Hail Caesar!

Madison returned to her job as herald for the Emperor this morning, alongside her co-herald Skylar.  This is a picture of them goofing off just before service.  We had another full cast this morning, another skit based on another message found within the book of "Romans."  

This morning's message was about respecting your teachers, leaders and parents too.  Anyone in charge is someone that God has put there.  It doesn't necessarily mean that they are doing the right thing, but according to Romans, when we're respecting them, we're respecting God.  We had fun with this idea a bit, poking fun in a service that had the bottom line phrase, "Hail Caesar!"

Here's Madison holding Pastor Lance's daughter Charlotte after the service, alongside a few of the other cast members in the greeting area in between services.  Everyone was there for pictures, posing with kids and families as they've been doing for quite some time.  Madison is very methodical about it, knowing when it is precisely time to go out and so forth.  She's very responsible!

As for the skit itself, it went well, and was pretty funny.  It was actually one of Daddy's favorite things he's written so far, although it was maybe a little mean at times.  We had fun poking fun here and there, but nothing too harsh.  The funny part is how absent-minded our Emperor is, Emperor Zero.

In the end, we had a good service, and there was the classic material in there about "funny laws," which are basically all those weird laws in different states that no one knows (except a few) why exactly they're there.   One such law here in Georgia says that it is illegal to put a donkey in a bathtub.  While this might be common sense to some folks, there may be others that were thinking this is actually a pretty decent idea.  And it is those folks that this law was written to protect, because we all know the terrible harm that can come from putting a donkey in a bathtub in Georgia.  If you feel inclined to do that sort of thing, you'd best take your donkey and that bathtub to Alabama or South Carolina, where they allow that sort of behavior!  Madison was laughing at the odd laws, including the classic "Don't tie your giraffe to a lamp post or telephone pole."

And we'll hear more about this one on Wednesday:  In Gainesville city limits, it is prohibited to eat chicken with a knife and fork.  Daddy spoke with Officer Monica today, and we'll probably set something up where we'll have someone arrested for doing something like that.

We got home today, and the rest of this day was spent a little more quietly.  We did some Star Wars Battlefront, and Madison played piano for a bit.  It's sounding so good, these pieces of music filling the house.  Sure, it's all practice and therefore not entirely perfect yet.  But it is clearly better than anything Mommy or Daddy can do, and it's not some prerecorded thing:  it's actually our daughter making music on a piano that we were blessed with.  It's pretty exciting.

We read tonight too, getting closer to the end of the story, in fact finishing up the part in Rundoon.  We read more, knowing we weren't going to be getting up early in the morning to go to school.  It's Presidents Day tomorrow, so we all get to sleep in.  That - I think - is something that all political parties can agree on.  Although these days, I'm sure someone will have something to complain about.  

Another thing we did was work-related:  we watched the "Even Stevens Movie."  This has a plot line that we just might be following for our Summer Xtreme story.  Tonight was the first time we had seen it - some of the cast had recommended it, so we bought it tonight and sat down to see what we could see.  It wasn't bad, and it in fact does have a root idea that could work for our series skits.  Also, there were some fun jokes to write down along the way.  The writing process for Summer Xtreme has begun!

Anyway, it was a good day, and only the second day in this new Roman series.  Madison's story of the carnation was such a blessing to others here, and in ways we hadn't really expected.  God is good.