Can you fast and go to Cracker Barrel? Apparently yes. Today was MLK Day, or at least the observation of it. This is why we had Madison with us for the day, and why we spent a good deal of time in Cumming. We were there initially for the chiropractor's visit, which as always is hilarious. Madison's laughter is so loud as she's getting her adjustment, and the two of them have such a good time together. Mommy and Daddy are a little less ticklish, but it's still a good thing to go and do.
The routine is in place - we've been going for years now. There's the waiting area with the same books and that one toy with the differently colored beads that follow painted wires from point a to point b. Even though she's done this over and over again, here we are in the waiting room, and here Madison is doing it once again. Then it's off to the waiting room, where we listen to light music from the 80's. From the sound of things, Phil Collins Day has moved to today (I think it is actually in February. And yes, there is a Phil Collins Day). And then Madison hides. This is what she does all the time. At night, she hides in the bedroom, jumping out to "scare" Daddy as he walks in. She hides in the morning, every morning, as Daddy comes down the stairs into the kitchen. "Where's Madison?" I ask. And she jumps out and yells, "Boo!" And Daddy does his little scream as if to say, "Oh, you got me!"
So Dr. Williams comes in, and sure enough, we all play the game. "Where's Madison?" he asks, and we tell him while winking that she's not here today. And then she jumps out from underneath a table, yelling "Boo!"
And that's when the real fun begins! Madison seems to have a wrestling match with Doc Williams, and of course there's the sound of "popcorn" and bad jokes along the way. She has a great time!
Afterwards, we decided to pop in to Goodwill for a bit, where Mommy found a couple great items, even one larger piece of furniture. One is a larger set of stand-up wall panels that you can put your own designs into. This will come in handy for the one room, which we're aspiring to theme out with a bit of China thrown into things. The intent is to use our wall hangings, and perhaps give the room an Asian flair.
Daddy found a few games and one movie in particular, "A Simple Twist of Fate," which we'll hopefully watch soon. It's an old gem, a movie based on "Silas Marner" that Daddy remembers as being pretty good. Although it's been a few years since he's seen it.
To round off our trip, we went to Cracker Barrel next. Yep, we're fasting, and there we are. But Daddy got some good vegetarian options, and Madison kept pouring on the ketchup. She uses it on just about anything you can imagine. Nothing is too sacred for ketchup. She uses up so much ketchup in our house that we put it up there with our emergency list of things to get. In case of icy weather: buy bread, milk and ketchup. Of course, Daddy doesn't do milk anymore. And Mommy can't have bread. So while everyone else is battling it out for milk and bread, we'll be fine. Just so long as there's enough ketchup.
Mommy did some shopping in the store there, and once again, Madison and Daddy found ourselves engaged in a classic match of checkers over there by the fireplace. You know the set, the one that is every Cracker Barrel right there by the fireplace? We sat there and had ourselves a game while Mommy actually found some clothing she was happy with. It's funny, but of all the stores there are, she seriously finds the most things she likes to wear... at Cracker Barrel. This is why Daddy got her a few gift cards to Cracker Barrel, so that she could buy food and go find some nice clothing. Go figure!
So what did we do about MLK Day? We've made that video and did a bit of research before about Martin Luther King. Madison wrote a paper about him this year, which was good to see. Daddy remembers writing about him when I was younger as well. This was probably less than ten years after his death, which was probably so fresh. Racism is still alive and well in this country though - there is a story out of Minnesota today about an adopted girl being mocked for her skin color. The dad stood up for her wonderfully, calling out the offenders and defending her daughter in an amazing way. Racism is there, especially it seems for those of darker skin color. But at the same time, it doesn't seem to be as bad as it was, or as bad as some make it out to be. This may simply be because our family doesn't encounter people who have racist feelings that often. Or that racism just doesn't make any sense. Recent news developments in Missouri and New York have really taken our country backwards a bit, and both cases are different. But the end results are that people are blaming each other, yelling at each other, and making the case that we may never move on as a country from this issue. And that may be true, because it takes forgiveness to get there. That's a tough place to be, but maybe some day there will be another man like MLK to come along and show us all the way to a better path of unity.
