Tea for 5

Greetings everyone. Well, we're all back to work officially post-vacation. Jill's been back since we got back into WI, and I finally returned to work today. Ugh. The time off was so nice and enjoyable and unfortunately, I don't think I got to enjoy the post-vacation off time. Let's get into that..

Throughout the week, I've been tutoring my awesome 7th grade student Ella (who's doing AMAZING by the way) and have been here and there picking up some school supplies for Mia. She did a bit of back-to-school clothing shopping as well. Always a bit tricky because she hates pants but she did find a pair that are comfy enough to wear this year. We also had to take a visit to Dick's Sporting Goods to pick up some new cleats. Her beloved black/pink Adidas cleats outgrew her, so she picked out some black/neon yellow Nike boots for the season. Just like she used to do when she was a tiny toddler. She used to try on random boots and dribble soccer balls around the aisles. After she laced her new boots up, we found a ball and she got some kicks in. With some great powerful passes to me, she was pleasantly pleased with these boots so we paid and were on our way.

Friday, Mia went clothing shopping with my Mom and than later had a tea party with her friends Noelle, Katelyn and their sisters. Great fun playing and eating little treats! These kids always have the best time pretending to run a bakery, a kitchen, etc.

Saturday, we packed up the car and went to Steven's Point. Jill helped her friend and former roommate Willa photograph a wedding. We got to hang out and catch up with her and her family. Mia enjoyed spending time with their 11 year old kiddo Hanna. She's a tween alright, but super sweet and enjoyed playing with Mia. Sunday, we did breakfast and went to Sculpture Park checking out all the fun contraptions and creations. We said our goodbyes and made the drive back home. Later, had dinner with Jill's parents for the evening.

This week, play date tomorrow with long time friends Hannah and Gracie, I've got a tutoring lesson on Wednesday and hopefully enjoy what we can of the week.  Premier League officially starts this week. Chelsea needs to kick it into high gear and start the season off winning!

That's all for now, thanks for reading!

Aloha mākou iā Hawaii

Good morning everyone! It's been an incredibly busy few weeks traveling over 4,000 miles and back to CA then two islands in Hawaii. It's been a blur but we're trying to get back to normalcy. California was our first stop. Upon arriving at the SFO airport, we took a Lyft to Chinatown and explored the sunny city. Mia loved al of the little stores and soon after picking up a large fortune cookie, we headed over to pier 43 in SF. Awesome day to be down by the area checking out the boats and street musicians. We took the BART to Sacramento to meet up with my sister in law and made it to our first AirBnB. The complex was owned by a police officer and ice cream truck owner. Cool! We had dinner later with my brother and his family. Round Table pizza is pretty amazing and we all loved it.

The next few days we hit up SF again (for the GG Bridge) the Japanese Tea Gardens and the Pink Ladies.  A much chillier day due to the marine layer. Such a weird phenomenon, but anyways, it was fun attempting to walk the bridge. If you've ever attempted it, it's pretty chilly and very crowded due to everyone wanting to bike across it. We didn't make it too far on the bridge before turning around.

We went to the Japanese Tea Gardens later. Great place to visit. Mia loved climbing the steep bridge, watching the koi and playing with cousin Alex. Later, we checked out the Pink Ladies. Also, known as the Full House house. It's a fun little tourist thing to check out. Mia and Alex once again, ran around and played with each other for quite a while, while we relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful day. We later, went to a very dirty beach before heading home for the day. Our last day in CA, we spent at Lake Tahoe. This was probably one of our group's favorite part of the CA trip. I've been to Lake Tahoe before but every time I make it to the glassy lake, it's always enjoyable. We pulled up to what felt like our own beach to enjoy. The kids played in the water (sorta, Alex forgot his swimsuit). Mia was literally neck-deep in the chilly waters shooting photos of wildlife. Never matters how cold temps are, she sincerely loves being in the water.

