Tetherball

One of the things Madison is doing at school is tetherball, which she's really enjoying.  And yes, from this point on in my life, anytime I think of tetherball, I think of Napoleon Dynamite.  I never really got into tetherball, which is one of the reasons I think the scene in Napoleon Dynamite is great.  Madison actually likes the game, so maybe it's something I need to take a second look at.  Maybe I need to set up a tetherball game in the back yard, right?

Anyway, it is Friday.  Madison is still doing well in school with her grades, which is amazing to check on any moment we want to.  We know her grades many times before she does, which is probably a little unsettling, I'm sure!

But we're helping her out, in fact getting a few more supplies for the solar system today, one that we're probably going to work on building tomorrow.  The idea is to hopefully finish it by Sunday, so we'll see how that works out.

Daddy was working on all the usual things today at work with a new service upcoming.  Mommy was working a little in that direction too, although the day-to-day work of the house is keeping her busy as always.  Add to that the fact that she's still a bit under the weather.  Daddy must have passed that along to her, unfortunately.  It's not a severe sort of thing, but it does require constant medication, because of the congestion.  Madison is showing no signs of it at all, and that's obviously a good thing.

We watched "Rebels" again tonight, finishing up season one.  Daddy was working on his board game while we were watching, and now the base is done.  This paper craft Haunted Mansion is going to take a while, and I've got one month to do it, but the base is done as of tonight, all glued together for support.  Finished product will come later, but it's one of those projects that I'm working on, one small step at a time.

Speaking of which, I spent a long time working on the "Wonderland" binder today, which is binder #39 of around #63.  It's been a huge project I've been working on, getting all the series that we've done at KidPak presented in uniform presentations, all lined up on wall behind my desk.  It basically is "my life's work," over a decade's worth of messages and skits and videos and games and graphics and... well, you get the idea.  We were in Wonderland twice, so I took pictures from that, and of course all the printed material and made it into something that can be useful once you selected that binder.  And I've been doing that all along with the other series that we've been doing, but it takes a while to do each one.  I literally started this about a year ago with the first binder.  I'm estimating being done by early next year, which is amazing to think about how long this all takes.  It would be done sooner if I completely focused on it, of course.  But there are other things to consider, like what we're doing this weekend and so forth.

Speaking of "what we're doing," it was just recently discussed that we may do Fall Festival after all.  For a time, we thought we were not doing Fall Festival this year, based on things we heard from "higher ups."  But that may not be the case now, which has Madison excited again.  It may be a different sort of Fall Festival this year, but at least we're having it.

The weather is getting cooler, which is amazing.  Daddy wrote a good deal this morning while out on the front porch.  He and Mommy shared a tea, did some reading and writing, and just enjoyed the pleasant morning together.

Getting home, Daddy brought the new Star Wars KidPak t-shirts home for each of us.  Madison was excited when she got hers - we'll all have matching t-shirts on Sunday!

Tonight, we read "The Slippery Slope" before going to bed, and it was later.  We actually read in our bed in Mommy and Daddy's bedroom, so that Mommy could go right to sleep after that.  The medication makes her sleepy, which is what Daddy was experiencing a few days ago.  Soon this will be done with though, and we'll all be better again., just in time for the weekend.