Ballet Camp continued today, and Madison is learning all kinds of new steps for jazz dancing as well. She showed us a few of the moves she's learning, and all of us parents are invited to come a bit earlier tomorrow when it is time to pick the kids up. That way we can watch a quick production, always a cute little presentation the girls put together.
It was hot today - no rain this time, although the clouds appeared heavy from time to time. The weather this week has been hot with severe storms thrown in the mix, making it a bit unpredictable. Lightning strikes actually sent a few bigger surges through the neighborhood with a sizzling pop sound.
Fortunately the Kinect is intact. Madison has been really enjoying "Kinect Sports 2" lately, doing quite a bit of jumping around. She's good at the golf game on that - we watched her get a hole-in-one! Now that the Kinect is out, we're sort of running through a lot of those games, which are good because they require a lot of movement too.
Tonight we were all a bit tired, and it was pretty hot outside again. SO we stayed indoors, and introduced Madison to Episode II: "Attack of the Clones." This was a big deal, as she's not seen this one before. She took it very seriously, getting her Princess Leia costume on, and bringing down the purple lightsaber that she made a few weeks ago. All set with a tub of popcorn, we sat down for the fanfare, and got to see the whole movie, uninterrupted. She loved it.
At bedtime, it was back to reading from "Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus," along with some serious foot battles. Madison sticks her foot in your face, and then Mommy strikes back with her foot in Madison's face, and then "begun, the Foot Wars have." As for the story itself, it has been a lot of fun, with a great reference to freeze-dried ice cream, something we're familiar with because we just left Kennedy Space Center.
As for the movie, it's neat watching her connect a lot of the dots. We're not sure when she'll watch Episode III, as it is kind of hard to watch all your heroes - and some villains - go down. But tonight was a good one nonetheless, and a sort of tribute to Christopher Lee, who passed away recently. In fact, here's an old Count Dooku column Daddy wrote in 2005 for fun in a publication, pretty much entirely made up of lines from Count Dooku, all strung together:
How pleasant of you to join me. But oh no, my friend. This is a mistake, a terrible mistake. This is madness. They've gone too far. They have you imprisoned and you cannot possibly escape... just as I planned all along!
It was admirable: you showed conviction by standing for what is right, even when others didn't. That's what true character is all about. But now you are captured with little hope of escape. And there is no way you can stop me from taking over this blog! Ah, I sense great fear in you. You have hate; you have anger. But you don't use them. You disappoint me! Yoda holds you in such high esteem. Surely you can do better!
What? You want to challenge me? Look, you have fought gallantly. Worthy of recognition in the archives of the Jedi Order. Now, it is finished. Surrender and your lives will be spared. You are brave, but foolish. You are impossibly outnumbered. Besides, I have become more powerful than any Jedi. Even you. As you can see, my Jedi powers are far beyond yours. Now, back down.
Ah, you still want to challenge me? Good. Twice the pride, double the fall. Well then: your lightsaber, please. We don't want to make a mess of things. Besides, it is obvious that this contest cannot be decided by our knowledge of the force, but by our skills with SUDOKU! This is just the beginning!
It was hot today - no rain this time, although the clouds appeared heavy from time to time. The weather this week has been hot with severe storms thrown in the mix, making it a bit unpredictable. Lightning strikes actually sent a few bigger surges through the neighborhood with a sizzling pop sound.
Fortunately the Kinect is intact. Madison has been really enjoying "Kinect Sports 2" lately, doing quite a bit of jumping around. She's good at the golf game on that - we watched her get a hole-in-one! Now that the Kinect is out, we're sort of running through a lot of those games, which are good because they require a lot of movement too.
Tonight we were all a bit tired, and it was pretty hot outside again. SO we stayed indoors, and introduced Madison to Episode II: "Attack of the Clones." This was a big deal, as she's not seen this one before. She took it very seriously, getting her Princess Leia costume on, and bringing down the purple lightsaber that she made a few weeks ago. All set with a tub of popcorn, we sat down for the fanfare, and got to see the whole movie, uninterrupted. She loved it.
At bedtime, it was back to reading from "Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus," along with some serious foot battles. Madison sticks her foot in your face, and then Mommy strikes back with her foot in Madison's face, and then "begun, the Foot Wars have." As for the story itself, it has been a lot of fun, with a great reference to freeze-dried ice cream, something we're familiar with because we just left Kennedy Space Center.
As for the movie, it's neat watching her connect a lot of the dots. We're not sure when she'll watch Episode III, as it is kind of hard to watch all your heroes - and some villains - go down. But tonight was a good one nonetheless, and a sort of tribute to Christopher Lee, who passed away recently. In fact, here's an old Count Dooku column Daddy wrote in 2005 for fun in a publication, pretty much entirely made up of lines from Count Dooku, all strung together:
How pleasant of you to join me. But oh no, my friend. This is a mistake, a terrible mistake. This is madness. They've gone too far. They have you imprisoned and you cannot possibly escape... just as I planned all along!
It was admirable: you showed conviction by standing for what is right, even when others didn't. That's what true character is all about. But now you are captured with little hope of escape. And there is no way you can stop me from taking over this blog! Ah, I sense great fear in you. You have hate; you have anger. But you don't use them. You disappoint me! Yoda holds you in such high esteem. Surely you can do better!
What? You want to challenge me? Look, you have fought gallantly. Worthy of recognition in the archives of the Jedi Order. Now, it is finished. Surrender and your lives will be spared. You are brave, but foolish. You are impossibly outnumbered. Besides, I have become more powerful than any Jedi. Even you. As you can see, my Jedi powers are far beyond yours. Now, back down.
Ah, you still want to challenge me? Good. Twice the pride, double the fall. Well then: your lightsaber, please. We don't want to make a mess of things. Besides, it is obvious that this contest cannot be decided by our knowledge of the force, but by our skills with SUDOKU! This is just the beginning!
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