She loves that ostrich! When Madison woke up this morning, she was excited about dressing up. Daddy used that as a little bribe to get her to go to bed earlier last night: "You get to wear your new outfit tomorrow, and the sooner you go to bed, the sooner you get to wear it!"
She fit right in with everyone else today, especially Mrs. Jeneen, who is the co-host for our series. Both she and Daddy share a story in rhyme about the animals on the Pridelands. We even added a rhino this weekend, with Mommy working hard to get it done on time. She did a a great job, making this costume from paper-mâché and a bicycle helmet. Ricke the rhino is in the photo at the top.
Madison has been learning about Africa through all of this - it's a word she can recognize and use. She also uses the phrase "The Lion King" frequently, but she can also identify lots of different animals that you'd see on a safari. It's neat how she's learning so much along the way. In fact, thanks to the younger children's department, she's even learning phrases and memory verses (translated for toddlers, of course!).
It was a special day - but it was far from over. What can we do on a hot day like today, we wondered. Mommy suggested checking out the drive in movie up in Tiger, Georgia. After a bit of research, Daddy discovered they had replaced their current movie "Eclipse" at the last minute for "Toy Story 3." So we decided today would be a great day for a drive in movie!
Better take a good, long nap first! After all, the movie starts at dusk, which is somewhere after nine o'clock. So we all hopped in the big bed and took a really long nap in the cool and dark of the bedroom, waking up around 5:00 or so. Ah, just enough time to go up and see the goats!
What does it mean "to see the goats?" Well, right there nearby the drive in is a place called "Goats on a Roof." Daddy looked it up online to see if they were open, and sure enough: they said they were open until 7:00. We got dressed and packed things up, and started our drive north. It's about an hour away.
But when we arrived, the employees there wanted to close early. No shopping inside. Which was a shame, because we were going to get ice cream and other things inside. What's worse was that there were about fifteen other people in four or five more cars, all dropping by to shop. But nobody could, because the employees wanted to close earlier than the posted hours because they wanted to go home. Serious: we left a few hours earlier, just to visit this place. That really got my goat!
At least Madison got to feed some of the goats. They have these hand cranks that turn, attached to conveyor belts which deliver upwards these cans of food for the goats. Daddy brought along some quarters and Madison was delighted to send them their final meal of the day.
With all the time we had leftover - the movie started at dusk which was about two hours away - we decided to go to Wal-mart, which was a good idea, because Mommy found some items she had been looking for having to do with our next monthly series. We also packed up on lots of candy for the movie! Twizzlers and Good 'n Plentys!
Finally, we went to Tiger Drive In, about an hour before the movie started. There was a small play set down in front of the big movie screen, with swings and slides, so Daddy and Madison went down there to have some fun with the slides. There weren't many cars parked at the drive in to begin with, but as it got closer, it started to fill up! All the while, Madison and Daddy played on the slides - and then went up to the snack bar to get some popcorn, fries and a really tasty corn dog!
The movie started, and the lot was full. It was a good decision for them to play this movie, because a lot of people came (some of us from over fifty miles away!). Madison had brought along a Buzz Lightyear action figure that Ye-Ye had given her for the occasion. He lights up and says phrases about finding Emperor Zurg. She had Buzz in his seatbelt for safety reasons, all the way up to the the drive in. Afterwards, she released him, and the two watched the movie from the backseat, occasionally sticking her head out the side window and calling out things. The weather was perfect for a night movie. Together, the family sat and munched on snacks while watching the movie again. Madison stayed awake for the whole experience - what a wonderful idea!
As soon as the movie was over, it was time to head home. We were all rather tired from a huge day, despite the big nap. Mommy and Madison slept on the way home, as Daddy drove on smiling because of the special day it was.
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