Silly Walks

We're not sure how it came up, but just after dinner tonight, the topic of silly walks came up.  This was the point where Madison showed us her impersonation of John Cleese doing his famous silly walk.  Of course, she doesn't know who John Cleese is - but she's seen his image on one of Daddy's t-shirts, and wouldn't you know it, under the sweater Daddy was wearing WAS that same t-shirt.  Madison hoisted on leg upward with a great impersonation, and suddenly all of us were doing our own personalized silly walks.  And this of course led to Daddy showing Madison the Monty Python skit, "The Ministry of Silly Walks."  We laughed at this again, and even watched a few videos of an official silly walk march through a city in Europe.  Quite fun!

Tonight we continued our Duckfest with "D2:  The Mighty Ducks."  Daddy had not seen this before, and in fact none of us had.  But we did enjoy it, and enjoy seeing all the characters, for the most part, returning for the sequel.  Apparently, the mom in the first movie couldn't make it back and was dropped like a hockey puck.  But that aside, the movie was fun for all of us to watch together.  Now it seems inevitable that we'll be returning to the pond tomorrow night for part three.  Daddy had gotten this Mighty Ducks DVD box set some time ago, and it is finally paying off!

We finished Mary Poppins tonight, or at least the first book in the series.  She is certainly a strange bird.  We kept waiting for some revelation about who she really is, or perhaps some payoff to all the abusive attitude she threw towards the children.  But no, she just tells them she'll be right back and ones out the door, where she lifts her umbrella and gets caught up in the wind, and goes away without even saying goodbye.  Their mother is understandably upset, as there is no nanny and Mary Poppins left without even saying a word.  It was all rather a strange ending, and we're assuming things sort of change as the books go on - we'll try another one after a bit of a break.  For one, it's fun reading old books from England.  Last chapter, Daddy actually got to say, "What's all this then?"  

Madison did piano as always, and her classes were fun today a well.  She had PE, and did quite a bit of running, she told us.  All indoors though - the ground is soaked, and it is quite windy and chilly outside.

Speaking of chilly, we played a game called Surprise Slides tonight.  It's somewhat like Chutes and Ladders, but with rotating pieces that send you sliding forward or backwards, depending on the spin of a spinner.  It can be a frustrating game, as it seems easy to get caught going in circles, perpetually landing on that same infernal spot that sends you back twenty spaces.  But it has a Frozen theme to it, so Madison likes it.  Plus, we were all playing together, and that made it more fun.

We're about to have a pretty busy weekend.  That said, perhaps it's best to get some rest tonight.  Today was a good day, or at least a better one.  Tomorrow, however, will be really good!