I'll be honest: we didn't do much to honor MLK on this day, but it has been a topic of conversation this week. Madison and Daddy spent the afternoon playing Disney Infinity a little, where Madison played as Nick Fury. We got him to level 20, and just love him to death. To Madison, he's as cool as Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor. There's no judgement about skin color at all from her, no matter if your skin is black, white, or in Gamora's case, green.
The routine is in place - we've been going for years now. There's the waiting area with the same books and that one toy with the differently colored beads that follow painted wires from point a to point b. Even though she's done this over and over again, here we are in the waiting room, and here Madison is doing it once again. Then it's off to the waiting room, where we listen to light music from the 80's. From the sound of things, Phil Collins Day has moved to today (I think it is actually in February. And yes, there is a Phil Collins Day). And then Madison hides. This is what she does all the time. At night, she hides in the bedroom, jumping out to "scare" Daddy as he walks in. She hides in the morning, every morning, as Daddy comes down the stairs into the kitchen. "Where's Madison?" I ask. And she jumps out and yells, "Boo!" And Daddy does his little scream as if to say, "Oh, you got me!"
So Dr. Williams comes in, and sure enough, we all play the game. "Where's Madison?" he asks, and we tell him while winking that she's not here today. And then she jumps out from underneath a table, yelling "Boo!"
And that's when the real fun begins! Madison seems to have a wrestling match with Doc Williams, and of course there's the sound of "popcorn" and bad jokes along the way. She has a great time!
Afterwards, we decided to pop in to Goodwill for a bit, where Mommy found a couple great items, even one larger piece of furniture. One is a larger set of stand-up wall panels that you can put your own designs into. This will come in handy for the one room, which we're aspiring to theme out with a bit of China thrown into things. The intent is to use our wall hangings, and perhaps give the room an Asian flair.
Daddy found a few games and one movie in particular, "A Simple Twist of Fate," which we'll hopefully watch soon. It's an old gem, a movie based on "Silas Marner" that Daddy remembers as being pretty good. Although it's been a few years since he's seen it.
To round off our trip, we went to Cracker Barrel next. Yep, we're fasting, and there we are. But Daddy got some good vegetarian options, and Madison kept pouring on the ketchup. She uses it on just about anything you can imagine. Nothing is too sacred for ketchup. She uses up so much ketchup in our house that we put it up there with our emergency list of things to get. In case of icy weather: buy bread, milk and ketchup. Of course, Daddy doesn't do milk anymore. And Mommy can't have bread. So while everyone else is battling it out for milk and bread, we'll be fine. Just so long as there's enough ketchup.
Mommy did some shopping in the store there, and once again, Madison and Daddy found ourselves engaged in a classic match of checkers over there by the fireplace. You know the set, the one that is every Cracker Barrel right there by the fireplace? We sat there and had ourselves a game while Mommy actually found some clothing she was happy with. It's funny, but of all the stores there are, she seriously finds the most things she likes to wear... at Cracker Barrel. This is why Daddy got her a few gift cards to Cracker Barrel, so that she could buy food and go find some nice clothing. Go figure!
So what did we do about MLK Day? We've made that video and did a bit of research before about Martin Luther King. Madison wrote a paper about him this year, which was good to see. Daddy remembers writing about him when I was younger as well. This was probably less than ten years after his death, which was probably so fresh. Racism is still alive and well in this country though - there is a story out of Minnesota today about an adopted girl being mocked for her skin color. The dad stood up for her wonderfully, calling out the offenders and defending her daughter in an amazing way. Racism is there, especially it seems for those of darker skin color. But at the same time, it doesn't seem to be as bad as it was, or as bad as some make it out to be. This may simply be because our family doesn't encounter people who have racist feelings that often. Or that racism just doesn't make any sense. Recent news developments in Missouri and New York have really taken our country backwards a bit, and both cases are different. But the end results are that people are blaming each other, yelling at each other, and making the case that we may never move on as a country from this issue. And that may be true, because it takes forgiveness to get there. That's a tough place to be, but maybe some day there will be another man like MLK to come along and show us all the way to a better path of unity.
I'll be honest: we didn't do much to honor MLK on this day, but it has been a topic of conversation this week. Madison and Daddy spent the afternoon playing Disney Infinity a little, where Madison played as Nick Fury. We got him to level 20, and just love him to death. To Madison, he's as cool as Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor. There's no judgement about skin color at all from her, no matter if your skin is black, white, or in Gamora's case, green.
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