Game of Forks

Daddy had plans today, so before going off to do any of this, we did tennis this morning, followed by a trip to the pool.  In regards to tennis, she is doing really well.  She's really swinging well, and returning serves over the net and not out of bounds.  The more we do, the better she gets.  After that, we were at the pool for a bit, swimming with the snorkel, or throwing this sponge ball back and forth.  Madison likes to hit Daddy with it.  The pool has been nice, and this morning there was no crowd at all - we've been timing it right for a while where there aren't so many people there as we swim.

Today Daddy drove down to Atlanta to spend some time with some high school friends, pretty much playing the new Nintendo Switch the entire time.  The picture above is comical, as it was taken at a restaurant that seemed to really like distributing forks to its customers.  Inside the folded napkins were numerous forks, which added up pretty quick when Archie there spilled some water and we needed to use more napkins, which gave us more forks.

Anyway, it was a fun afternoon.  Madison spent the day with Mommy coloring and counting down the hours of summer break.  It won't be long before she's back.  Daddy got back later on, just in time to read some more from our devotional for Superflix.  We've got one last service tomorrow for the series, and soon enough we'll be doing the LEGO series, which Madison is looking forward to, of course.  It was one of her favorites, but we also have been talking about some future series for next year, and let's just say the topic of HEROES will be present once more next summer.  But we might be seeing some classic fairy tale characters as well, which would be fun, especially with the angle that Daddy is hopefully able to work with:  Descendants.

Daddy and Madison have been writing on this LEGO devotional in the meantime, or at least mostly Daddy.  Madison helped with the initial idea, of course, and it's coming along just fine.  Just at the last possible moment.  These things take time to spit out, time after time.  The writing wears you out!

The significance of the Nintendo Switch is that we'll be probably seeing more of it soon enough, maybe for Christmas.  Daddy feels bad that Madison hasn't been exposed enough to Mario, Zelda, Star Fox, and other characters of the Nintendo universe.  This system looks amazing, and even has a Street Fighter game on it as well, so it could be our next step at the house.  Until then, we've got plenty to play with the X-Box.  In fact, Madison is quite happy currently building things in Disney Infinity.  Older games we've purchased have been fun too.  She did a lot of playing games today, and a bit of piano too.  Classes will be starting soon enough.  The school year is looming, like a tsunami about to wash over us.  Sleeping late will be missed, as will that wide open schedule.  But there's value in it all, and it's not a miserable experience at all for Madison.  She likes school, piano, ballet and the other things she wants to go to.  We are thinking of one more thing this fall, but we just have to see if we can squeeze it in.  She enjoys all this stuff, but those days of rest will be important for her too.

It'll be a wonderful year, and we'll be careful not to overdo it with the schedule.  There's that balance and fine line, and we're hopeful for a great year, with growth, rest, and lots of fun.