Belgium Birthday

Good morning everyone! Another busy week is in the books as we say goodbye to July. It was my birthday week so there was a lot of fun to be had on Wednesday. Jill and Mia got me a big supply of art supplies (which is always great since I go through quite a bit of paper and pencils). My Mom and Dad got me a gift card to a crafts store (of course for more art supplies). My in laws got me a beautiful SJ Quakes jersey, my sister got me a gift card and Jill's aunt bought me a fantastic record player that Mia thinks is the coolest thing ever. "So, do you have CD's for this?" They're called records baby. Anyways, she loves it and will be enjoying records on it for quite a while. We played the Decibully album World Travels Fast and Mia dug it. Mia and I drove around looking for cleats AGAIN. She tried on a couple of pairs at Dicks Sporting Goods. She didn't find a pair she liked, but we got her size figured out. 13c. Later, we found a pair of Adidas black/pink cleats on Stefans website but they were in Madison. Luckily, they were nice enough to ship them to the Brookfield location that we would pick up Friday afternoon.

Later, we went to Cafe Hollander for a delicious birthday dinner. The wait was quite long but worth it. The beer was incredible. I had a very tasty dunkel that even Jill liked. We'd definitely go there again, but next time without Mia. (Sorry kid) Jill made a delicious lemon/orange cake. Very tasty.

Friday, we went and got the cleats. They fit well and everything and Mia's ready to go. Speaking of soccer, I received an email from the NBAA (or New Berlin Athletics Association) that they didn't get a coach for Mia's soccer team (that I signed up to assistant coach) and I was asked to move up to head coach. Sure, why not. A Tuesday in August, I'll find out who's on her team and when we start practice. It'll be an interesting experience and hopefully Mia really likes it. The fact that one of her good friends may end up on her team excites her.

Saturday, Jill cut grass in the morning. Later, we went to Steaming Cup for lunch with the in laws and went to a play at the theater put on my kids. Lion King Jr. The kids worked on it all Summer and did a great job. Mia loved it, and said if she worked in theater, she'd like to be the person who sets up the props and back drops. After they went off to bed, I stayed up and watched Rogue One finally. Great movie. Sad way to end it but very good.
Sunday, we cleaned and Mia painted her book bench with Jill after I went off to work. They set up her reading nook in our room and it turned out pretty nice.

This week, Mia's got a big play date with her friends from Orchard Lane on Wednesday. We've got Jill's pal Leanne coming in to visit for the weekend so that should be fun.

That's all for now, thanks for reading!