Iron Fist

Madison's latest reward for piano and homework was a visit from Iron Fist.  First, we had to find him.  Where would a guy like Iron Fist hang out?  Let's think about his name a moment... Iron Fist.  Well, there's a clue.  Madison found him in the laundry room in a cabinet there, where the iron was.  Many people think he's called Iron Fist because of his fighting style.  This couldn't be farther from the truth.  He's actually called this because of his ability to quickly remove wrinkles from just about any fabric.  Note that his yellow bandana is perfectly pressed, and his green costume immaculately wrinkle-free.  This is the legacy of Iron Fist, the most famous iron-wielding character in the Marvel Universe.  You now have no excuse:  you know exactly who Thor takes his red cape to after a battle in the rain and elements.  And Dr. Strange visits frequently with his cape as well.  But Iron Fist is not exclusive to heroes only.  No, there is villainy afoot when Dr. Doom gazes upon his cape after it was not hung up correctly last night.  And Magneto is a frequent customer in the battle against ugly wrinkles.  So wrinkles beware!  Your days are numbered, and you should fear the awesome power of Iron Fist!

Clearly, I do not know much about this Marvel character, or his surprise entry in the Disney Infinity world.  But that's the fun of the Marvel Universe, discovering new characters and their back stories.  Tonight, we made our own backstories for Iron Fist, as he and Spider-man battled evil in New York.  There's something therapeutic about swinging from building to building as Spiderman, exploring the big city as you sling web after web.  I haven't looked backwards lately, but surely the city is a huge mess by now, with webs everywhere.  I'm sure the mayor has a team of people with those long extendable brushes to clean up all the webs each time Spider-man comes through.  Battling evil has a price, and we don't want our city to look dusty and covered with webs!

Today was Friday, the last one of January.  Yes, the month is nearly gone, and already we're racing forward to a new one.  January was cold, as it usually is.  It was also a bit on the dull side, frankly.  We'll have to do something about that.  Maybe we can add some new holidays.  Maybe Iron Fist Day.

Anyway, we spent the day at work.  Mommy took Madison to speech therapy for session number two. Madison still enjoys that, and the two got stuck in traffic on the way home, but that's going to be a regular occurrence with the timing of her appointment each week.  No worries, as Daddy gets home roughly at the same time anyway.  It all works out.

Madison has done really well on her spelling test, a perfect score there.  Also, a perfect score on her math drill, where she got all fifty done and done correctly in under three minutes.  She's ahead of the game there, and doing just fine.  We get her homework back each week, so it's neat to see her doing so well with various assignments.  Her spelling is getting better and better, and her math is great too.  She'll be doing something new next week with multiplication - that will challenge her, surely.

Daddy remembers starting on multiplication.  It's a daunting thing to remember all that to begin with, but now it is second nature.  Okay, mostly second nature.