Exploring Sydney

Madison has been working all week on this powerpoint presentation specifically on Sydney, Australia.  All the kids in class are working on various things related to Australia, and as a side project, Madison was writing about Aborigine people there, even painting this rock a few weeks ago as a decorative style the Aborigine people use.  She finished the project tonight, and Daddy has her drive bookmarked here so I can peek in on what she's doing with these larger scale projects.  It's neat, because all her old projects are on the drive as well, going back a few years.  But this one on Sydney should be really good - she's worked hard on it, sitting on the couch with her laptop, arranging slides and researching about the different things in Sydney.

Tonight we had a run-through of the ceremony for next week where Madison will get her next belt.  It's a green belt, which we couldn't have planned any better.  She's getting a green belt a few days before St. Patrick's Day, as if we planned that all out last year when we first started working towards belts.

But tonight's run-through featured a some sparring, and Madison was having a great time of it.  She took a few kicks to the head, but she had her gear down.  Daddy watched:  she went down only once, but the boys she went up against kept falling down repeatedly. Some were missing kicks, while others were actually knocked down by Madison's kicks.  She was holding her own against the boys, and it was fun to see.   She was certainly winded by it all, and she was mentioning how certain hits didn't feel good, but she said she was really enjoying it out there, and can't wait to go back.  Ah, kicking boys down.  Nice.  Daddy was laughing the whole time, watching her from the observation area.

Tonight we got a little closer to the Blind Man's Treasure with our reading - it's a treasure that grown-ups can't look at, otherwise you'll go blind.  The Lost Boys don't have a problem with it, but we're assuming the pirates will!  We read "Cave of the Dark Wind" tonight, along with some more from our Romans devotional - it's been a good time reading lately.  The girls love the Neverland stories, even these ones that don't feature Peter Pan.

We said our prayers, and it was actually an early night for all of us - including Josh, who is spending the night at our place as he tries to get as much done as he possibly can with his next project for KidPak.  He's been staying in our guest room a lot lately, a sure sign we're getting closer to Summer Xtreme...!