We had to return some library books today. That was about it for "leaving the house" though. Seriously, it was over to the library... and back. There and back again.
This morning we slept in again, because we could. It was another play date of sorts for Madison, although in yesterday's description I failed to mention that Madison had been given a small amount of homework over the break. It came by way of an email to Mommy. Madison has been periodically sitting down at this computer to do some math homework, just to break things up.
Otherwise, it's more of LEGO Dimensions, which is turning out to be a lot of fun. Gandalf, Batman and Wyldstyle are carrying a companion cube from Portals in Oz. That's a lot of creative fun, mixing and matching all these different worlds, somewhat like Disney Infinity used to do.
Daddy had to do a lot of writing today again, with more mountain climbing. Tonight, we were watching "The Two Towers," and it opens with quite a flyover of the Misty Mountains, something that would be great for our Elevate series. This is Daddy's favorite of the original Lord of the Rings Trilogy, another long movie for Madison. We have intermission points, where we can make more popcorn or take bathroom breaks. But otherwise, everyone enjoyed part two, which ends with a hint of menace from Gollum, who mentions taking the Hobbits to "her," who of course gives Daddy the absolute creeps. But that's tomorrow. Today was all about the Battle for Helm's Deep, and giant marching trees. Madison thought it would be great if Groot were in there. Also, the trees from "Maleficent" and maybe those apple-throwing trees from "The Wizard of Oz." Talk about a tree army then, although the ones in this movie do sufficient damage to the bad guys' lair.
So it's all about the Lord of the Rings right now in the house. We watched our KidPak parody of it, where Daddy is a Ringwraith and Sam. We also watched the Vuvuzela video, where the Fellowship of the Ring has to fight off a bunch of crazy soccer fans with vuvuzelas. Madison is full on into the series now, and was completely ready for tonight's movie, and now tomorrow night's as well.
ANYWAY, we went to bed tonight and read some more from "The Nutcracker," which is actually quite a bit different from the ballet now. It has similarities, but the ballet is more of an overview than anything. I suspect that some people, upon reading this story, would be disappointed in the story itself, as the ballet leaves so much up to your imagination. Still, we're glad to be reading it, and we are in fact enjoying the story. It's a book that Maurice Sendak illustrated, although Madison hasn't read much from him in the past. I know: why hasn't she read "Where the Wild Things Are" yet? We need to get to that right away, don't we?
We were doing crafts today, more stained glass art. Madison was building things with LEGO Dimensions - it's a great part of the game. You actually have LEGO pieces, and you build accessories, characters, and vehicles as the game progresses. The instructions for building are in the game itself, so you have to stop everything to build this or that. Madison built a companion cube today, the cube from the game Portals. It has a LEGO version now, and there's GLaDOS again with her hilarious commentary. She's been with us for years now, and one of the best video game characters ever made. Definitely one of the best villains of all time. And now she's a LEGO character, which is so much fun. The LEGO Portals game is no where near as great as the actual Portals game, but it's still fun to run through. And again, at least we now have an actual mini companion cube. This is awesomeness.
This morning as we were doing our artwork and homework, Madison had on a loop of music from "The Shire" in "Lord of the Rings." The music to her is "so peaceful," and she doesn't mind listening to it over and over again. In fact, there are a few channels that have it playing for ten hours straight. Over and over again for ten hours. It sort of blends into the background a bit, and would actually be pretty great for music to be played as your young one is going to sleep. Maybe we'll reintroduce that to Madison soon enough. She'd probably love it. At least, until the theme song for the Ring Wraiths shows up. They're trouble.
This morning we slept in again, because we could. It was another play date of sorts for Madison, although in yesterday's description I failed to mention that Madison had been given a small amount of homework over the break. It came by way of an email to Mommy. Madison has been periodically sitting down at this computer to do some math homework, just to break things up.
Otherwise, it's more of LEGO Dimensions, which is turning out to be a lot of fun. Gandalf, Batman and Wyldstyle are carrying a companion cube from Portals in Oz. That's a lot of creative fun, mixing and matching all these different worlds, somewhat like Disney Infinity used to do.
Daddy had to do a lot of writing today again, with more mountain climbing. Tonight, we were watching "The Two Towers," and it opens with quite a flyover of the Misty Mountains, something that would be great for our Elevate series. This is Daddy's favorite of the original Lord of the Rings Trilogy, another long movie for Madison. We have intermission points, where we can make more popcorn or take bathroom breaks. But otherwise, everyone enjoyed part two, which ends with a hint of menace from Gollum, who mentions taking the Hobbits to "her," who of course gives Daddy the absolute creeps. But that's tomorrow. Today was all about the Battle for Helm's Deep, and giant marching trees. Madison thought it would be great if Groot were in there. Also, the trees from "Maleficent" and maybe those apple-throwing trees from "The Wizard of Oz." Talk about a tree army then, although the ones in this movie do sufficient damage to the bad guys' lair.
So it's all about the Lord of the Rings right now in the house. We watched our KidPak parody of it, where Daddy is a Ringwraith and Sam. We also watched the Vuvuzela video, where the Fellowship of the Ring has to fight off a bunch of crazy soccer fans with vuvuzelas. Madison is full on into the series now, and was completely ready for tonight's movie, and now tomorrow night's as well.
ANYWAY, we went to bed tonight and read some more from "The Nutcracker," which is actually quite a bit different from the ballet now. It has similarities, but the ballet is more of an overview than anything. I suspect that some people, upon reading this story, would be disappointed in the story itself, as the ballet leaves so much up to your imagination. Still, we're glad to be reading it, and we are in fact enjoying the story. It's a book that Maurice Sendak illustrated, although Madison hasn't read much from him in the past. I know: why hasn't she read "Where the Wild Things Are" yet? We need to get to that right away, don't we?
We were doing crafts today, more stained glass art. Madison was building things with LEGO Dimensions - it's a great part of the game. You actually have LEGO pieces, and you build accessories, characters, and vehicles as the game progresses. The instructions for building are in the game itself, so you have to stop everything to build this or that. Madison built a companion cube today, the cube from the game Portals. It has a LEGO version now, and there's GLaDOS again with her hilarious commentary. She's been with us for years now, and one of the best video game characters ever made. Definitely one of the best villains of all time. And now she's a LEGO character, which is so much fun. The LEGO Portals game is no where near as great as the actual Portals game, but it's still fun to run through. And again, at least we now have an actual mini companion cube. This is awesomeness.
This morning as we were doing our artwork and homework, Madison had on a loop of music from "The Shire" in "Lord of the Rings." The music to her is "so peaceful," and she doesn't mind listening to it over and over again. In fact, there are a few channels that have it playing for ten hours straight. Over and over again for ten hours. It sort of blends into the background a bit, and would actually be pretty great for music to be played as your young one is going to sleep. Maybe we'll reintroduce that to Madison soon enough. She'd probably love it. At least, until the theme song for the Ring Wraiths shows up. They're trouble.
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