The next morning, we packed up early (very early) and took the plane to Oahu. Hawaiian Airlines didn't have the massive amount of free movies and shows that Alaskan Airlines did that Mia totally loved, but it did have a breakfast box complete with parfait, grapes and a chive roll, and LATER they gave us BOOZE :) Yes, rum! And no, Mia did not have the rum. One of the memorable events we had planned to celebrate was our 10 year anniversary so we both took the time to write our own vowels. Mia helped me a bit, so that was pretty sweet. I'm not going to go through everything we did in Hawaii, but I'll hit up some of the highlights. Upon arriving, our amazing friend Andy and Jess gave us a bit of a tour of our beloved island of Oahu. We stopped to grab donuts, take some scenic photos at one of the many many points around the island before grabbing our rental car and getting to our 2nd AirBnB.  Beautiful places with an amazing view of the mountains from above a plumeria tree. We didn't stay there long before hitting up the beach. It was both Leanne and my first time body/boogie boarding so Andy gave us pointers. It was pretty easy to catch on but tricky at times. It was an absolute blast and I sincerely wish I would have done in more on Oahu. Flying in a helicopter with Andy was definitely a highlight (as well as Jill and Leanne's when they did it on Kaua'i'. We flew for a few hours and I snapped as many photos as possible with Jill's camera and some videos with my GoPro. Of course our wedding vowel renewal was memorable. Our friends officiated it and took photos/videos on the beautiful beach. We dressed up and and the ceremony was amazing. Mia was both a flower girl and ring bearer holding our unique anniversary rings in a bowl full of plumeria flowers. We later had dinner at our house with our local friends. All in all, amazing night.

One of the last highlights I'll mention was the highly anticipated shark dive with OneOcean Research and Dive. We (Leanne, Andy and myself) arrived a bit early for our trip out. We saw the co-owners boarding the first boat. Dammit. I sincerely wanted to dive with them. Later, our vessel arrived and we took it out 3 miles from shore. Immediately while departing the harbor, our boat got a call that there was a pregnant tiger shark in the area. Nikki. I instantly got excited, while others would have been fearful. Are we actually going to swim with a tiger shark?!! We found out that she was swimming near the other boat. Ugh. Oh well. Anyways, after about 10 or so minutes on our journey, the waves were hitting our side the heaviest, we were getting nice and soaked before jumping into the waters with these amazing creatures. The current took its toll on some of us in the waters, making it difficult to keep level. I had some issues accidentally inhaling the salt water once which unfortunately was a heavy distraction from Galapagos sharks at times. I tried to keep composure and get the best footage I could.

What I love about this company is how knowledgable they are about sharks. Our guides were super friendly and you can tell that safety is #1 with them. The man driving the boat always had his eyes on every single person, as well as the guides in the water. I would instantly do this again in a heartbeat and I strongly recommend it over any cage diving experience. They promote sort of a fear mongering approach, keeping you "safe" in a cage, while OneOcean wants the humans to co-exist with these apex predators all while educating the importance of sharks. Other notable places we re-visted were the Pali Lookout, Dole Plantation, hiked Makapu'u and my favorite, Macadamia Nut Farm. We had plenty of sushi and for the first time, experienced the Polynesian Culture Center which is a must if you visit Oahu. The island traditions are fun to participate in as well as luau and shows.

For 4 days, we'd explore the small island of Kaua'i', a short 15-25 min flight from Oahu. It was a totally different experience that Oahu. Kaua'i' is much more green with a lot less city, for starters. Plenty of beaches to explore. Some you can't really swim at, but can easily enjoy the view. Our final AirBnB felt more like a hotel than the places we stayed at. All of us were disappointed, but Mia did like that it had a pool. WHY would that even matter on an island?! Oh well. One of our days, Leanne and I drove around for 4-5 hours trying to find a good beach to bodyboard at. Out of the 7 we checked out, we where only able to hit one of them. It wasn't as great as the one in Kailua where we stayed on Oahu, but it was still fun. We kept having kids behind us getting in the way. Later, we made the trek back home. One of our other highlights was a very long and winding drive up one of the mountain ranges. It was highly recommended by our friend Andy. We drove what felt like forever up the mountains to the Pu'u O Kila Lookout and when we finally got to the top, the stars were beautiful. The sky was very clear, (from 5,000 feet up) and you could literally just about feel the clouds. It was so peaceful. I would have loved to have seen the views during the daytime, but with a sleepy diva, I don't know if she'd ever want to make this long drive again. Jill and Leanne had some fun doing a beekeeping course, did a chocolate tour and a helicopter tour. We also got to visit the small town of Hanapepe, which was the setting of Lilo and Stitch. Mia snapped a photo of herself by the painted mural on the side of the Aloha Theater which is the only sign in the entire little town that Disney director based the movie here. She loved playing with one of the many wild cats. Speaking of wild animals, both islands have an over abundance of chickens and roosters hanging around. In fact, when we where leaving Lihue airport, we saw some roosters that got through security near the terminal waiting area. Too funny.

