So it hasn't really been covered here lately, but Madison and Daddy have been working on a story together each day on the way to art camp, and on the way home from art camp. This story started out with Madison, who is a hobbit, and Daddy who is playing the character of Gandalf. To begin with, there was extensive planning of a massive party. Madison wants to invite 900 people to the party, and yes that includes elves, hobbits, dwarves, wizards, humans, orcs, goblins, ghosts, and even a few trees. Nobody wants to invite Smaug.
Anyway, to do this, she wants to bake a few massive cakes with a 100 layers each. These are so big, we had to bake them in the fires of Mt. Doom. So this involved a rather large trek up to the Mt. Doom, where Madison was quite thrilled to have help from orcs who can bake.
The cakes were so big, however, that they presented a problem getting back to Hobbiton and the Shire. Fortunately, Gandalf thought about this ahead of time, and arranged to have some mûmakil arrive. These are those ginormous elephants. And so, it came to pass that we had a great big caravan of mûmakil to carry the large cakes back across Middle Earth. The trip was long and arduous, and took a few days of story telling, much like the actual books did in reverse. Frodo and Sam had it easy, because they were carrying a simple ring. Our characters were transporting monster cakes!
But we had some help in the back of the caravan. Riding upon their own mûmakil was Legolas, Gimli, and Saruman. Now before you start scratching your head at that association, keep in mind that the entire Middle Earth is now at peace because of Madison's great cake-making skills.
That said, Gandalf and Madison were at the front of the parade, and those other three were at the back to watch for bandits. They stayed away from the swamps, but went through Gondor, Rohan, past Rivendale, Weathertop, Bree, and eventually back to Hobbiton. Along the way, invitations were sent and a big party was planned.
That party would be the party to end all parties. Of course, there was swimming. There was also shuffleboard, with Gandalf vs. Saruman. There was a 2,000 inch television set playing movies, and Tom Bombadil had set up a bowling alley. The big attraction though was hobbit kickball, which apparently is a big deal there.
Meanwhile the orcs were loving the cake, and the ghosts were busy splashing everyone in the river. That is, until Treebeard used one of his massive branches to reach down and soak all of them. There were fireworks and sparklers, and the whole affair was just perfect, really!
Actually, it's still going on. Tomorrow, we'll continue the story of the party. Madison is quite vocal about this story, sort of spelling out what happens here or there. Daddy has some creative input from time to time, but this is really a story she's sort of going along with. It's role playing in a way, as Daddy keeps his Gandalf voice, and Madison stays true to her hobbit self. She's enjoying it quite a bit!
So today was day three of art camp, which is hump day. Which means we only have two days left. This is sad in a way, because she's really enjoying it a lot. But next week is ballet camp, and she'll like that too.
Tonight, Daddy had service to plan and go with. We played kickball tonight outside, which in part was done to hide the work we're doing on the stage. It's almost there, a set that looks like Morocco. Our new "Quest" series starts in just a few days!
The big news of today is that it is Mommy and Daddy's fifteenth anniversary. We posted a picture on a social network, and got about 125 likes pretty quickly. Lots of people wishing us a happy anniversary. Tomorrow we'll celebrate, as it will be Daddy's day off. But for now, it's enough to look in each other's eyes and let one another know how great it has been. It really has been wonderful, and going by all-too-quickly, of course. When this blog started, in fact, it was only our ninth anniversary, and look how time has flown just since then...
Anyway, to do this, she wants to bake a few massive cakes with a 100 layers each. These are so big, we had to bake them in the fires of Mt. Doom. So this involved a rather large trek up to the Mt. Doom, where Madison was quite thrilled to have help from orcs who can bake.
The cakes were so big, however, that they presented a problem getting back to Hobbiton and the Shire. Fortunately, Gandalf thought about this ahead of time, and arranged to have some mûmakil arrive. These are those ginormous elephants. And so, it came to pass that we had a great big caravan of mûmakil to carry the large cakes back across Middle Earth. The trip was long and arduous, and took a few days of story telling, much like the actual books did in reverse. Frodo and Sam had it easy, because they were carrying a simple ring. Our characters were transporting monster cakes!
But we had some help in the back of the caravan. Riding upon their own mûmakil was Legolas, Gimli, and Saruman. Now before you start scratching your head at that association, keep in mind that the entire Middle Earth is now at peace because of Madison's great cake-making skills.
That said, Gandalf and Madison were at the front of the parade, and those other three were at the back to watch for bandits. They stayed away from the swamps, but went through Gondor, Rohan, past Rivendale, Weathertop, Bree, and eventually back to Hobbiton. Along the way, invitations were sent and a big party was planned.
That party would be the party to end all parties. Of course, there was swimming. There was also shuffleboard, with Gandalf vs. Saruman. There was a 2,000 inch television set playing movies, and Tom Bombadil had set up a bowling alley. The big attraction though was hobbit kickball, which apparently is a big deal there.
Meanwhile the orcs were loving the cake, and the ghosts were busy splashing everyone in the river. That is, until Treebeard used one of his massive branches to reach down and soak all of them. There were fireworks and sparklers, and the whole affair was just perfect, really!
Actually, it's still going on. Tomorrow, we'll continue the story of the party. Madison is quite vocal about this story, sort of spelling out what happens here or there. Daddy has some creative input from time to time, but this is really a story she's sort of going along with. It's role playing in a way, as Daddy keeps his Gandalf voice, and Madison stays true to her hobbit self. She's enjoying it quite a bit!
So today was day three of art camp, which is hump day. Which means we only have two days left. This is sad in a way, because she's really enjoying it a lot. But next week is ballet camp, and she'll like that too.
Tonight, Daddy had service to plan and go with. We played kickball tonight outside, which in part was done to hide the work we're doing on the stage. It's almost there, a set that looks like Morocco. Our new "Quest" series starts in just a few days!
The big news of today is that it is Mommy and Daddy's fifteenth anniversary. We posted a picture on a social network, and got about 125 likes pretty quickly. Lots of people wishing us a happy anniversary. Tomorrow we'll celebrate, as it will be Daddy's day off. But for now, it's enough to look in each other's eyes and let one another know how great it has been. It really has been wonderful, and going by all-too-quickly, of course. When this blog started, in fact, it was only our ninth anniversary, and look how time has flown just since then...
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