Eclipse

We did watch the eclipse this morning, although not out our window.  It wasn't seen over North America.  But when we woke up, Daddy put it on the computer, a live broadcast of the event.  So right off the bat, there was a lesson on astronomy.  To help the illustration along, Daddy used a quarter to represent the sun, a penny to represent the earth, and a dime to represent the moon.  Putting them in orbit around each other, he was able to show Madison over breakfast exactly what happens when there is a solar eclipse.  All of this while we were watching it live on the computer - technology is amazing!

We returned to our hole-in-the wall today, and continued our speech therapy with Madison.  We just sort of pass by the hole-in-the wall, the place where a KIA once passed through, and it reminds us of what happened.  Or what could have happened.  Again, we are blessed and highly favored.  Things can always be much, much worse.  One thing we noted today was the angle of attack. The car's wheels were directed in such a way that there was a minimal sort of damage to the car and building.  If it went straight, it would have hit the corner, and a more solid foundation.  The possibilities there involve a greater impact to the car, and a greater risk of collapse for the building itself.  Again, things can always be much, much worse.

This morning, Daddy went to the dojo again.  We've been there a lot lately, doing our filming for our martial arts series.  It's been fun, although a bit time-consuming.

Madison brought home a leprechaun.  Or, at least a picture of one.  It was a cut-out, large-scale leprechaun, the kind you hang up on your refrigerator.  She gave it long black hair, and made it a girl that resembles herself, actually.  It looks fantastic - we'll be keeping that one with the other St. Patrick's day stuff, in order to bring out each year.  Yeah, it's time to pack that stuff away.  Which... we've been doing.  Now it's time to bring out the Easter stuff!

Tonight, we continued the book "Far from Shore" before bedtime, one that Madison is enjoying greatly.  Once that is done, we're looking into the Frozen series chapter books - you KNOW that Madison will be all over those!

Until then, there's a lot of "weirder" going on.  She just loves these "Weirder School" books, ravenously reading.  Seriously, she just about finishes one book a day.  That's a hundred pages or more.  Yeah there are pictures and the font style is bigger.  But her recent reading log has her reading way more than she's ever read in her life.  To help this along, Mommy and Daddy are pretty helpful about getting to the library to get MORE books for her.  

We watched "Robots" tonight, partly because Madison doesn't remember the movie in the slightest.  It's a good movie, and now part of our ongoing William Joyce fest.  He's a pretty good artist, one behind a lot of children's books we like.  Many of these have made it in one form or another to major animated motion pictures, like the movie "Robots."  Anyway, part of our William Joyce fest was "Rise of the Guardians."  After this, we'll revisit "Meet the Robinsons," and sometime after that, "Epic."  All good movies that we haven't seen in a while.  

Bedtime was a little later tonight, but it's okay.  We sleep in somewhat tomorrow, although not too much - it'll be another packed sort of day!