BenSpark Family Adventures

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02212 Andy brought this piece of artwork home from school. Andy made it in art class and I think this is the first piece I had seen all year. It is quite beautiful. Tonight was the first night of Hadestown and Eva had a wonderful night. Allison went to see the show along with Tara, Shelby, Kylie and Tara’s friend Beth and our cousin Annie. Everyone loved the show. Eva came and told me all about it when she got home around midnight.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02211 Today the Feehan theater company performed Hadestown Teen Edition for local grade schoolers. There is one point in the show where one of the characters has blood on their clothes. It is Eva’s job as the costume lead to clean the clothes between each show. I got her this red sox bucket from Lowes with a package of OxiClean that she could use to let the shirts soak until she got them home to wash. She actually created blood packets and they are put into tiny pockets that she sewed into the shirts. Essentially she created squibs for the show. Eva was not familiar with that word. A squib is a fake blood packet that is used in film production. She created those for the show. I was very impressed.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02210 I saw that the Blue Pride Bistro was serving Frnach Onion Soup this week. So, I went there for lunch and since it was close to pick up time for Andy I just went and parked in the pick up line and waited while listening to my audiobook. I also picked up some heart shaped cookies at the bistro for the family.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02209 It has taken several years but we have slowly replaced all of our major appliances in the kitchen and then now match. Today our new gas stove arrived and was installed by our plumber. Thanks to my parents who gifted us a new stove for Christmas. I know it is going to see plenty of use. Already it is light years better than our previous stove. The pre-heat time is amazing and it even tells you what temp the oven is as it pre-heats. No extended waiting or guessing. The stove even has an air fry option. I’m interested to see how that goes and there is a griddle on the top for making pancakes and more.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02208 We are getting a new stove. Today our plumber came by and disconnected the old gas stove so that it can be hauled away tomorrow when the new one is delivered. Andy was home and was fascinated that our plumber was laying across one of the counters to get at the gas pipe. So, later on Andy recreated that move for me and this photo. Andy also did this unprompted for Allison to show her what they saw earlier in the day.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02207 This year when I was ordering the Hallmark ornament I saw that they had a special Optimus Prime ornament. Instead of adding it to the tree, which I still need to take down, I put it with my Optimus Prime figures in my office. Maybe this one will make it to the tree next year.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02206 I found these mini waffle cone treats over at Seabra today. They are just the ends of the cones filled with chocolate. In this case a sea salt and caramel chocolate. I have to say, they are very tasty. I’ve been seeing various versions of this treat all around lately. They’ve been out for some time but I’m just noticing them now. I always liked those ice cream cones with the little bit of chocolate in the bottom of the sugar cone, I just never thought of having just that part as a snack. They are really good.