Madison finished the summer reading program today, completing her fiftieth book with a few weeks still to go. This time around, the books were much more substantial, including the "Weird School" books and the "Origami Yoda" books to name a few. Most of these sorts of books were over 100 pages, so for her to keep the fifty book goal in place, she had to be reading quite a bit. And that she did, of course quite addicted to the "Weird School" books for a time.
We showed up to the library, and that's where she gets to put her name up on the "Wall of Champions." She also got a certificate, and a free book. It's the free book that excited her the most. She got a story from "The Princess Fairies" series, which seems like an obvious topic to write about if you were a prospective children's author. Fairies and princesses together? Sure, no problem.
Anyway, we were at the library tonight for a bit, the three of us there to celebrate the big moment. We also were there to pick up "Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus." This is the last book - I think - of the Yoda Origami series, and one we are already a significant ways in with reading. Last night, Daddy had to borrow a copy of it online (our library lets us do that), and we got a few chapters in. Tonight though, we read from the hard cover book, which is another sort of book altogether. So far, so good - it's a fun book, just as the previous four have been. But what else to read after this? Fortunately, Daddy has also been reading from our devotional, the one Daddy wrote for "The Quest."
Today we started Ballet Camp. Fortunately, Gainesville School of Ballet is better known for their dancing than their communication, which is frankly amazingly sorry. It must be a ballet thing, I guess. Because this isn't the first time or first ballet company to not have mastered the simple art of communicating things like starting times, for example. Or prices. Things like that. Anyway, Madison was there about three hours, as she will be the next few weeks. She enjoyed it very much, and enjoys being with her teacher again. It's a lot quieter than the busy ballet season, of course. That's something we have to make a decision about, coming up soon. What to do there? How many classes to take, and what level classes to take as well?
We had a whopper of a storm last night. Electricity was sizzling in the air - our power got disconnected, and a surge went through one of our sockets attached the computer I am currently typing on. Everything went down for a bit, but fortunately nothing was damaged. The surge protector did its job. But for the next few days, the temperature will go up, up, up - and the rain chances will go up as well. Severe thunderstorms will persist the next few days - hopefully we can have some clear weather tomorrow, but we'll see.
After ballet, we did some grocery shopping, and picked up a few pizzas, one of them gluten free. Madison fell asleep on the couch reading. She was sitting there with a big book, and it appeared as if she was reading - but upon closer inspection, Daddy saw that she was actually fast asleep in a deep slumber. So deep, she didn't realize dinner was ready. So deep, that she wasn't waking up with our initial attempts to stir her awake once more. So we let her sleep some, right there on the couch. We had to wake her up eventually, as she would have kept on sleeping no doubt!
Madison was overhearing us talk tonight after dinner about yet another candidate running for president. Lots of people want that job, and the next few years we'll see some folks stepping up to try and convince us who is best. So far, we like the guy who made his announcement today. But there are a lot of others, and a lot of time between now and November of 2016. We can't wait for that day though.
Speaking of imperial regimes, we read "Emperor Pickletine" tonight - and from our devotional as well. And soon after that, it was time for bed. Pretty tired today, actually. We have lots to do though! Tomorrow should be a fun day, but we'll try to get in some of the other items on the 'to do' list. See you tomorrow!
We showed up to the library, and that's where she gets to put her name up on the "Wall of Champions." She also got a certificate, and a free book. It's the free book that excited her the most. She got a story from "The Princess Fairies" series, which seems like an obvious topic to write about if you were a prospective children's author. Fairies and princesses together? Sure, no problem.
Anyway, we were at the library tonight for a bit, the three of us there to celebrate the big moment. We also were there to pick up "Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus." This is the last book - I think - of the Yoda Origami series, and one we are already a significant ways in with reading. Last night, Daddy had to borrow a copy of it online (our library lets us do that), and we got a few chapters in. Tonight though, we read from the hard cover book, which is another sort of book altogether. So far, so good - it's a fun book, just as the previous four have been. But what else to read after this? Fortunately, Daddy has also been reading from our devotional, the one Daddy wrote for "The Quest."
Today we started Ballet Camp. Fortunately, Gainesville School of Ballet is better known for their dancing than their communication, which is frankly amazingly sorry. It must be a ballet thing, I guess. Because this isn't the first time or first ballet company to not have mastered the simple art of communicating things like starting times, for example. Or prices. Things like that. Anyway, Madison was there about three hours, as she will be the next few weeks. She enjoyed it very much, and enjoys being with her teacher again. It's a lot quieter than the busy ballet season, of course. That's something we have to make a decision about, coming up soon. What to do there? How many classes to take, and what level classes to take as well?
We had a whopper of a storm last night. Electricity was sizzling in the air - our power got disconnected, and a surge went through one of our sockets attached the computer I am currently typing on. Everything went down for a bit, but fortunately nothing was damaged. The surge protector did its job. But for the next few days, the temperature will go up, up, up - and the rain chances will go up as well. Severe thunderstorms will persist the next few days - hopefully we can have some clear weather tomorrow, but we'll see.
After ballet, we did some grocery shopping, and picked up a few pizzas, one of them gluten free. Madison fell asleep on the couch reading. She was sitting there with a big book, and it appeared as if she was reading - but upon closer inspection, Daddy saw that she was actually fast asleep in a deep slumber. So deep, she didn't realize dinner was ready. So deep, that she wasn't waking up with our initial attempts to stir her awake once more. So we let her sleep some, right there on the couch. We had to wake her up eventually, as she would have kept on sleeping no doubt!
Madison was overhearing us talk tonight after dinner about yet another candidate running for president. Lots of people want that job, and the next few years we'll see some folks stepping up to try and convince us who is best. So far, we like the guy who made his announcement today. But there are a lot of others, and a lot of time between now and November of 2016. We can't wait for that day though.
Speaking of imperial regimes, we read "Emperor Pickletine" tonight - and from our devotional as well. And soon after that, it was time for bed. Pretty tired today, actually. We have lots to do though! Tomorrow should be a fun day, but we'll try to get in some of the other items on the 'to do' list. See you tomorrow!
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