Art Camp's End

The last day of art camp was upon us, and as is tradition, Madison set up things down in the studio, along with all the other kids at the camp.  There were dangling bits of artwork here and there, and proud kids showing off their accomplishments of the week.  Mommy and Daddy came together and congratulated Madison on her great works.  She enjoyed this week quite a bit, more than last week even.  

Here she is with Mrs. Fox, her art teacher the last two weeks.  The kids have been learning new techniques, and trying new things these past two weeks.  It's been a great experience for Madison, who has spent a lot more time drawing at home this week even after she gets home.  She sets up camp at the kitchen table, and is there drawing different things to the best of her ability.  And she gets better each time.

On our way home from art camp, we stopped at the Farmer's Market, which is something we haven't done yet.  It's on the Gainesville Square, and it was perfectly nice to walk about buying fresh fruit and vegetables.  We got some peaches and some ears of corn, which we cooked later on tonight - it was delicious!

Madison was covered with paint (you can see that in the pictures above), so it was bath time for her, right after we ate some corn - and an early dinner.  We had some shepherd's pie, and then were off in various directions doing work:  Daddy was working on his devotional for a future series, and Mommy was battling the laundry monster.  Madison was drawing, and of course there was the bath too.  We gathered together for a movie tonight - and popcorn, of course.  Tonight's flick was "The Man Who Invented Christmas," which was a really great movie, actually.  It recently was on one of our online movie services, and we really wanted to see it last December, but for some absurd reason, it wasn't in that many theaters.  This movie would have done really well if given proper exposure in theaters, especially at Christmas time.  But alas, it was not.  We would have had to drive down to Atlanta to see it, and we just couldn't get down there in time.  It was open for a week or two, and in places far away, and then it was gone.  So we watched it tonight, and all three of us really loved it, a story about Charles Dickens and his greatest work, and a battle with writer's block.  I know that feeling.  And also the great quote, "We must not disturb the poet when divine frenzy is upon him."

We read tonight a few things.  First, Daddy read Uncanny X-Men #287, which features the beginning of the X-traitor storyline, which went on for years with the X-Men comics.  This was the primary storyline for the comics that Daddy was collecting, and for years we were speculating this or that based on this one comic book.  It took years to resolve this one, actually.  And it's fun watching Madison guess and speculate herself.  No, I'm not going to tell her who the traitor is!

Anyway, we read from "The Hostile Hospital," and from the devotional, and said our prayers.  Madison still hides in clever places each night when we go up to wish her good night.  Tonight she had a decoy in the bathroom, a few stuffed animals with a blanket over them, as if it was her hiding between the tub and the toilet.  Also hidden:  the world's largest whoopee cushion underneath the blankets in her bed.  We have a lot of funny routines, all of them ending with zerberts and "I love you's."

PHHHHHHHHHTTTT!!