Put On Those Dancin' Shoes

Good morning everyone. Well, the school year is in full swing and things seem to be going well for Mia in kindergarten. She's befriended two or three new girls in her class and one in particular she talks about ALL the time, Charlie. In fact, she had me draw two Monster High pictures for her friend because Mia was stoked that she too, loves the show/movie series. This morning I finished the 2nd one and Mia brought them to school. I've also been drawing a picture in her lunch every single day as well. Some more complex than others. My nightly routine when I get home has turned into: eat food, draw Mia a picture, shower then bed.

Tuesday, Mia was supposed to have her very first ballet/tap class. I had a missed call and a vm while at work and it was my mother-in-law telling me that Mia didn't want to do dance that day after school. She was tired, hungry and didn't want to put on the outfit. As frustrated as I was, I was glad we were able to transfer her to a Saturday morning class. It was weird Wednesday. It was my first day off while Mia was at school so I had literally 7 hours to myself in the house. Did some cleaning, some art and drumming before getting Mia with my parents to show them exactly where and how to pick up the diva. The rain was obnoxious keeping me from hitting the pitch for the first time so I'll have to try again this week.

Saturday, Mia had her dance class. It was like night and day from Tuesday. She got up, got in her tights and outfit and was out the door for dance. She's in a class that consists of 3-5 year olds which is good for her since this was her first year taking a dance class. I forgot how old some of these kids were when I saw her next to some of these girls and saw how tiny they were. We dropped her off and had about 45 minutes to do whatever we needed (which is almost always a Trader Joe's run)
We picked her up after TJ's and she couldn't have been more excited to tell us about dance. She wanted to dance more! Great. Glad she was able to do Saturdays.

Later, Mia raced the neighbor boy (and her classmate) Max in the cul de sac before we had my parent's over for dinner. We started the preliminary planning for a friend's Halloween Party at our house. Mia wants to invite friends (old and new) to our house for a flashlight candy hunt and snacks. Hopefully, we can figure it out and get her friends to come. To close out the Saturday, I watched part of the Earthquakes game and missed the Sounders unfortunately tie the game.

Sunday morning I watched the Chelsea game.  Talk about an intense match. Chelsea got the early lead with a great goal from Costa. 2nd half, two mistakes led to Swansea getting the lead but once again, Costa picked up another goal and we secured a draw. Should have won but it was pretty physical. I'm missing the Friday match against Liverpool sadly.

This week, I'm busy busy busy in the creative department so hopefully I can get all of my projects complete. I'm off Thursday for The Falcon show in Madison. I only go to concerts once every few years usually for a band I either have never seen or rarely get to see. These guys are totally worth driving for. That's it for now. Thanks for reading!

Goldilocks and the 50 Guitars

Good evening everyone. Hope you all enjoyed the weekend. Another busy, yet cold week over here in New Berlin. Tuesday, Jill (along with Mia) voted before school, and myself after I dropped her off. Luckily, Wisconsin voted Bernie, giving the hopeful Democrat another must-need win. I sincerely hope he can keep up the momentum. Mia was bummed the voting wasn't dropping a piece of paper into a box labeled for each candidate. Sorry kid. Trump was handed a loss by the bizarre Ted Cruz. We'll see who gets the next win this week. Wednesday after school, Mia and I bummed around a bit and visited the soccer and hockey stores. Only reason why she wanted to go there, was to see the dogs. No dogs in Hockey Haven, but Chester the corgy came out to say hi at Stefans. Later, we hit up Guitar Center. We haven't stepped foot in there in a very very long time. My buddy recently told me that have updated the drum room with e-kits everywhere, all connected to monitors so you don't need a set of headphones. 

Mia had fun testing them all out and was bit confused that she could hear them without headphones. She really liked the guitar room, especially the mandolin and ukulele's. She said she had to test every single one of them to see which one was the right one. I love that Mia's always had this interest in music and I hope as she grows older, she continues it. Earlier that day, I started painting the Torrent Tom. Sprayed a coat of paint, waited an hour, did another and let it dry the rest of the day. Friday, I taped off where I was going to paint black and did some more painting. Had to wait a full day to see the end results. 

Saturday I woke up to watch the Chelsea game. The service wasn't working well, but I had found a different site that would work. It was a frustrating match and I ended up going out to breakfast with Jill and Mia. They ended up losing 0-1. Miazga made a terrible mistake costing them the game and their first league loss since December. Didn't help the midfielders weren't doing much. No reason to watch the highlights. I've got a feeling quite a few players are going to be sold when Conte takes over. Later, I watched the Pens vs Flyers game while Jill and Mia went shopping. Pens lost but it didn't matter. Saturday night, we made dinner and watched Mia's latest Monster High movie. A quiet but much-enjoyed family night.

Sunday's always go by far to fast (like Saturday's) We did some cleaning and later I worked till 10. 

This week, I need to put together the Torrent tom (turned out alright), get some photos of it and do a test video for the Flood. I've got a handful of other projects to complete as well. Mia's got a birthday party to go to on Saturday while Jill's going to go to the JBF sale. 

That's all for now, thanks for reading!