One of the last highlights of Kaua'i 'I'll mention is our doggy field trip. So at their humane society, you can take a dog out for a day. One morning, we were hanging outside a store while Leanne was shopping, a stray pit bull ran up to us. The poor girl could have gotten hit, so after about 20 minutes of waiting around for someone to claim her, we drove her to the humane society we had already planned on going to. Mia picked out this cute calm little black lab-looking dog Hina. She was super sweet. She would often sleep in the car and she really enjoyed her Shave Ice (all ice). We had plenty of people wanting to pet her and ask about adopting etc etc. We were happy to be able to give her a nice day out and hope she'll get adopted soon.

Speaking of Shave Ice (NEVER add the "d") after having copious amounts of the local treat, we become snobs about it. Some places had better Shave Ice than others, and the very last place we got some, ended up being the best. Some of the weird flavor combos Mia would get, would be tigers blood/wedding cake/vanilla, or another day she had gummy bear/root beer/vanilla. The root beer overpowered the other flavors.

We had a very long flight to Denver over night from Kaua'i'. American Airlines had free movies/shows like AA, so Mia watched till she couldn't stay awake anymore. Jill and I stayed awake watching movie and shows till we landed. Airplanes are pretty uncomfortable for me, so I was fine staying awake. We landed at 6:30am Denver time, which was around 2am Hawaii time. Yikes. Mia was super tired as well as Leanne who also crashed on the plane. We soon boarded our last flight and before we knew it, landed in MKE. The trip was over. It was bittersweet and I think for Jill, Leanne and I, we could have easily stayed longer. Mia was missing home and her animals. Hawaii is one of the few states we've been to that we feel like we could actually live at. Jill and Leanne really liked the kindness of the drivers (Oahu) how they would just let you in when you're trying to turn or lane change, and you'd exchange a "shakka" in return. Can't do that here or anywhere else. I'm missing the ocean, the POG juice and our friends. We're still trying to get back to the swing of things. I low-key celebrated my birthday with my in-laws, I started tutoring again, Mia hung out with friends for a while and Jill went back to work. Saturday, she visited friends and Mia and I had a Daddy/Daughter date night at StoneFire Pizza.

I have one week left off so I'm hoping to enjoy it as much as possible. Almost a month left before Mia goes back to school, soccer starts as well as dance. Insane how quick Summer went. We knew traveling would effect our Summer.

Thats all for now, thanks for reading!

Aloha and Goodnight

Good evening everyone. I'm pretty behind on my blogging due to an unfortunate issue with our internet so instead of going through everything I'll try to go through the gist of it quickly. The week of internet going down, we celebrated Jill's 34th birthday with sushi w/family and some awesome gifts from Mia. Sushi was fantastic as always at Big Tuna. One of the best parts of the day, was Mia's creativity making cupcakes. She made Dr. Pepper Cupcakes with a black cherry cool-whip frosting topped with an Oreo crumble. I wasn't allowed to do do much accept open and close the oven. She was quite proud of herself as well as myself. Thursday while she made her cupcakes, AT&T installed internet and on Friday, it was already down. Are YOU KIDDING ME?! I was already weary of the issues they've had with other people and sure enough we did. The box stopped working and we were internet-less till TODAY. With two people who work from home, this was far from acceptable yet we couldn't do anything about it but suffer. Sorry Milwaukee Torrent. Luckily, this season I've had a guy helping out a ton so that was great. At some point, Mia reunited with Cecilia and played at her house for an hour or so. The kids would have played for hours but I had to work on a very rare Wednesday night.

Over the weekend, we visited Uncle Tommy's new condo and had some lunch. Awesome. Throughout this week, I completed my last few days of work (YAY!!!) and we've been packing and re-packing and adjusting everything for our big trip. This week, I luckily talked Mia into bringing her school bag instead of this tiny pink thing. It'll be so much easier to leave the little bag on wheels behind. Yesterday was the 4th so we had a few cookouts between my brother Andy's house and my in-laws.

Today, I had my first art lesson with a 7th grader. I was requested to teach this awesome kid some art skills. Honored, I was looking forward to this for a few weeks so along with Mia who played with her Kindle, we did a little apple drawing. I wasn't sure what she truly wanted to improve on, so I figured a little apple sketching with color pencils and pastels would be a fun warm up. She informed me she'd like to get better with human anatomy and animals. After our trip, I'll be working on a Hedwig pen sketch with her. When she told me she was a massive Potter-head, I knew it'd be a lesson worth teaching. I sincerely love teaching kids and the older the kid(s) the more they can retain and pick up so I look forward to doing it again.

