Flower Ballet Bags

Flower ballet bags.  You can see how they are now the official "thing" for this ballet company.  Everyone has to have one, and when we found one a few weeks ago, Madison was thrilled.  Now she's got one, just like some of the other girls.  Today at ballet, the bags were all lined up like a flower garden alongside the hallway.

Madison had her first Monday class of the season, and her new teacher is Mrs. Diane, the founder of the ballet company.  All sorts of imagery comes to mind when it comes to having her as a teacher.  We've seen too many ballet movies to not think of some strict teacher with a riding crop to make sure limbs are in correct position.  But this was in fact not the Russian Black Widow program, and Madison had a really good time in class.  Seriously, Mommy and Daddy were asking with a hint of concern in our voices, "So... how was class?"  And Madison was enthusiastic as ever, saying how much fun it was, and how glad she was to be back.  She didn't mind the push-ups either.  Yes, ballerinas do push-ups.  She does more, she says, in ballet than she does in PE class at school.  Ballerinas have to be in shape!

The special class was science today, which was a study of space, somewhat.  Surprisingly, it was not a study of the eclipse or anything like that.  But school was fun for Madison as it always is.  She and Daddy reviewed the Civil War questions once more, and Madison has it all down.  She's going to ace her test tomorrow.

She's been reading her graphic novels:  Daddy picked up two from the library dedicated to the DC Super Hero Girls, which is a mouthful, even when you use the initials DCSHG.  Nevertheless, she's enjoying the comics very much, which is what Daddy has been looking for:  girl comics that Madison could enjoy with super heroes.  There's a DVD that she'll be watching in a few days, but until then, Daddy was in the mood to watch "The Tick."

No, not the new Tick program that just premiered.  Sadly, that is inexplicably not family friendly, and honestly not that funny either.  Daddy is such a fan that he was watching a few episodes last night and tonight, but has come away underwhelmed.  Disappointed, actually.

To clear the palette, Madison and Daddy watched the Fox cartoon from the 90's, which is still hilarious.  It was funny to Madison, and it's still funny to Mommy and Daddy.  Our little X-Box 360 avatar is now dressed up like the Tick, although not to promote the current television show.  "The Tick" is a great cartoon, lots of fun!

Tonight, we continued reading "Rise of the Isle of the Lost," which explains a few things in the sequel, at least so far.  Madison wanted to hear more, but we were going to bed a bit later.  We prayed for Texas again - that poor area of Houston.  Madison has a China sister there, not a biological one, but someone adopted the same day.  Their house is doing okay so far, but a lot more rain is on the way.  Things are urgent and tense.  We prayed for them tonight, and for protection for our country.  We're living in a perilous time.