Cat Puzzles

So there was one opening left for this Lowe's project above - but it was in Cumming.  So we drove down there instead of Gainesville, which was full.  Daddy signed up for this a few days ago online, and when Madison and Daddy arrived at the Lowe's this morning, I kid you not:  the line was 30 people deep or more.  These were the 'stand-by' people, who did not sign up, but were hoping that someone else did not show up, so they could claim one of these projects you see above.  I kind of felt bad because there were plenty of kids in that line as well.  We almost didn't get in ourselves, because I didn't bring a waiver.  We were initially told to get in that line, but I explained that the Gainesville location usually has a print-out of all of the online sign-ups, and that sort of flustered the guy there.  He then let us by without having us sign a waiver or anything.  Regardless, we did get our Captain America, which seems like a big deal over a little wooden project.  But I see the appeal.  First of all, he's part of the Avengers.  Secondly, he's part of a series.  Meaning, there are five other projects, and they all link up together.  The patches all get put together too, so if you miss one, you miss the complete deal.  SO... that said, we'll have to sign up earlier for the next few projects - we're back off our vacation, so that should be no problem.  We missed the Iron Man one though, as we were at Disney that day.  Let's see, Lowe's or Disney?  Yeah, I think we made the right choice.

Anyway, we made the bike you see above, which is perfectly timed with the Fourth of July in a week.  After that, Madison and Daddy went by the worst Race Trac there in Cumming.  The refill cup was rendered useless to her - there was no sweet tea at all.  The regular tea was unsweet, and the green tea had become water.  It's funny watching her try unsweet tea though.  She was stuck with water.  She was like that kid in "The Santa Clause," the one that mumbles, "Plain milk's fine."

Of course once she tried Daddy's ginger ale, she realized she really likes ginger ale.  This was her first try of that, and apparently not the last.

Yeah, real eventful day here.  I know.  Moving on, we went to Fry's to pick up a copy of "From Earth to the Moon."  Daddy will be using a few clips of that, hopefully, as we continue our Space Camp tomorrow.  It should be pretty cool.  We found that this location was the only one that had a copy of this video series, and on top of that it was pretty cheap.  So, down we drove after our stop in Cumming.

On the way back, we dropped by one more place, the library.  Here, we picked up some more Weird School books, and a few other books as well.  We've got to keep Madison's supply of reading full, as even with all this driving around, she was in the back seat, reading, reading, reading.

Daddy went to work today, and Madison did one of the cat puzzles we picked up from the library.  They have this exchange program there where you bring in a puzzle, and you can exchange it for another one.  And so on.  And there are plenty of cat puzzles there.  Once we're done with the one we're working on today, we'll go get another cat puzzle.  I had no idea there were this many cat puzzles on the market.  These aren't photographs either.  That would be easy.  No, these are paintings of cats with toys or fabrics or baskets.  I'm starting to get itchy thinking about it even now.  Currently as I type this, there is a puzzle that is 30% done right now, one third of a cat in the living room.  These puzzles are about 300 pieces, so we're getting better and better with them.  Madison and Mommy worked on this a little today, throughout the day.

It's been raining off and on again.  This is much preferable to the blazing hot inferno we had last week. The temperatures stay cooler, and the plants get watered for free.

Though Daddy spent much of the day inside.  Still, when home, we watched another movie together, along with the obligatory popcorn:  "Ducktales the Movie:  Treasure of the Lost Lamp."  It's the first of our themed movies, as we're starting an Indiana Jones-type series called "The Quest."  We've currently got a few DVDs stacked up:

1.  National Treasure
2.  National Treasure 2:  The Book of Secrets
3.  Sahara
4.  Raiders of the Lost Ark
5.  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
6.  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
7.  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
8.  DuckTales the Movie:  The Treasure of the Lost Lamp
9.  Treasure Buddies
10.  UHF.  At least the first ten minutes of it!
11.  DuckTales:  Treasure of the Golden Suns (got this from the library today!)
12.  Tad the Explorer (got this from the library too!)
13.  Operation Condor (forgot about this one!)
14.  Mickey Mouse Club:  Quest for the Crystal Mickey
15.  Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush

Other possibilities:
16.  Tomb Raider
17.  High Road to China
18.  King Solomon's Mines

Anyway, that's the "research" phase of this, along with the recent visit to the show down at Hollywood Studios, "The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular."  This is just a list for future reference, really.  We're starting to get it in gear with this series, starting in just two Sundays.  Of course, there's tomorrow's message first.  Got to get that out of the way.  But we'll be moving fast towards an exciting new series really soon!