Start of Something New

Next year's "New Year's Eve" flick just might be the one we watched tonight:  "High School Musical."  We were waiting to watch this one until about now with Madison, who we knew would like it.  And yes, sure enough, she really did.  She loved it, and can't wait to watch part two tomorrow night.  The secret is that Mommy and Daddy liked this one too, as did squillions of other people about ten years ago or so.  This was everything with the kids back then, and we made a lot of references to it, and the kids did a lot of squealing about it, especially the girls.  Anyway, it's a good movie, and finally Madison has joined the rest of the squealers, and is really into all the characters, even the minor ones.  Tomorrow night we'll continue with part two, then part three, and then that one with Sharpay on her own.  By the way, that's Madison's favorite character already, which we could have seen that coming.  There's something about that fashionable Disgust character, or Sharpay, or whoever!

This afternoon, we visited Nana at her house, and spent some time at the house.  Ye-Ye was there, and we were dropping off some movies and food as Nana recovers from surgery.  Hopefully she'll be fine by this weekend, but fortunately, Ye-Ye is there by her side for the next few days, acting as a nurse.

Daddy got his shot today again, while Mommy was working on getting some new clothing for spring.  We've been going to a place that trades in new stuff for other new stuff, and it's been working out for us.  Madison saw the clothing when she got home, and like Sharpay, she smiled real big and started trying each thing on, talking about each item.  Mommy did good picking the right items, and we didn't even pay for anything.  They're all a clothing label called "Justice," which I guess is a big deal.  It's an odd name for clothing, if you think about it.  I mean, I hear "justice," and I start thinking of a judge's robe or something.  Or maybe a superhero outfit from the "Hall of Justice."  Anyway, she loves her new clothing.

Can you believe it?  We finished our book tonight.  This presents a situation:  what to start reading next?  These books take so long, and now we're facing a dilemma deciding what to read next.  Stay tuned on that one.  In the meantime, Madison did enjoy this book, and learned about government quite a bit.  Coincidentally, this is what they are learning about in school.  This has been an amazing season of parallels as far as reading and what they're learning in school.  Madison has known answers before the teacher started talking about them, all thanks to these books we've been reading together.

Madison was editing her paper tonight, and 'publishing' it as well. Summer is officially her favorite season now, no turning back!