Tomorrow, picnic with friends, hair cut and getting any last minute things done.  Torrent game Saturday so hopefully they can end the season on a good note. This will be the last blog before we leave for the trip. That's all for now, thanks for reading and ALOHA!

Soccer Nights

Good evening everyone! Hope everyone's enjoying the beautiful weather. This week was a busy one but a lot of fun was had. I got my 20th anniversary gift from work this week. I picked up a really nice Shark vacuum and this thing is incredible. Mia loves vacuuming now because it's super easy on our area rug.

We've been watching a lot of World Cup lately this week. I'm not going to go into every match individually, but I will say that it's super unpredictable. Some of the biggest teams are struggling and while some teams I'm not surprised aren't doing well, I think it can go anyway. It's pretty early still but I'm stoked to get to watch so much of it. Even Mia and Jill have been tuning in, so that's awesome as well.

Wednesday, Mia and I went to our first Women's Milwaukee Torrent match. While the crowd was light as well as our loud supporters group, she had a great time. The girls won 2-0. Mia was shocked the first goal came in the first minute and a half. She'll tell people that it was in 10 seconds, but it was definitely 1:38. Awesome game. Her favorite part was after that the match, we went on the pitch and played a little soccer with Echo, Zack and Nico; some of the other kids that came. Echo's Dad and I have been working together on the team(s) since the beginning of the season, Zack's Mom photographs the teams and Nico's Dad is the assistant coach of the Men's team and the head coach of the Women's team. Mia had so much fun shooting on net and her new favorite men's team player Hector Portillo even played a bit with her. The guys had practice after the women's match so they where warming up while we where playing around on the pitch. Mia said her goodbye her new friend Echo and Hector and we headed home for the night.

She was pretty exhausted running around the pitch, but if she had her way, we would have detoured to the skate park across from the stadium. "Dad, my scooter and helmet are IN the trunk! We could just go over there!" It was dark and I would have been worried about her accidentally hitting a rail. We'll go back there in the day time maybe. I admire her for wanting to go in the first place. She had wanted to do a Mia and Daddy's Adventure video at the match, but when we arrived, changed her mind for some reason.

Saturday, we watched a few World Cup matches, and Mia slept over at my in-laws house while we went to a BBQ at a friend's house. Great time catching up with friends. Went back home later, watched a bit of Netflix before crashing. Today, we got a text that Mia woke up at 5:00am looking for us. Ugh, Okay. Ran to go pick her up, went home and did some pre-packing for our trip before I went to work. Getting everything into backpacks is tricky, but we're making it happen. This week, Mia's got two art classes at the Sharon Lynn Wilson Center. It's an animal sculpture class so she's pretty stoked. In a week or so, I'll begin tutoring a 7th grader in art. Hope to get a few lessons in before we leave for our trip.

That's all for now. Tomorrow I'll try to catch the Spain vs Morocco match before work. Thanks for reading!!

Tails and Friends

Good evening everyone! Happy Father's Day to everyone (a bit late) today. Hope you all enjoyed your day. We enjoyed our first week of Summer break (well, Mia did at least) She had her 2 full days of Critter Camp and absolutely enjoyed it. Helped a ton that she had one of her best friends Noelle with her as well. They got to play with cats, dogs, guinea pigs and rabbits at HAWS. The humane society has dozens of great camps for kids starting at 7 years old to maybe 12? She'll probably ask to do it again next Summer as well. I had to draw her a very cute lunch bag sketch of her favorite cat Marie, which of course she loved :) .

World Cup started this week and there already have been some shocking results with Iceland drawing Argentina and Mexico beating Brazil today. It'll be a fun and intense tournament. Friday started my 3-day weekend which was much-needed. Took some time off to enjoy some family time, and take in some Torrent games. Friday was a big math. The boys in blue took on DCFC, which is always intense. Their supporters always travel to watch their team, so they had brought about 17-25 fans. Last season, at least 50 people came by bus. The match was close and despite an obvious goal by us that bounced around the posts, the thugs of DCFC got the 1-0 win. Playoffs out of the question and at this point, the men's team are playing just to finish the season strong. They take on DCFC in Detroit and have one more league match against Columbus FC. It was a frustrating match but we sang and drummed our hearts out. My brother Andy joined me as well so it was fun overall. Saturday, we had a nice dinner with family and our travel buddy Leanne came up. Gave my Dad his Torrent socks he just HAD to have despite skipping every home match this season. Boo!

