would be pretty tough for me to start adjusting now, but I get the fact that the metric system is easier and we could be more universal. So why haven't we moved there yet? Because now Madison is learning feet and meters, and this just seems to be a good opportunity for us all to make the big plunge. There must be some anti-metric system feeling out there. It's not American!
Speaking of doing things the American way, we ordered Girl Scout Cookies today from our cousin Hannah. We got four boxes on the way, two with thin mints (yes!), and two with gluten-free cookies. Yep, there are Girl Scout cookies that Mommy can eat now!
We did a lot today around the house, changing lightbulbs, carrying stuff downstairs to the basement, going to the bank - oh, and getting copies of Madison's speech therapy history. We used the copier at the church today to make copies to give at our new appointment tomorrow. It'll be a big day when we all go down together to see this new place, and hopefully give it a shot.
And speaking of giving things a shot, Madison is liking the Marvel character Hawkeye lately. We've got him to level 20, where he's just about as powerful as Iron Man. Which isn't exactly right, but it's still fun to play. She just likes the guy a lot, and he usually has to be in made-up stories, along with Black Widow. She sees the two as a couple, which is a fun little romantic story she's cooking up in her mind.
And speaking of romantic stories, after Madison went to bed, Mommy and Daddy watched Bob Hope's "The Great Lover," which wasn't bad. We brought the tiny DVD player up to bed, and watched it there like we used to watch movies some time ago. When Mommy was battling cancer, we'd watch movies in bed quite a bit. We set up this little DVD player on a pillow, and the two of us watched literally every single Abbott and Costello movie in existence. To this day, we have them all in all their glory. Those two aren't around anymore, but if they were, I'd thank those guys for helping us get through a tough time.
It wasn't a tough time tonight. We watched the movie in bed just for fun, and soon, we were off to sleep.
Tonight, she was watching the movie of course. That couldn't wait, nor could any of the extra little specials included on the DVD. She had to wait until she was done with this afternoon's homework though. One problem was a bit amazing for a second grader, at least by my reckoning. Sometimes we parents think things are too far advanced, and then there are those Common Core moments where we think the education system is wasting everyone's time. This was a little of both, a complex math word problem that together we wrote out as (20 - 13) / 2. That's a twenty cm piece of string with thirteen cm cut from it, can you divide that piece in two equal pieces? The question was worded in such a way that the pronoun didn't exactly indicate which piece. We just assumed it was not the thirteen inch piece. Either way, it was a nifty little math problem for a second grader. Once we figured out what we were supposed to do, we were off an running, actually grabbing a strip of paper and measuring out 20 cm on it.
Along those lines, weren't we all supposed to be on this metric system by now? Either be on it or not, folks. Yeah, it would have made sense to have something like that to begin with. But we haven't moved to it yet, and I'm not sure why. I'm older and therefore more accustomed to feet, pounds, miles and gallons. It would be pretty tough for me to start adjusting now, but I get the fact that the metric system is easier and we could be more universal. So why haven't we moved there yet? Because now Madison is learning feet and meters, and this just seems to be a good opportunity for us all to make the big plunge. There must be some anti-metric system feeling out there. It's not American!
Speaking of doing things the American way, we ordered Girl Scout Cookies today from our cousin Hannah. We got four boxes on the way, two with thin mints (yes!), and two with gluten-free cookies. Yep, there are Girl Scout cookies that Mommy can eat now!
We did a lot today around the house, changing lightbulbs, carrying stuff downstairs to the basement, going to the bank - oh, and getting copies of Madison's speech therapy history. We used the copier at the church today to make copies to give at our new appointment tomorrow. It'll be a big day when we all go down together to see this new place, and hopefully give it a shot.
And speaking of giving things a shot, Madison is liking the Marvel character Hawkeye lately. We've got him to level 20, where he's just about as powerful as Iron Man. Which isn't exactly right, but it's still fun to play. She just likes the guy a lot, and he usually has to be in made-up stories, along with Black Widow. She sees the two as a couple, which is a fun little romantic story she's cooking up in her mind.
And speaking of romantic stories, after Madison went to bed, Mommy and Daddy watched Bob Hope's "The Great Lover," which wasn't bad. We brought the tiny DVD player up to bed, and watched it there like we used to watch movies some time ago. When Mommy was battling cancer, we'd watch movies in bed quite a bit. We set up this little DVD player on a pillow, and the two of us watched literally every single Abbott and Costello movie in existence. To this day, we have them all in all their glory. Those two aren't around anymore, but if they were, I'd thank those guys for helping us get through a tough time.
It wasn't a tough time tonight. We watched the movie in bed just for fun, and soon, we were off to sleep.
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