Saturday Birthday Party

Madison was at a surprise birthday party this afternoon, one at the church, and you can see her with all the other children who came by to wish Jordan a happy birthday.  She's actually next to Jordan in the picture above.  It was a mid-afternoon sort of thing, and Daddy found himself driving to the church and back home and back to the church again.  The reason for the first visit was related to Summer Xtreme 2019:  we're starting to record voices for the animated movie we're making!

It was a day without much going on outside of the work and the party.  We're cleaning up that basement in a major way, which means ousting a lot of books, games, boxes and things.  They're going to various destinations, such as the elementary school, the library, a charity bookstore, the grandparents, the church, or perhaps a garage sale upcoming.  Slowly but surely, we'll tackle all the rooms in that basement and get a handle on things.  It takes a while to do though, as we have a lot of stuff piled down there, lots of books and boxes.  But we're making heads or tails of it, organizing and keeping things straight.  One of the big things we organized was this shelf filled with puzzles and board games.  Some things we just don't play anymore, and the rest of it was just a disorganized mess.  So we attacked that and got it straight, along with the Christmas and holiday room, a bit.  That will be a project in itself, but we'll take it one room at a time.

Speaking of board games, tonight we did another Chinese New Year themed thing, playing a few rounds of a game we picked up two years ago, one that's quite enjoyable with three or four people.  It's called "Lanterns."

Mommy, Madison and Daddy sat down and played a few rounds of this game tonight.  We had the Chinese music playing for atmosphere, and actually played this for over an hour.  Mommy was the winner in both games, but we all had a great time.  The second game was where we started to really get the hang of it, attempting strategies and thinking ahead with various moves.  It's an interesting strategy game, one we like because of the theme and the uniqueness of it all.  We had a good time playing, and soon enough afterwards, it was time for bed, time for reading, time for prayers, and time for sleep.  It was a nice day today, the last day of our fast in fact.  Daddy sent this email out earlier tonight, talking about this poor Santa.

It's Santa's last day alive!