Today Madison played her first game of LIFE. It was one themed off "Pirates of the Caribbean," so it wasn't exactly that close to the LIFE she'll be living later on. That is to say, it's not your standard game of LIFE with the little cars and the pink and blue pegs, and marriage and kids, and frequent pay days. In fact, this is a bit more like LIFE in the Caribbean, where you work as a deckhand for a while, if you're smart, then get with the right captain and the right ship and the right mascot, while battling other pirates until you get to Treasure Island.
Madison enjoyed it. She was thrilled to discover there is a Jedi LIFE game out there as well, one we have in our basement. I imagine we'll be playing that one next.
ANYWAY, we did some boardgames today, which is always a refreshing sort of thing compared to the usual video entertainment. Madison lights up at the prospect of playing board games whenever she can, just as we do - it's something different, and in this case new.
We'll try the other LIFE game later this week. And I just discovered there is an "Indiana Jones" version, which is suddenly on the horizon, perhaps. It depends on how much I want to spend. You would not believe how much these older board games are costing online now. We have a few downstairs, and they are just ridiculous if you want to buy them online.
ANYWAY, today we did tell a really long "Indiana Jones" made-up story on the way to ballet and back home again - it was about a map that fell out of an old book that Marion had. It led to a valley in South China. She told her husband Indiana Jones about it, and he was reluctant to follow this map, mainly because it couldn't possibly go anywhere. But it was supposed to go to the lost treasure of the lost unicorns. Again, he argued it probably won't lead to anything. Still, she convinced him to go - and bring along some friends, including Sallah and Madison. The thinking was that Madison hadn't gone to see her orphanage yet, and so why not drop by there on the way?
So they were off and running, and the adventure went as you would expect. Madison really liked this one, especially the parts where there was a big party at the orphanage - with ice cream. And then, the cave behind a waterfall that led to a valley that had real unicorns still alive on earth. It was all good fun, some of it interactive where Madison shares her part of the adventure, somewhat like a roll playing game.
Anyway, it was good fun today. Daddy worked, of course. Madison had ballet camp, as we said, and she's enjoying her jazz lessons. She's a wonderful dancer. And we read tonight from Daddy's devotional, which Madison is enjoying a lot too. Also, we read from the Frozen book, more continuing adventures from the land of Eldora, where it is quite hot.
We might as well be living in Eldora this week, because the temperature has been pretty hot. The storms have been rolling in though, cooling things down later. We haven't gotten much of the rain at the house though, even though all around us, things are getting drenched. Just our neighborhood is dry, for some reason! At least it cools off.
Anyway, it's been a fun day. Time to start again tomorrow on a new one!
Madison enjoyed it. She was thrilled to discover there is a Jedi LIFE game out there as well, one we have in our basement. I imagine we'll be playing that one next.
ANYWAY, we did some boardgames today, which is always a refreshing sort of thing compared to the usual video entertainment. Madison lights up at the prospect of playing board games whenever she can, just as we do - it's something different, and in this case new.
We'll try the other LIFE game later this week. And I just discovered there is an "Indiana Jones" version, which is suddenly on the horizon, perhaps. It depends on how much I want to spend. You would not believe how much these older board games are costing online now. We have a few downstairs, and they are just ridiculous if you want to buy them online.
ANYWAY, today we did tell a really long "Indiana Jones" made-up story on the way to ballet and back home again - it was about a map that fell out of an old book that Marion had. It led to a valley in South China. She told her husband Indiana Jones about it, and he was reluctant to follow this map, mainly because it couldn't possibly go anywhere. But it was supposed to go to the lost treasure of the lost unicorns. Again, he argued it probably won't lead to anything. Still, she convinced him to go - and bring along some friends, including Sallah and Madison. The thinking was that Madison hadn't gone to see her orphanage yet, and so why not drop by there on the way?
So they were off and running, and the adventure went as you would expect. Madison really liked this one, especially the parts where there was a big party at the orphanage - with ice cream. And then, the cave behind a waterfall that led to a valley that had real unicorns still alive on earth. It was all good fun, some of it interactive where Madison shares her part of the adventure, somewhat like a roll playing game.
Anyway, it was good fun today. Daddy worked, of course. Madison had ballet camp, as we said, and she's enjoying her jazz lessons. She's a wonderful dancer. And we read tonight from Daddy's devotional, which Madison is enjoying a lot too. Also, we read from the Frozen book, more continuing adventures from the land of Eldora, where it is quite hot.
We might as well be living in Eldora this week, because the temperature has been pretty hot. The storms have been rolling in though, cooling things down later. We haven't gotten much of the rain at the house though, even though all around us, things are getting drenched. Just our neighborhood is dry, for some reason! At least it cools off.
Anyway, it's been a fun day. Time to start again tomorrow on a new one!
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