It was MLK Day today. An aside from listening to U2's old song, "Pride," we didn't do much to remember Martin Luther King today. Perhaps some day down the road we'll head down to Ebenezer Baptist Church, and sit in the old wooden pews and listen to his voice as they replay his old messages. That sounds actually pretty amazing. But for now, it's cold outside, and there's work to do here as we set up for the family coming over soon. The memorial arrangements are in place, and today KidPak has offered to pay for food for the family afterwards, catered by a nearby place that serves things gluten free.
We did have ballet tonight, which was quiet - and cold. While Madison danced, Mommy and Daddy got a lot of grocery shopping done, with that vision of eating meat and sweets again just around the corner. We decided to break our fast for the family gathering this week, as we all gather together and have a meal after the memorial.
It got cold outside, and there are hints and allegations that there may be some winter weather coming our way in a few days. We'll see how it goes, but all that is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, right about the time of Uncle Dave's memorial.
So today was about putting away lots and lots of ornaments and lugging lots and lots of things downstairs, as we completed the Desantafication Process, for the most part. Madison was helpful on and off, and also doing some reading as well. But she also spent a lot of time creating race tracks with Disney Infinity 3.0. Some of her best friends on the television are Mater, Francesco, Holly and Lightning McQueen.
We did our usual reading tonight, and snuggled under all kinds of big and small blankets. It's going to be very cold tonight, with the temperature feeling like five degrees tomorrow. For Georgia, that's cold. So out come the blankets! One of Madison's bedtime companions now for the past seven years is something called a Gund Lovie. Daddy only really took the time to look it up tonight, which is sad in a way. It is just a lamb/blanket, and we have mentioned it here before. But when we had Madison in China, another family came up to us at the Majestic Hotel in Nanning, China. It was really nice what they did - they handed us this lamb as a gift for Madison. And she's had it ever since.
It turns out there was a name on the bottom of the lamb, or at least a series of names. And tonight, we looked them up online - this Gund Lovie was a gift from the Brownlee Sisters, who are also adopted from China, and who sell all kinds of things to raise money for a few other children who are still in China. Of course, we'll have to get some things from them now!
We did have ballet tonight, which was quiet - and cold. While Madison danced, Mommy and Daddy got a lot of grocery shopping done, with that vision of eating meat and sweets again just around the corner. We decided to break our fast for the family gathering this week, as we all gather together and have a meal after the memorial.
It got cold outside, and there are hints and allegations that there may be some winter weather coming our way in a few days. We'll see how it goes, but all that is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, right about the time of Uncle Dave's memorial.
So today was about putting away lots and lots of ornaments and lugging lots and lots of things downstairs, as we completed the Desantafication Process, for the most part. Madison was helpful on and off, and also doing some reading as well. But she also spent a lot of time creating race tracks with Disney Infinity 3.0. Some of her best friends on the television are Mater, Francesco, Holly and Lightning McQueen.
We did our usual reading tonight, and snuggled under all kinds of big and small blankets. It's going to be very cold tonight, with the temperature feeling like five degrees tomorrow. For Georgia, that's cold. So out come the blankets! One of Madison's bedtime companions now for the past seven years is something called a Gund Lovie. Daddy only really took the time to look it up tonight, which is sad in a way. It is just a lamb/blanket, and we have mentioned it here before. But when we had Madison in China, another family came up to us at the Majestic Hotel in Nanning, China. It was really nice what they did - they handed us this lamb as a gift for Madison. And she's had it ever since.
It turns out there was a name on the bottom of the lamb, or at least a series of names. And tonight, we looked them up online - this Gund Lovie was a gift from the Brownlee Sisters, who are also adopted from China, and who sell all kinds of things to raise money for a few other children who are still in China. Of course, we'll have to get some things from them now!
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