Chore Chart

So the first day of summer break is here.  And Madison is off and running, doing a little relaxing and some chores along the way.

We have a chore chart for the summer, and as you can see above, Madison is busy fulfilling her obligations listed on there.  One item on the list:  make your own bed.  There are other less extreme measures on there, but Madison seems to be taking it all in stride.  The reason for this would be the rewards system that we have in place for doing piano and chores around the house.  One thing Madison is really looking forward to is a Blizzard from Dairy Queen.  That will come soon enough!

So Uncle Dave is back in the hospital again.  It seems they simply released him too early with his recovery process, so he's spending some time back in the place getting well.  We've been praying for him each morning.

Madison is up and going with her library reading program, all into the "Weird School" books.  She's also been playing "The Hobbit," a LEGO game that just came out.  There are other LEGO games coming out soon, some designed in such a way that we'll never actually leave that LEGO phase ever.  Seriously, "Portals" and LEGO in the same game?  That's just not fair!  Daddy will be playing that about as much as Madison will!

But that will come later - after Summer Xtreme.  We have just a week to go, and things are amping up. Excitement, work loads, late nights.  It's all back again, just like it is every year.  Although this year seems to be a little more easier than others.  Not sure why - maybe it's because we've gotten so much done ahead of time this year.  Still, we need to have even more done ahead of time.  We'll see how that goes as we continue on this week.

That said, Daddy worked pretty late tonight.  Lots going on these next weeks, along with a great vacation that we are SO looking forward to.  Talk about overdue!