Peanuts

Linus, what are you thinking?  And where did this idea get planted in your head that a Great Pumpkin comes once a year to those in the most sincere pumpkin patch bringing toys to all the children of the world?

Regardless, we watched Linus - and Sally - suffer again, missing out on tricks or treats.  This is classic programming, something Madison enjoys watching as much as Mommy and Daddy do.  There's a movie coming out soon, and you know we're going to watch it.  Until then, there's a "Peanuts Character Creator" online, where you can make yourself one of the Peanuts gang.  So here's Madison below, one of the gang:

Tonight we had ballet again, and again while Madison danced, Mommy and Daddy raced over to do some grocery shopping to find various dairy free and gluten free products.  Madison had a limited amount of homework to do tonight, starting with some revisions of her 'scary story,' an assignment we'll be able to post more of tomorrow when it is completed.  We'll see what it's about - something about candy corn witches, I think?  Regardless, she's written about two pages, which is a big story for her.

Daddy has been writing today, and Mommy doing a bit of resting.  She still isn't quite 100% yet, but she's getting better.  In fact, we're thinking of taking our fall trip here soon enough, fairly confident that she can make the journey without too many problems.

We're talking about time travel this series, and one of the things Daddy wrote up was a "Terminator" skit, one that the kids hopefully won't get.  But the volunteers might.  Anyway, as we conclude for this day, here's the skit that's been written… hasta la vista, baby!

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HOST:  "Not too long from now, and not so far away

              A story takes place that has meaning today!

              "It involves a young lad here, whose name is John Connor.

              Let me tell you, he sure thought that he was a goner!

SARAH CONNOR ENTERS

HOST:  "For suddenly there appeared a woman intense!

              She looked like a mercenary and made little sense

SARAH CONNOR grabs JOHN by the shoulders, warning him.

SARAH:  "You've got to watch out, there's a robot out there

              He's got sunglasses on, and not very much hair!"

HOST:    "For she had seen the future, and it was all very bleak

              Because of a choice someone made this very week.

              "There was a dangerous robot traveling through time

              Yet this boy looked at her like she had lost her mind.

SARAH CONNER drags JOHN over amongst the audience.

HOST:    "Nevertheless, she dragged him away

              And describing the future, she started to say

SARAH: The future is a bad place where all robots rule

HOST:  Again he looked at her like she was a fool!

CUE TRACK:  TERMINATOR THEME

HOST:  When suddenly they heard a strange noise just outside

              And here's where she gave him some good advice:

SARAH:  "Hide!"

T-1000 ENTERS ROOM

HOST:  "Oh no!  It's a T-1000, scanning the room

              Everyone please stay calm.  'Cause if not, we're all doomed!

T-1000 walks up to any audience member

HOST:  "He walked up to one person.  Yes it was you!

              He said

T-1000:  Who is your daddy and what does he do?

HOST:  "He's trying to find someone still in this place

              Just stay real still, and keep a straight face.

T-1000 walks up to a girl

HOST:  "He walked over to another, and stood at her feet.

T-1000: "I will never stop 'til my mission's complete."

HOST:  "Then while looking around with his robotic eyes

              He spotted that girl and the boy.  Yes, the prize.

SARAH:  "Run!"

SARAH drags JOHN and frantically runs through room, with T-1000 marching towards them at a constant pace.

HOST:  "She ran as she could, she had to keep running.

              But the robot was made to just keep on coming.

              They hurdled through chairs, and jumped over feet

              But he just kept on marching.  They were facing defeat.

SARAH and JOHN are cornered.

HOST:  "And then they were cornered.  Their faces showed fear.

            But something unusual happened right here.

T-1000 gives SARAH a piece of paper (with conveniently written lines on it).  SARAH reads it.

SARAH:  "He's not here to harm you.  That is not your fate.

              So don't you go thinking he will terminate!

              He's here to help you avoid much sorrow.

              By telling you simply you must choose your tomorrow!  (that's our bottom line)

HOST:    "The boy was thinking this all rather strange

              So he asked this odd robot just what he should change

              The robot then told him something not-at-all odd.

T-1000:  Make good decisions, friend.  Listen to God.

HOST:  "That's how we make a future so bright, it glows!"

T-1000:  Oh, and one more thing.  Stop picking your nose.

HOST:  "Uh.  Right.  And with that, the robot turned to leave

            He had changed the future, I'd like to believe

SARAH: But wait!  What if our future here just goes off track?

HOST:  "The robot turned around, and he said...

T-1000:  "I'll be back!"

HOST:  "And thanks to him, yes we've learned something maybe."

            "So farewell, or rather...

T-1000:  "Hasta la vista, baby!"

HOST:  "The end."

The Terminator (Calvin), Sarah Connor (Camille), and Madison's Hello Kitty Radio.