... is another man's potpourri!"
It was Grinch night tonight, with a whole lot of decorating of trees as well. Keep in mind we have four trees, hence the lengthy process here. But it's fun, especially when mixed with Christmas movies and music. It's not fun when listening to the news, which can be frustrating. But we are having a holly jolly Christmas season - yes, I know that's not until December. But we're celebrating in November as we usually do, and it works for us. Next week, we'll take a break for Thanksgiving, and all the fun that comes with it.
Madison, Daddy and Mommy made the Death Star today, gluing it together and painting it. All that's left is for the thing to go on top of the tree upstairs. We'll post a picture when we're done, but it's coming along nicely.
When Madison got home from school, we did make a trip to the library here to pick up a bunch of reserved books. One comical moment that I shared with some of my high school friends:
My daughter has a five paragraph paper to write on a historical figure, and she's chosen Paul Revere as her guy. So like any good dad, I was wanting to put on hold a few books related to Paul Revere at our local library. I typed "PAUL REVERE" in the library's search engine, and all kinds of patriotic imagery showed up.
And then, right there amongst all the iconic pictures from early America, I saw one of a smashed 727 jet. Looking closer, it began to dawn on me what that was. It was one of those hilarious 'you'll-get-it-in-a-moment' sort of things: a copy of "License to Ill."
And now that song is stuck in my head...
If you don't get it, that's okay. But the point is, we went to go get those Paul Revere books today, and the newest Never Girls books as well. There are two of them to catch up on, and Daddy got both of those. We started reading the first of the two tonight, already covering three chapters. The other night, we finally finished "Isle of the Lost," which had much longer chapters with many more words. The difference between the two is that we'll probably be done with this story before Sunday maybe. Tonight, for example, we covered three chapters. Anyway, it was nice to read again, both this book and the devotional as usual.
Mommy and Daddy were doing a lot of cleaning upstairs today. The weather was really nice outside, hot even. Madison had a good day at school, working on a story about a pet turkey named Susie, one that she walks around with on a leash. It's a cute story, one we'll be posting here as soon as it comes back home again. The story had illustrations, which with Madison are always fun and detailed. Next week is all about the turkey, and it's going to be great. We're really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year!
It was Grinch night tonight, with a whole lot of decorating of trees as well. Keep in mind we have four trees, hence the lengthy process here. But it's fun, especially when mixed with Christmas movies and music. It's not fun when listening to the news, which can be frustrating. But we are having a holly jolly Christmas season - yes, I know that's not until December. But we're celebrating in November as we usually do, and it works for us. Next week, we'll take a break for Thanksgiving, and all the fun that comes with it.
Madison, Daddy and Mommy made the Death Star today, gluing it together and painting it. All that's left is for the thing to go on top of the tree upstairs. We'll post a picture when we're done, but it's coming along nicely.
When Madison got home from school, we did make a trip to the library here to pick up a bunch of reserved books. One comical moment that I shared with some of my high school friends:
My daughter has a five paragraph paper to write on a historical figure, and she's chosen Paul Revere as her guy. So like any good dad, I was wanting to put on hold a few books related to Paul Revere at our local library. I typed "PAUL REVERE" in the library's search engine, and all kinds of patriotic imagery showed up.
And then, right there amongst all the iconic pictures from early America, I saw one of a smashed 727 jet. Looking closer, it began to dawn on me what that was. It was one of those hilarious 'you'll-get-it-in-a-moment' sort of things: a copy of "License to Ill."
And now that song is stuck in my head...
If you don't get it, that's okay. But the point is, we went to go get those Paul Revere books today, and the newest Never Girls books as well. There are two of them to catch up on, and Daddy got both of those. We started reading the first of the two tonight, already covering three chapters. The other night, we finally finished "Isle of the Lost," which had much longer chapters with many more words. The difference between the two is that we'll probably be done with this story before Sunday maybe. Tonight, for example, we covered three chapters. Anyway, it was nice to read again, both this book and the devotional as usual.
Mommy and Daddy were doing a lot of cleaning upstairs today. The weather was really nice outside, hot even. Madison had a good day at school, working on a story about a pet turkey named Susie, one that she walks around with on a leash. It's a cute story, one we'll be posting here as soon as it comes back home again. The story had illustrations, which with Madison are always fun and detailed. Next week is all about the turkey, and it's going to be great. We're really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year!
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