Back to ballet tonight, and this is the big night too. Each Thursday night one of the parents will be here at Brenau with Madison, or possibly dropping her off and then doing a bit of grocery shopping, or whatever shopping. It's a long period of dance, something like two and half hours, including jazz and ballet practice. Madison had a new teacher tonight, and she'll have a new teacher on Monday as well. She was happy to be back, happy to see friends, and the teachers seemed nice as well. It'll be a great year, and lots of fun, but we're approaching some major time and costuming commitments, where as each year approaches, the demand for more time practicing increases. How does it all play out? We'll have to see what Madison wants. Currently, she's doing piano and ballet, and of course all the rigors of fifth grade. Really, there hasn't been too much on her yet - at least, not compared to last year. From what we remember, the real homework and studies come after the assessment testing. Still, she's had a few tests, and next week she has one on the Civil War, and another later in Language Arts. We'll attack those one at a time, but Madison is pretty bright.
We had a pizza tonight, as that was pretty quick and easy for her. She went to media today, and picked up some of her own books, including a few educational books. One was about the Emancipation Proclamation. First of all, there is only one "o" in "proclamation." Just had to set the record straight there. Secondly, it didn't free all the slaves. It just freed the slaves in the south. When we were raised, we were taught that the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves, period. But we were told the whole deal: slavery was still legal in Delaware, and other states at the time. The Proclamation was just something put upon the South, and not Kentucky or Delaware. All this learned from a new kids book from the library at the school. Madison likes the library there, and the one at Hampton Park too. We'll be getting books from there soon enough, actually!
Daddy spent most of the day working at the office, and Mommy has been working at home. We're getting a lot of things done with packing, with cleaning up the house, and with getting this series going at KidPak. We've got lots of plans for the future too.
Tonight, we read some more from our book, and from our devotional. Madison is enjoying the ongoing adventure in the devotional, which is good to see. It was a stressful time writing it out under a hard deadline, but the booklet turned out good in the end.
One fun thing that is developing - almost all by itself - is a cast for an upcoming series for KidPak. Daddy was reluctant to try something like a "Once Upon a Time" series, just based on the fact that we can't really reproduce all the classics like Cinderella, Snow White, and Aurora. We don't have people that look like those, and it isn't exactly something that gets the fifth grade boys excited to come see a service. If we went with the children of these characters, however, it is entirely possible. And that's when the idea of "Descendants" came to mind. We had at least two people that could resemble the cast members of Descendants enough. And then a third came up. And suddenly, one of the more difficult ones to cast appeared out of nowhere, joining us for Free Chapel's college. We had cast a Mal, a Carlos, an Uma, and now a Jay. But where to find an Evie? That's when Mommy remembered someone, and we got with Camille and she contacted this girl who visited with us before... and the end result is that we have four actors and actresses that resemble that Descendants cast enough for it to work. We're doing "The Descendants" on stage, at least in a limited way. For sure though, we'll have them taking photos with the kids and greeting.
This is the new thing for Madison. She enjoys listening to the soundtracks to these movies on the way to school or ballet or piano, and the next book we'll be reading is a Descendants book we're getting from the library, "Rise of the Isle of the Lost." We mentioned this movie to some of the kids at KidPak, and sure enough, they were all into it: I think this series is going to be big for us. We'll make up a lot of other characters that can be offspring of other villains and heroes. And then we won't have to worry about matching up how people look exactly with their movie counterpart. That'll be the fun part - we already have a guy requesting to be Jafar's brother, and we were thinking one girl would be a fun daughter of Mad Hatter.
We'll see how that all plays out. In the mean time, we've got two other series to plan for, starting with Sherlock Holmes. That one is already written in regards to devotional and sermon booklet. The scripts will have to be new, which means you may be reading here about us watching more mysteries. Daddy can't wait to watch "The Great Mouse Detective" again. For some reason, that's a dark horse favorite amongst the staff, and with Mommy and Daddy. But we'll be watching some other mysteries too.
"Humbug" is the series for December, which is going to be huge for us. We have to do a lot of shopping for the Victorian English costuming for the two series (yes, I know Scrooge was pre-Victoria). We'll be out looking for a lot of stuff at thrift shops. The messages are done, but one thing that is not done is a devotional. Daddy is considering doing something interesting: a sequel to "A Christmas Carol." Actually, it would be more like an epilogue. We read about Ebenezer going to church, and him going to celebrate with his nephew, and of course we read about his blessing of the Cratchett family, and Tiny Tim. The last we hear of Ebenezer Scrooge is: "Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world."
Wouldn't it be fun to explore this a bit? Ever wonder what he did next? I know it won't be as supernatural or fantastic as the events of "A Christmas Carol." But knowing how Ebenezer liked to sneak up a blessing upon Bob Cratchett's family, perhaps he could be doing similar things with other folks. Anyway, it should be interesting.
After that, of course, is this "Once Upon a Time" series, which will clearly need a new name. Madison's suggesting is "Descendants of God," but that might be a bit too similar to the cultural thing we're feeding off of. Just wait until these messages spill out. One idea has to do with Snow White, a woman at the well. Remember the woman at the well? Jesus visited her there - some day my prince will come. There are some interesting points we were brainstorming with the story of Snow White. Of course, there's the scripture about being made pure, as white as snow. The enemy is after your heart. Not literally, like the Huntsman. But figuratively, of course. And what about that kiss of life? Of course, it's not about the kiss, but rather about us all dead - with a death sentence of sin. But our prince brings us back to life. Anyway, there are some interesting parallels to follow, and that's just Snow White. Hopefully we'll find some more with the other stories. Cinderella's message was great: "Have courage and be kind."
