Ride

Greeting everyone. Hope all the Moms that read my blog enjoyed their Mother's Day. Wasn't a bad week for distant learning. Mia had a few projects this week including doing a report on the woman who invented the chocolate chip cookie. She did a great job. Thursday, we picked up some hanging baskets for my Mom, Jill and her Mom. Mia enjoyed looking at all the flowers and picked each person that best suited their personality (according to her) . She was ALSO motivated to bang out her school work, spelling test and math so she could have a social distance bike ride with her friend Scarlett and her family.

I hooked up the bike rack for the first time in forever, we loaded up bikes and headed over for the first time since March by Mia's BFF. The girls were thrilled to see us and we went out for a 45 min bike ride. This was the longest the diva has gone on a ride, but you'd never guess if she was tired. Catching up with Scarlett was pure joy. Her Mom, myself and Scarlett's sisters Angie and Sofia chatted and caught up throughout the ride. Really good time and fantastic weather on top of that. We went to Lee's for ice cream after. I haven't had a milk shake in forever, but Lee's had a great caramel shake. The girls started to get chilly (minus Mia in her t-shirt and shorts because she's NEVER cold) so we went back. The girls ran around a little bit before we said our goodbyes and left. Mia couldn't stop smiling exclaiming "this was SO much fun Daddy!" So thrilled to set this up for her and hope we get another day soon for the girls to ride. We did our best obeying social distancing and had an absolutely awesome time.

Throughout the week, I built a couple SCW kits for fun. Currently working on an FC Wisconsin Nationals in between other projects. Over the weekend, we had some Spidey visits. First stop was a little girl in Waukesha. She was pretty excited so see Spider-Man, but her sister seemed more excited. Her Mom later messaged me "she was in love". Ha! After that, we were off to Washington Heights to meet Elijah. He's a little dude that would do Spidey poses and wave to traffic with a sign "honk if I've made you smile" His Mom left him a note from me that read "meet you on the corner at noon. From S" When I arrived and snuck up and surprised him, his Mom and Grandma. He was super excited, we posed for a few photos, waved to cars a little bit and that was it. Definitely a unique Spider-Man visit and I was honored to meet the little mini me. Later, we drove to Brown Deer for another birthday visit. About 30 people were at this place and the little birthday boy was so thrilled to meet Spider-Man. He was dressed as the Miles Morales Spider-Man which was pretty awesome. His brother was equally excited to meet Spider-Man. Even said "Wow, you're tall Spider-Man!" After we said goodbye, we were done for the day. We stopped at my parents house with a cake Mia made for my Mom including a picture collage and her hanging basket. Later, we picked up some Qdoba, watched Rock Dog with Mia, and she finished her other cakes for Jill and Jill's Mom before calling it a night.

Today was Mother's Day. The weather was absolutely lousy and it was freakin' snowing. Despite the crappy weather, we still had a Spider-Man visit to do. After dropping off Grandma Missy Shell's cake, we stopped at birthday boy Nolan's house. Because of the lousy weather, I decided it would be better to ring the doorbell. The little dude screamed with excitement. I gave him a birthday balloon complete with Golden Rod Spidey book, posted for a few photos and said goodbye. He was just so thrilled and it no matter how many kids I've met, it always warms my heart when I see the excitement on kids faces. After that, I had an odd 1-9 shift.

This week, I have plenty of commission work to accomplish in between Mia's school stuff. That's all for now, thanks for reading!