Mahalo and Aloha

Good morning! The summer is coming to a close before we know it. Not a lot of days left to enjoy before the busy school year. Wednesday was Mia's last day of Princess Dance Class, but first she got to hang with her pals Gracie and Hannah for a while at the park. It was pretty warm but the girls didn't mind and had a lot of fun.

Last day of dance was fun. The kids had a tea party and danced. Mia may be signing up for a more advanced dance class that she hope she can perform on stage in front of people. I don't know how she got so interested in dance, but it's pretty cute. At the end of the week, we had planned on attempting to watch the meteor shower, but instead got some Mother Nature showers instead. Thursday it was was too cloudy and Friday we got dumped on with tons of rain. Talk about disappointing. Saturday, we went to my good friend Andy and Jess's Hawaiian goodbye party. The couple plus their adorable dog are Miley are leaving in November for Hawaii. Mia was shy at first but LOVED their dog. "Daddy, take a picture of her so I can pet your phone later". I can't wait till we get to return to Hawaii. Mia will be 7 and it'll be her first time at the place we both love so much.

Later, we had a late dinner and made another attempt to watch the meteors. We probably went out too early but with Jill's new phone app, we could check out some constellations. Mia fell asleep while we drove around in the peaceful night. Sadly not too far from us, it was a different story. Milwaukee had some riots going on at the North Side. The BLM group had started fires, burned down the community all because an African American man was shot by a cop, who coincidently was also black. The man had a stolen gun and pointed at the police officer. Hardly a good reason to suggest that racism was in the cards that night. I can't turn on the news without some horrific incidents happening so we don't even have that on when Mia's around. Too much hate and problems.

Yesterday, Mia went to the zoo with Jill and Tommy while I went to work. She got her picture taken with a harbor seal after the show. Glad they had a lot of fun. Today is the first game of the season for Chelsea FC against West Ham. Sadly missing it, but hoping for a big win to kick off the season.

This week, sock monkey class on Wednesday, maybe hang with friends after and we leave for Iowa on Saturday morning.

That's all for now, thanks for reading!