Lekku

Here Mommy is, making her own lekku.  First, typing out all these Star Wars terms with autocorrect is a pain.  Second, and more importantly, she is doing a great job, isn't she?  Camille is going to be a twi'lek when she appears on stage, and those are the aliens that have the lekku on the back of their heads.  In case you're wondering what a lekku is, it's plural for "lek."  And if that doesn't help, it's the two blue things you see in the picture above.  Camille will paint her face that same blue color, and put that on her head, and suddenly, she's a twi'lek!  We'll meet her soon enough on stage, as Mommy will be developing the costume over the next week or so.  It's based on Hera Syndulla and Aayla Secura, so it should be a fun add.

Daddy got to watch Madison in martial arts today, and I'm really impressed with what she's been doing.  She's very intent on learning, very focused, but also having a great time at the dojo.  It's been a real pleasure watching her trying something new, working on her form and learning something pretty valuable.  With current events as they are - various isolated incidents here and there in the news - it's good to know self defense.  A confrontation is not something you're inviting to happen, of course.  But it's good knowledge to have as a line of last defense.

We watched a few episodes of "Rebels" tonight, per Madison's instructions - at least once she was done with her homework.  She's been reading poetry now, which is a fairly new area of literature that she hasn't explored as much.  She's studied it before, but I think this time it is a big more extensive.  She's read "Casey at the Bat," and "The Walrus and the Carpenter."  In regards to the first poem, we've been following the Braves on the radio here and there, because that's how Daddy has listened to the Braves for over twenty years now.  They're in first place again, and it's been an exciting divisional race, with the Braves hanging on to a narrow lead lately.

As for the "Walrus and the Carpenter," that makes me think of Wonderland, which is where the poem takes place.  Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum tell the sad story of those oysters, and it reminds me of our series "Wonderland" that we did at KidPak some time ago.  Alice in Wonderland was such a prominent part of Madison's early life, with visits to Wonderland, tea parties and of course all the books and movies and games.  It'd be nice to go back there.  10/6 is coming up again soon, and perhaps we will.  Caloo, calay!*



* Another few words that spell check hates.   I suspect much of Lewis Carroll's writing would be hated by autocorrect!