Today was the end of Sodapalooza, which we honored with a somber moment at the local Race Trac by holding up our plastic cups in a toast to a summer filled with Arnold Palmer's half-and-half tea and lemonade. We made our way over there, and then to the library to pick up a few new books. Madison was delighted to see a graphic novel she was after:
Madison really likes Raina Telgemeier. In the car on the way home from the library, she was already digging into this book. She reads them over and over again, a pretty obvious choice for a book if you want to get her something for Christmas.
Today we also made time to go to play tennis. Mommy came with us to check out Madison's progress, and was quite happy to see how well she's been doing. We started out a little slow, but soon enough there were a few volleys back and forth where Madison was hitting the ball just right over the net, over and over again. She's doing well with that.
Part of the deal with tennis practice - which she really enjoys - is that we go to the pool afterwards to cool off. Tonight we did just that, heading to the pool for a quick swim. Madison was practicing a bit for her snorkel run upcoming. Yes, she'll be using her snorkel again pretty soon. But beyond that, we largely play catch or splash each other or do flips in the water, or jump around like breaching whales, or breaching appliances at least. Whatever makes the biggest splash, that's what breaches!
We were in Cumming earlier today, starting out there with a chiropractor appointment. It didn't take long. We always go into the family room, and one by one we get the massages and the back work. Madison loves it still, giggling all the way through. Even though she's older, she still laughs heartily at the whole process, and the sound of popcorn in her back.
Afterwards, we went over to a consignment shop to see if we could get a credit for some of Madison's older costumes. And that answer was a resounding yes. We got a huge amount of credit to the store, and immediately spent all of it on a whole lot of clothing. Madison and Mommy spent a really long time at the store (with Daddy sort of standing by!), and they were both looking through shoes and shirts and pants, putting different things together to see what would look best. All in all, it was a huge amount of stuff with labels from big important clothing lines that usually cost a lot more. But in the end, it didn't cost us so much as things were on sale and at the consignment shop to begin with. And with the credit applied towards what they girls racked up, it didn't cost us a thing. We still have a credit there in fact. Mommy did really well there.
We went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch today, and that place was slammed. It was 2:00 pm, and still the place was hugely crowded. We still had favor and found a seat, and got our new traditional fare: grilled nuggets for all three of us. It's our new food of choice, as the three of us enjoy those the best. And for dessert, we dropped by the Dairy Queen there, which of course is the most inconvenient Dairy Queen in the world. Nevertheless, our hunger was strong for a Blizzard (or in most cases when served there at that location, a half of a blizzard with the bottom half completely regular ice cream). We got our Blizzards, and of course the person giving them to us had no idea which flavor was which. In the end, they were decent: Madison tried the mint chocolate, and Mommy had her Heath bar flavor, while Daddy opted for the Guardians Awesome Mix. These are usually really good at the Gainesville Dairy Queen.
It was a nice day together, wasn't it? We got a lot done, and had some fun together as well. In the evening, we watched the greatest Spider-Man movie of them all, "Spider-Man 2." Madison still likes "Homecoming" the best, but this movie was good enough to get Madison wanting to watch "Spider-Man 3" tomorrow night as well. We're definitely in a "Spider-Man" mode this week. We have the Infinity figures up there on the mantle, with spider webs all over the front yard...
...okay, we didn't do that part. But we did have to do some clipping today. We have those caterpillar nests building in a few branches of our trees in the front. Daddy got on the ladder, and we were cutting off some of the branches that were covered in those caterpillar webs. We did a pretty decent job getting as many of those as we could, but the neighborhood is definitely facing an invasion of caterpillars. Go down "Jot-em-Down Road" and you'll see a few houses that look pretty scary, with ginormous web nests hovering just over the road, as if there were some huge spider within ready to pounce. Just thinking of how many of those caterpillars are inside gives you the heebie-jeebies!
Madison really likes Raina Telgemeier. In the car on the way home from the library, she was already digging into this book. She reads them over and over again, a pretty obvious choice for a book if you want to get her something for Christmas.
Today we also made time to go to play tennis. Mommy came with us to check out Madison's progress, and was quite happy to see how well she's been doing. We started out a little slow, but soon enough there were a few volleys back and forth where Madison was hitting the ball just right over the net, over and over again. She's doing well with that.
Part of the deal with tennis practice - which she really enjoys - is that we go to the pool afterwards to cool off. Tonight we did just that, heading to the pool for a quick swim. Madison was practicing a bit for her snorkel run upcoming. Yes, she'll be using her snorkel again pretty soon. But beyond that, we largely play catch or splash each other or do flips in the water, or jump around like breaching whales, or breaching appliances at least. Whatever makes the biggest splash, that's what breaches!
We were in Cumming earlier today, starting out there with a chiropractor appointment. It didn't take long. We always go into the family room, and one by one we get the massages and the back work. Madison loves it still, giggling all the way through. Even though she's older, she still laughs heartily at the whole process, and the sound of popcorn in her back.
Afterwards, we went over to a consignment shop to see if we could get a credit for some of Madison's older costumes. And that answer was a resounding yes. We got a huge amount of credit to the store, and immediately spent all of it on a whole lot of clothing. Madison and Mommy spent a really long time at the store (with Daddy sort of standing by!), and they were both looking through shoes and shirts and pants, putting different things together to see what would look best. All in all, it was a huge amount of stuff with labels from big important clothing lines that usually cost a lot more. But in the end, it didn't cost us so much as things were on sale and at the consignment shop to begin with. And with the credit applied towards what they girls racked up, it didn't cost us a thing. We still have a credit there in fact. Mommy did really well there.
We went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch today, and that place was slammed. It was 2:00 pm, and still the place was hugely crowded. We still had favor and found a seat, and got our new traditional fare: grilled nuggets for all three of us. It's our new food of choice, as the three of us enjoy those the best. And for dessert, we dropped by the Dairy Queen there, which of course is the most inconvenient Dairy Queen in the world. Nevertheless, our hunger was strong for a Blizzard (or in most cases when served there at that location, a half of a blizzard with the bottom half completely regular ice cream). We got our Blizzards, and of course the person giving them to us had no idea which flavor was which. In the end, they were decent: Madison tried the mint chocolate, and Mommy had her Heath bar flavor, while Daddy opted for the Guardians Awesome Mix. These are usually really good at the Gainesville Dairy Queen.
It was a nice day together, wasn't it? We got a lot done, and had some fun together as well. In the evening, we watched the greatest Spider-Man movie of them all, "Spider-Man 2." Madison still likes "Homecoming" the best, but this movie was good enough to get Madison wanting to watch "Spider-Man 3" tomorrow night as well. We're definitely in a "Spider-Man" mode this week. We have the Infinity figures up there on the mantle, with spider webs all over the front yard...
...okay, we didn't do that part. But we did have to do some clipping today. We have those caterpillar nests building in a few branches of our trees in the front. Daddy got on the ladder, and we were cutting off some of the branches that were covered in those caterpillar webs. We did a pretty decent job getting as many of those as we could, but the neighborhood is definitely facing an invasion of caterpillars. Go down "Jot-em-Down Road" and you'll see a few houses that look pretty scary, with ginormous web nests hovering just over the road, as if there were some huge spider within ready to pounce. Just thinking of how many of those caterpillars are inside gives you the heebie-jeebies!
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