Anyway, we've been planning a lot lately. And Madison has been right there in the mix, helping and brainstorming and having fun with the creativity. It's going to be great moving forward, and she'll probably want to be a part of some of these series. She likes it on stage.
We had a pizza tonight, as that was pretty quick and easy for her. She went to media today, and picked up some of her own books, including a few educational books. One was about the Emancipation Proclamation. First of all, there is only one "o" in "proclamation." Just had to set the record straight there. Secondly, it didn't free all the slaves. It just freed the slaves in the south. When we were raised, we were taught that the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves, period. But we were told the whole deal: slavery was still legal in Delaware, and other states at the time. The Proclamation was just something put upon the South, and not Kentucky or Delaware. All this learned from a new kids book from the library at the school. Madison likes the library there, and the one at Hampton Park too. We'll be getting books from there soon enough, actually!
Daddy spent most of the day working at the office, and Mommy has been working at home. We're getting a lot of things done with packing, with cleaning up the house, and with getting this series going at KidPak. We've got lots of plans for the future too.
Tonight, we read some more from our book, and from our devotional. Madison is enjoying the ongoing adventure in the devotional, which is good to see. It was a stressful time writing it out under a hard deadline, but the booklet turned out good in the end.
One fun thing that is developing - almost all by itself - is a cast for an upcoming series for KidPak. Daddy was reluctant to try something like a "Once Upon a Time" series, just based on the fact that we can't really reproduce all the classics like Cinderella, Snow White, and Aurora. We don't have people that look like those, and it isn't exactly something that gets the fifth grade boys excited to come see a service. If we went with the children of these characters, however, it is entirely possible. And that's when the idea of "Descendants" came to mind. We had at least two people that could resemble the cast members of Descendants enough. And then a third came up. And suddenly, one of the more difficult ones to cast appeared out of nowhere, joining us for Free Chapel's college. We had cast a Mal, a Carlos, an Uma, and now a Jay. But where to find an Evie? That's when Mommy remembered someone, and we got with Camille and she contacted this girl who visited with us before... and the end result is that we have four actors and actresses that resemble that Descendants cast enough for it to work. We're doing "The Descendants" on stage, at least in a limited way. For sure though, we'll have them taking photos with the kids and greeting.
This is the new thing for Madison. She enjoys listening to the soundtracks to these movies on the way to school or ballet or piano, and the next book we'll be reading is a Descendants book we're getting from the library, "Rise of the Isle of the Lost." We mentioned this movie to some of the kids at KidPak, and sure enough, they were all into it: I think this series is going to be big for us. We'll make up a lot of other characters that can be offspring of other villains and heroes. And then we won't have to worry about matching up how people look exactly with their movie counterpart. That'll be the fun part - we already have a guy requesting to be Jafar's brother, and we were thinking one girl would be a fun daughter of Mad Hatter.
We'll see how that all plays out. In the mean time, we've got two other series to plan for, starting with Sherlock Holmes. That one is already written in regards to devotional and sermon booklet. The scripts will have to be new, which means you may be reading here about us watching more mysteries. Daddy can't wait to watch "The Great Mouse Detective" again. For some reason, that's a dark horse favorite amongst the staff, and with Mommy and Daddy. But we'll be watching some other mysteries too.
"Humbug" is the series for December, which is going to be huge for us. We have to do a lot of shopping for the Victorian English costuming for the two series (yes, I know Scrooge was pre-Victoria). We'll be out looking for a lot of stuff at thrift shops. The messages are done, but one thing that is not done is a devotional. Daddy is considering doing something interesting: a sequel to "A Christmas Carol." Actually, it would be more like an epilogue. We read about Ebenezer going to church, and him going to celebrate with his nephew, and of course we read about his blessing of the Cratchett family, and Tiny Tim. The last we hear of Ebenezer Scrooge is: "Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, he was a second father. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world."
Wouldn't it be fun to explore this a bit? Ever wonder what he did next? I know it won't be as supernatural or fantastic as the events of "A Christmas Carol." But knowing how Ebenezer liked to sneak up a blessing upon Bob Cratchett's family, perhaps he could be doing similar things with other folks. Anyway, it should be interesting.
After that, of course, is this "Once Upon a Time" series, which will clearly need a new name. Madison's suggesting is "Descendants of God," but that might be a bit too similar to the cultural thing we're feeding off of. Just wait until these messages spill out. One idea has to do with Snow White, a woman at the well. Remember the woman at the well? Jesus visited her there - some day my prince will come. There are some interesting points we were brainstorming with the story of Snow White. Of course, there's the scripture about being made pure, as white as snow. The enemy is after your heart. Not literally, like the Huntsman. But figuratively, of course. And what about that kiss of life? Of course, it's not about the kiss, but rather about us all dead - with a death sentence of sin. But our prince brings us back to life. Anyway, there are some interesting parallels to follow, and that's just Snow White. Hopefully we'll find some more with the other stories. Cinderella's message was great: "Have courage and be kind."
Anyway, we've been planning a lot lately. And Madison has been right there in the mix, helping and brainstorming and having fun with the creativity. It's going to be great moving forward, and she'll probably want to be a part of some of these series. She likes it on stage.
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