Sunday (today) was Father's Day. Mia and Jill spoiled me with some of my favorite candy and a nice "all about Dad" she wrote about. Love the diva. Later, I went to the Fan Fest for the Torrent. The Women's and Men's team played co-ed against each other including the coach/owner which was pretty fun to watch. The weather was pretty hot but all in all, great time. I snagged Mia a poster and she's planning on having a few players sign it at Wednesday's women's match. Maybe do a walk out with the players, who knows, but she's pretty stoked about it. Back to work this week tomorrow. Still working out plans for the weekend. Only 20 some-odd days left before our big trip! Jill and I got our new rash guards in the mail so we're ready for the ocean!

That's all for now, thanks for reading!

HELLO SUMMER!

Good evening everyone! Busy busy week but the school year is officially complete. But first, a look back at the week. Tuesday was the start of Spirit Week so Mia wore her Captain America tank/skirt. After I dropped her off, I jetted home to grab my supplies and returned to teach Mrs. Mayer's 2nd grade class. They wanted to do Emoji's so I did a nice drawing session with the kids. For the most part, they where great and had a lot of fun drawing with me. I always enjoy drawing with her classes and she's an incredibly awesome teacher and I hope she gets her for 2nd grade next year. She asked me to draw a pineapple for her class while they where drawing 2nd and 3rd emojis so I had to do it quick. I'd like to do another one for her next year. Said my goodbyes and went home before heading to work.

Wednesday was crazy-hair day. Mia and Jill had this awesome idea to do her hair with a Starbucks empty cup, Kleenex and straw. Her hair made the coffee look so it was really fun and was a head-turner for parents and teachers at the school. Somehow, she got out of school with her hair intact. Thursday was Tropical Day so she get all dressed up in some cute Hawaii-inspired attire. 

Friday was her very last day. A bittersweet day, but mostly an exciting day. She decided to end her school year the exact same way she started it: Walking with her friend Noelle to school. Along with sister Cora, the girls made their final walk they'll ever do to Orchard Lane. Noelle will be attended a STEM Academy in the Fall. Luckily, the girls are still neighbors and will get to hang out after school and throughout the Summer. They plan on doing the always enjoyable lemonade stand and this week, will be attending together a two-day Critter Camp at HAWS.

School was only a half day, so Remi and I picked up Mia and walked home with Mia, Noelle and her family. I was pretty happy I got a really cute photo of Mia, Cecilia and Noelle on their very last day. Remi really enjoyed all the kids at parent pick-up petting him. He had about 5 kids at one point. Looked like he was in doggy heaven. 

Saturday, Mia, myself and Jill ran to the Stefans Tent Sale and picked up a pair of really nice goalie gloves for a good price for Mia's team this Fall. Mia even wants to give the keeper position a try. She did great in the yard and will practice more at the park this Summer. Later, we picked up her BFF Cecilia for Mia's big dance recital/sleep over. She was so stoked for recital day since she's been working really really hard all year on 3 songs with 3 different costume changes. The girls grabbed some subs for dinner before we left for Sussex for the recital. We met up with my family as well as Jill's parents and brother. Cecilia was a good sport watching the dances and enjoying all of the ones Mia was in. Just like last year, Mia's very serious when she dances and rarely smiles. I'm glad she has fun with dance, but it wouldn't kill her to smile just a little bit? She really liked her last costume during their Rio song. Mia shocked me when she had to do a jump with the splits in mid-air. She said its called "the Russian" when they jump. Okay. 

After wards, she got her flowers, big hugs from Cecilia and we were off to yoMama for frozen yogurt. The girls ate and colored till after 9:00pm. Geez. They watched Coco and roasted marshmallows before heading off to Mia's room where they were supposed to sleep. I could hear them talking and quietly playing for a while. At one point around 1:45am I woke up and checked and they where both asleep. Mia on the floor on her sleeping bag and Cecilia in Mia's tiny bed. They woke up around 9am and started playing before asking for breakfast. They played a bit more before I took Cecilia home. The girl leaves Tuesday for a few weeks with her Grandma (I believe) so Mia and her will probably have a day or so before we leave for Hawaii/CA. 

Later, Mia myself and Jill made the short drive to Avant-Garde where Mia got her ears pierced. She's been looking forward to today for quite a while and took the piercing like a champ. She said it did hurt, but she's pretty glad she did it. The girls did a great job piercing her and I'd totally recommend the place again. She loves her new teal earrings and can't wait to show all her friends.

This week, Critter Camp and a pair of Torrent games Fri and Sunday. That's all for now, thanks for reading!! 

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!!