Thursday, I had a dual art lesson with students Micah and Gigi. They've been itching to do some painting so we worked on a water colour/pencil piece of a koi fish. The girls did fantastic and are looking forward to their next lesson. Mia painted as well and did an awesome drawing of a unicorn. I wish I could just do this for a living. Oh well. I'm looking forward to a busy Summer teaching more kids art and hope they all have fun. I'm going to work on this week getting an updated logo for Thrill Factory and promoting the lessons. Gigi wrote the sweetest letter on why my art lessons are so great. Thanks kid!
Friday was a half day for the diva. Sort of a pointless day but she had a surprise visit from her original 2nd grade teacher which put the biggest smile on her face. Honestly, we couldn't have had a better teacher for her. I traditionally brought Remi to pick her up and just about every kid ran up to give him some love. He of course didn't mind :) Mia said goodbye to some friends before we walked home. Later, she went to Stone Fire with Jill and her Grandparents. When I got home from work, there was a huge unicorn she won.
On my break Friday night, it was officially announced that Eden Hazard signed for Real Madrid. An end to an era. They have been rumoring almost his entire career as a Blue that he would leave for Madrid one day. The Prince will be painfully missed at Chelsea and has left an incredible legacy and huge shoes to fill. His 7 years were fantastic and we all have some great memories of some of his incredible goals. He was a great servant to the club and always gave his best. He never dove and penned a great "farewell" letter. Couldn't have been any classier. Mia and I will miss watching him tare apart defense and scorch the keeper's net. Despite leaving for a club I loath, I wish him luck and hope he's treated well in Spain. Maybe he'll come back to the Bridge one day...Pictured is the shot I got of him when I saw Chelsea take on Inter several years ago when he took a PK and got the 2nd goal of the match.
Saturday we kept pretty damn busy. Because of the beautiful weather, we went to the zoo. We had a quick picnic before wandering around. Mia, Jill and myself were laughing hard at this duck that was flying and skidding across the water several times. Super cute. Mia enjoyed snapping pictures of the flamingos, giraffes, birds and otters. The red panda area was closed for some reason. The weather was too warm anyway for the critters to be out. Bummer.
Later, Mia and I picked up some food and went to the Torrent game. The girls played their heart out and got the big win 1-0. Mia had the best time cheering them on and pounding my drum. I sincerely love that she has this excitement for soccer (football) Whether it's watching the Torrent men/women's team, or our beloved Chelsea FC, it's something we get to enjoy together. Normally, we stick around for her to kick the ball about, but we had to go home and pick up Jill to go see Secret Life of Pets 2.
The movie ended up being pretty good and better than I expected. The girls crashed when we got home. Today, we did some grocery shopping before I went to work. This week, possibly some art lessons, hopefully some park visits with the diva and she's got her final rehearsal and recital this weekend. Crazy she's almost done with her dance career and ready to move on to other things. She's stated she wants to focus on her soccer and snowboarding skills, but has shown some interest in the girls running club and the newspaper club. Till then, we've got plenty of Summer to enjoy, although I think I speak for all of us that we wish we were heading back to Hawaii like last year. Oh well. That's all for now, thanks for reading!
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