Fixing Cars and Kids Eating Free

Portable Gaming
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Got home from work this morning and took Allison’s car to the shop. It had been stalling for some reason. We found out later it was a simple fix and wasn’t as major a hit to the wallet as expected. I was grateful for that. There is no mechanic like our mechanic out there. He knows his stuff and is quick and fair.

I had mentioned to Allison that I wanted to see Spider-Man: Far from Home soon. Normally I’d just go during the day while everyone was at school and then we’d all watch it when it came out on DVD. However, Allison had not seen Avengers: Endgame yet so we decided to go to the Cinema pub and see it. Our friend Colleen agreed to watch the kids. We were dropping off the kids to her before the showing. but we needed to eat.

I’d been writing a post for The Toy Insider on portable video game systems and so I brought along the Nintendo Switch to get a photo of the kids at dinner and show how the Switch was good for multiple people playing anywhere. We were at The Ninety-Nine. We went there because kids eat free after a Red Sox win. That is all well and good but when there is a Lobster BLT on the menu it tends to balance out. Allison and I split that. We only had the Nintendo Switch system out for this photo and one race. I do like how that system can be brought places for fun.

It was good to see Endgame again, although I am pretty sure I missed key points because it was 3 hours long and I know I started to nod off several times. But we are ready for Spider-Man next week when the kids are in camp.

Creative Cosplay Ideas

Cosplay Designs
Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00188

We will be attending the Granite State Comicon in September and the kids are so excited. We;ve never been to a Comicon as a family before. I’ve been to this one the very first year because my friends were the ones who started it and I wanted to support them. Over the years it has grown into something so much bigger. This year I’ll be promoting the con in exchange for some family passes and some to give away here on this blog. As far as attending is concerned the kids are working on their cosplay costumes.

Evas Cosplay

Eva has been working on a character for some time. It is a warrior elf. She’ll be going as that character on one of the days and as Luna Lovegood on the second day. She has described Luna as her “spirit animal”

Luna Lovegood

Eva has done a number of sketches of her character as well as one for her brother. Andrew even wrote up a whole backstory for his character, a warrior giant.

Gem Design

So it looks like we have costume making and armor creation ahead plus making some jewelry based on the designs that Eva has made. The kids cannot wait and I am thrilled to see them so excited.