Summer Updates & Finish Friday 8/20/21

Hello, All!

It has been a while and it has been a busy time like always! 

First, we celebrated my Grandmother's birthday by baking her a cake. My daughter said it had to be red because that is her favorite color, it had to be heart shaped because she loves her Grammy, it had to have pink icing because that's a shade of red, and it had to have rainbow sprinkles because Grammy loves all the colors. It was very thought out! I had to work that night so I woke up early to bake the cake with my daughter and then I video called after my husband picked up my Grandmother to participate in singing "Happy Birthday!" 

                                                

                                    

The next big thing we did was throw an End of Summer Party for the kids and our friends and family right before school started! There were water toys, pizza, snocones, cookies, and a snow ball fight! They had a blast and it was such a blessing to be able to see our daughter get to finally play with other little kids and be silly!

                

After everyone went home that day, we set up our own little outdoor movie and fire pit to roast marshmallows and make smores! Our daughter said it was the best day ever!

        

We got a new couch which the kids are still very excited about. I find this absolutely hilarious!

We stayed a couple nights at the Shades of Green Resort on Disney Property with my in-laws. My daughter and our niece were able to get Princess make-overs and had a blast! Unfortunately, our son was too young to get the Pirate make-over.

                        

                        

And finally, our daughter started Kindergarten! 😲 Starting school has been such a nerve wracking experience for all of us, especially with our daughter's medical history and the recent surge of Covid cases. So far, she has done amazing and is having fun for the most part! Today was day 9 (they started last Tuesday) and she is so ready for the weekend!

        

Oh! I also finished my Summer Semester with flying colors, thankfully! And now the Fall Semester will be starting this next week... this will be the true test! I'll be adding 3 courses on top of our already crazy family life and work schedules! My goal is to be finished with school by the end of Summer 2023, so I really have to push myself to stay on top of everything!

Now I know this has already been a long post but I have a mini block finish to share as well! 

Rikuzo Pirate Ship mini block set FINISHED!

This is the Rikuzo Pirate Ship mini block set. It was 780 pieces and took me about 8 hours to do. I did mess up a couple times and have to take a few sections apart to fix teeny mistakes but overall it was fun to put together. If you've followed me enough to know that the sets I've been working on have all tied to places I've visited or are of my husband's favorite anime characters, this one may seem a bit odd. However, it actually fits into my "had visited" criteria! I have actually be on not 1 but 2 different pirate ships! The first one was a pirate ship that was docked in St. Augustine several years ago (I couldn't find a picture of it in my photos). The second was a stylized pirate ship ferry boat called the Vasa in Japan on Lake Ashi in Hakone!

The Vasa "at sea" on Lake Ashi, Hakone - from the website

On our way to board the Vasa

Hubby & Daughter saying "Arrr" next to the resident pirate on the Vasa

If you've made it this far in my post, thank you! I hope you all have had a great summer! I know we did! 

Happy Friday!