Rocking Chairs

We started the day out at the Stone Mountain Inn after a good night's rest.  We slept in, actually.  When Daddy woke up, he snuck out to the balcony and found Mommy rocking in a rocking chair, doing a bit of reading out there.  Madison was still sleeping in, so he joined her out there.  The weather was cooler outside, and we both had some tea before starting the day off.  It was actually quite nice out there, quiet, overlooking the pool and Stone Mountain itself - it was a good way to start the day.  When Madison woke up, she too joined us.

We got cleaned up and said our goodbyes to Stone Mountain, and made a pretty easy drive towards home.  The weather is really overcast, and in fact tonight it is still raining.  It rained a lot today, which just goes to show you how much favor we had yesterday going to the park.  No doubt the laser show is canceled for tonight, as it would have been last night if it was raining this much.  Also, some of the other things we'd go to see might not be happening as well, so yes, it all timed out very nicely for us in the end.

Today Daddy was at work, and Mommy was here at home with Madison, also working.  They were getting together Madison's trapper keeper, which I remember vividly in school when I was around her age.   They were first released in 1978, by the way.  So that times out about right - I remember really needing to have one at that time.  Here we are a few years later, and Madison is carrying her own Trapper Keeper in to school this week.  No more book bags for her, because she's got her own locker. The idea is to keep all her classwork organized in one big Trapper Keeper.  She's good with this, and in fact her teachers have recommended it.  So today she and Mommy were doing a bit of organizing for school, and will continue tomorrow.

Later on, she was doing Minecraft levels, some that involve a story mode and flaming cows.  I'm not making this up, as much as I wish I were.  She's enjoying the story mode quite a bit, and has a long ways to go on that.

We're still reading our comics, and are at a point where we're reading Ghost Rider comics for the first time, just a few.  The X-Men visit with Ghost Rider for issues #26, 27 and 29, and we're in the midst of that, starting with a conflict down in New Orleans.  Jubilee in a Ghost Rider comic is an interesting mix of characters.  Regardless, Madison is enjoying the comics, one by one.  She enjoyed hearing another chapter from "The Hostile Hospital" tonight, as we read through this one as well.  We're moving right along with that series, and should be at "The Carnivorous Carnival" this weekend.  Daddy will put a hold on that book tonight, online.

After prayers and zerberts, we're off to bed tonight.  The rain is coming down, but we probably won't hear it much, mainly because we're all pretty tired.  We've got to start getting used to that new schedule for school.  It's only two days away...