Today was Madison's birthday, and what a celebration it was! It was the grand finale of Summer Xtreme 2018, and there was quite a bit of noise at the church today.
But first, a quick celebration at home. Madison came down the stairs, rounded the corner, and there on the dining table was a quick birthday party:
We've had a few presents hidden, and given that her official birthday party was a few weeks ago, this came as a surprise to her. We sang "Happy Birthday" to her, and had a special birthday pop tart!
It was time to open a few gifts after that, including some movies, LEGO toys, and books she wanted. It was a nice start to the day for our new twelve-year-old!
But soon after this, it was time for us all to hit the road, and get to the church for one final day of Gainesville's Summer Xtreme! Daddy stopped everyone in this huge room and told them all it was Madison's birthday - and so the singing started! "Happy Birthday to You!" And then it happened again later, with the entire fifth grade class singing it to her once more. But it wasn't too much later that we were off and ready to load the buses.
Today's schedule put us all on the buses to the local movie theater here to see - on opening day - "The Incredibles 2."
Here's Madison with her group in one auditorium. We had five auditoriums filled with kids!
Daddy was scrambling to make sure everyone had popcorn, drinks and candy - and that they were in the right theaters. But seats were saved for he and Mommy, our favorite seats in the back. We sat with some of our Incredible cast mates from the series, and watched the sequel to Daddy's favorite movie of all time!
So, how was the movie itself? It was great, of course. It was a wonderful super hero flick to end our week, an exciting and fun visit with some of the best characters in the Pixar universe, including this one here:
Elastigirl! She had some great sequences in this movie. The fun thing about this movie is that it featured more of Helen Parr and Violet Parr, whereas the first movie featured more of Bob and Dash. In other words, it was more about the girls. The guys still had a great part in it, but it was fun seeing Elastigirl in action, and Violet, the daughter, had a few incredible moments herself.
The movie wasn't nearly as deep as the first one, and in the words of the director, it was more of a "popcorn flick." There were family moments and lessons learned and so forth, but it didn't have the weight of that first movie. And that was nearly impossible to live up to, as the first movie still is the greatest movie ever. But this one was a whole lot of fun, and we can't wait to see it again in just a week's time!
We got back to the church, and there was still plenty to do, including a quick meal and a celebration of Madison's birthday - again. Her group leader this time had a cake for her, and there was a lit candle and another song: "Happy Birthday."
After a quick celebration there, the final service of Gainesville's Summer Xtreme:
It went really well, from our games to our series skits to the final message from Pastor Lance. For many of these kids, this was it for the summer. For some like Madison, we'll do it again in Gwinnett next week. This was Summer Xtreme #15 for Daddy, not including the Gwinnett and Spartanburg visits. This one might have been my favorite. The kids certainly loved it!
We got home after a lot of clean-up, and got home pretty late. All of us are pretty wiped out, although Madison had the energy to put together one of her LEGO gifts from this morning. Ha! We'll get a good night's rest tonight - and sleep in tomorrow. It's been a great day. It's been an incredible, unlimited Summer Xtreme!
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