Little Church

We had our small groups again tonight, and this week we continued the themes we explored in the movie "Big Hero 6," as a continuation of our series, "Superflix."  It was a really fun night, with all kinds of games, and even this craft we picked up on the way back from Florida.  It was a little church that folded out to a bank with a slot in the roof.  It was white, and we had a bit of a contest to see who could decorate theirs the best.  Madison made a prototype earlier, a small church she decorated with colored pencils and some "Big Hero 6" stickers that Daddy had made the previous day.  It turned out great, actually.

It didn't rain today.  Yeah, I know!  We're in a serious drought all of the sudden, two days straight of no rain at all.  We shouldn't joke about that, because who knows when we'll get rain again.  The point is, we've had rain this summer, and a lot of it.

Madison was working on piano today, leading up to her next year's worth of classes.  They start soon, along with ballet and yeah, fifth grade.  It goes by so fast.  We want our little girl back so much, and yet years from now we'll want this little girl back too.  The point is to enjoy the time we have together, whenever and wherever it is.  We've done as much as we can, certainly.  But there's still so much left to do, and that's not a stressful thing really.  It's just a hope for the future, and more happy memories.

Daddy had a doctor's appointment this morning, which was basically a "helping verb" visit.  That is to say, this doctor referred me to another doctor.  So look at the sentence, "They will help you."  We can't get to the "help" verb without the "will" part.  Today was the "will" part, which seems useless, until you add the "help" part that comes later.  Yes, there's a referral soon.

Madison's Summer Reading plan continues.  We've been including our nightly reading with the book lists, as we're all technically reading these together.  This book we're reading now, "The Gauntlet," has been pretty good.  The bits about Tony Stark actually caring that much about the environment seem to be a stretch for his character, and more of a ecological/political statement.  And there's an injury and subsequent surgery that sort of stretch the level of believability, even for a comic book character.  But otherwise, Madison and Mommy and Daddy have been enjoying the nightly reading.  It's fun to see the Mandarin in action, and also fun to see the character of Tony Stark in action, versus the full on arsenal attack of Iron Man.  It's certainly a Marvel world though, between video games, movies, television shows, comic books, and now novels as well.  We just don't see that much with DC, although Wonder Woman might be the start of something good for them.  We'll see though:  it was good, but one movie does not a trend make.  DC has a lot of catching up to do.

But I digress.  It was an average summer day, one that goes by entirely too quickly.  Tonight's classes were the highlight of the day, I suppose.  It's great to have this sort of opportunity for Madison to go to a church - and really want to go.  She loves KidPak, and really pays attention to the messages and has a good time while she's there.  Church is good.  Even a little one!