Chef Mia

Greetings and good morning everyone. Hard to believe December has been flying by and Christmas is literally right around the corner. Certainly doesn't look like it around here, but what can you do, right? Going to try and complete this rather quickly and get back to the Chelsea vs Brighton match. I completed the illustrations for Mia's book this week. Very stoked about that, considering how much work goes into Mia's traditional book we enjoy creating for her. Every year she gets more and more excited about it, so we try to come up with fun adventures that get her hooked. Jill worked on the writing part and should be able to finish it in the next day or so. We have a LOT of wrapping still to do and have to find time this week to work on it.

This week, Mia had Career Day where she dressed in the career she wants. For the last 3 years from 4K-1st grade, Mia's always wanted to be a dolphin trainer. She recently changed her mind to a more reasonable field of study. Mia wants to be a baker and own a cafe. She was learned a lot this year in baking and even created and baked macrons this week to decorate her 4-layer cake that she also made all by herself. I'm super impressed with her patience and technique with baking and I think she could easily fulfill this dream. Thursday, we had an art meeting for the massive art gala night at Mia's school. We have a ton to do before the week I take off from work and lead classes in January but if all this comes together, it'll be one amazing night. Friday, Mia had College Week this week and proudly wore her Carroll gear to support where her parents went to. Go Pios! Friday was the Step into your Future thing, where different parents come to school and discuss their careers with everyone. Mia went to a hairdresser, a firefighter, and engineer and someone in marketing/advertising.She LOVED it and waited up Friday night to tell me about all the different careers. She really liked the engineer but I  bet with all the math, she'd not be excited about that career.

Saturday, I did the finishing touches in the kitchen, painting-wise. We just have to complete and hang the cabinets and we're good. Later, we went to my in-laws for an early Christmas dinner. Super tasty crab legs and homemade pasta. We ate Mia's cake and it was absolutely amazing. We played some Family Feud and this musical game that was new before heading home. Mia crashed on the way and remained asleep upon arriving home.

This week is her last week of school, so she'll have a holiday party. Lots of art for the gala night to complete. That's all for now, thanks for reading.