An Anniversary and a Field Trip

Good evening everyone. Quite a busy week and almost end of school year. My day "off" was spent helping my homey Jon and his fiance move from Waukesha to South Milwaukee. Quite a bit of heavy lifting in some super muggy weather, but we got the job done. The worst was complete and they only had a few other things to move. Later, Mia and I post-school drove to Spectrum to upgrade our super slow Internet. What a major different 1.2 mbps to 100 mbps is. We sincerely needed the speed upgrade for the heavy amount of work Jill and I do.

At some point this week, (I think it was early in the week) we had a massive tree branch come crashing into our wires. They where able to cut out the branches and clear the area, but left me a nice bunch of logs and branches to move by hand. Fantastic. Throughout the week, I've been moving pieces of the tree. Someone stopped by the other day and picked up some of them. Great. I've got more to move so we'll see if they too get moved. After Mia and I got back from Spectrum, she immediately made Jill and myself an anniversary card, and demanded she wake up early to make us breakfast in bed. Aww..

Thursday was Mine and Jill's 10th wedding anniversary and Mia unfortunately wasn't able to get up "early" to make us her special breakfast. She did however give us her super sweet card that read "Happy Anniversary.  Mom, thanks for marrying Dad,. Dad, thanks for marrying Mom" SO sweet. She included our pastor and wedding cake. Great detail kiddo. It's been an amazing 10 years with plenty of ups and downs and I couldn't imagine a better person to marry. So grateful I met Jill.

Friday, I took the day off for Mia's very first field trip at OL. Myself and a few parents carpooled to Milwaukee to meet the kids for the play Judy Moody and the Mad Mad Mad Mad Treasure Hunt. I had Mia with 3 other kiddos. Mostly easy group to deal with. Great play and lots of fun. Later, I drove solo to the Torrent Kzoo match. I had high hopes the boys in Blue could pull off this major win. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the stars and Kzoo defeated us with two men down, a coach and plenty injured. They where diving left and right all over the pitch getting plenty of chances and pissing off the good guys. It was a chilly, but disappointing match. They picked up 3 points today in Indy but with plenty of missing players. The rest of the season won't be easy so I hope they can finish strong.

Saturday, Mia and I went to Toys R Us to look for a gift for her friend's party. She found a few things she really liked for her but stumbled on something that she just about dropped her jaw for: macaron earrings with kitties. Now for years she's been tossing the idea of piercing her ears but kept talking herself out of it with "no, it could hurt and I don't ever want to". Well this all changed. If she had her way, she would have walked into Avant Garde that moment to pierce those ears. Nope. She has to wait. Next week is her dance recital and the company strictly forbids it. Sorry kiddo. Going to be a tough week, but with so many things going on, she'll be distracted till the day she goes in.

Later, we had lunch and hung out with my in-laws and good ol' uncle Tommy. Later, we went out for Grandma Missyshell's birthday. We had intentions on going to People's Park but the wait was a bit long so we strolled over to Mia's; An authentic Italian restaurant. It was very very good with massive proportions so if you ever go with a significant other, you can easily order one dish and share. Mia and I split a pizza that was super tasty. She LOVED that it was called Mia's and as we where heading out, she was holding the door for other guests that where leaving for the night. What a sweetheart.

Later, we had cake, watched Coco and went home for the night. Sunday, Mia and I walked over to her friend's party. She had fun while Jill and I cleared out some toys and organized some of the living room/den. All in all, pretty good weekend. This week is the final week. Spirit week, year books and I'm teaching a class on Tuesday. Always fun with Mrs Mayer's class. She's got her recital on Saturday and her BFF Cecilia is staying the night as well.

That's all for now, thanks for reading!!

Mini Golfing with Mini Kids

Good evening everyone (or morning depends on when you read this). I'm pretty sure this was the first time since Spring started that we had a consistent week of amazing weather which makes it easier for the diva to pick out clothes. She's closing in on her final weeks at Smarty Pants which is pretty bitter/sweet for us. She's made so many amazing friends and has learned so much there, plus the parents and teachers she's had have been outstanding and friendly with Jill and myself. Wednesday, Mia had a photoshoot at Jill's studio for her Mommy and Mia vintage photo session. After class, I had to get Mia to the hair salon and get her hair made up to look like a 1950's kid. She sat still as a statute with very little to say. Mostly watching Tangled from time to time. After that, we jetted to the studio where we discovered her Grandpa Chicago and Grandma MissyShell hoping to watch the session. Mia for some reason, was crabby and in no mood to participate in the session. She certainly didn't want an audience either. It was pretty frustrating considering the fact that Jill was really looking forward to the photo session. 

Later, we went to Stone Fire Pizza for dinner. We had made plans to meet with BFF Olivia but her orientation for Kindergarten ran a bit late and she couldn't make it. Mia kept looking for her throughout the evening. Friday, Mia and I drove down to Bay View for my tattoo consultation. We met at a Colectivo and discussed my Hawaiian 1/2 sleeve. The artist did a rough drawing of it as we talked about the different elements, and he even bought Mia a smoothie :) It was remarkable to see him work like that in front of me. My last tattoo, I had just dropped off the reference art, paid the deposit and that was that till my appointment. I'm super amped to get this started and from what he was sketching out, I think it's going to be incredible. When we were done, Mia gave him a knuckle pound and we were on our way. I hope she can come to one of my sessions and can sit and watch for 4 hours :P 

Saturday, we did some yard work and made the most of the nice day. Later, Mia went to her friend from school Trey's 5th birthday party at a mini golf course. She came downstairs from getting ready in this really nice dress and looks at me and says "What? It's a party, I should wear a party dress". The majority of her class attended (with the exception of Izzy, Alexa, Olivia and Nakkita. The kids had a blast. They didn't really follow the rules of mini golf, but they certainly enjoyed themselves for 18 holes. The driving range looked really nice so I may have to take my Dad there sometime. After wards, we stopped at Qdoba for dinner and spent the rest of the night together watching a Barbie musical before bed time...fun. The Milwaukee Torrent had their first league match against the Minnesota TwinStars. They won their first away game. I wish I could have came. They had about 40 supporters drive up and cheer them on. I can't wait till their first home game in a few weeks. It's going to be so much fun. 

Today, we did some laundry and visited my parents since it was there anniversary before I went to work. We surprised them with a french silk pie from Baker's Square. 

This week Mia has her kindergarten orientation, I have to do another few more logos and possibly do a photo shoot for the Torrent. If that doesn't happen (rain is in the forecast possibly) I may get my 1st session for my tattoo started. We'll see what happens. That's all for now, thanks for reading!