Four days ago, March 28th, was my birthday. I turned 13!

To celebrate, I went downstairs at 7:00 am and played video games until everyone else was awake. About 8:30 am. Animal Crossing New Horizons does mini birthday celebrations for you on your birthday. I played Animal Crossing for a bit and then went into my parent’s bedroom so that I could open a few gifts. Of course, Doc needed to help open my gifts because if he didn’t get to demolish the wrapping paper on at least one gift, he would unleash a scream that would break all of the glass of the houses on the entire block.

I got some pretty cool gifts! I got a Make Your Own Mochi Kit, Make Your Own Fortune Cookie Kit, Make Your Own Bubble Tea Kit, a framed butterfly, a framed bat, a lock picking set, a glass ziploc bag container, a movie and book check-off poster, and a special birthday hug from Doc. I also got some cool enamel pins!

After gifts, we enjoyed a really good brunch of bacon, eggs, and english muffins. While eating, we watched the Netflix movie, Yes Day. (Click on it for the trailer.)

Yes Day was a pretty good movie. I enjoyed watching it and would remind readers that it is a cheesy Netflix movie. Serious cheese factor. But it is still a fun movie to watch!

After the movie, I lazed around a bit while my mom ran errands. I straightened my hair and we hopped in the car to go to a restaurant for my SECOND time of the pandemic!

Just so you know, Doc feel asleep in the car and. It. Was. Adorable.

We ended up going to (it was a complete surprise for me) a REALLY GOOD italian restaurant called Montelupo. I got THE WORLD’S BEST pasta with Bolognese sauce. There was a server named Mike that Doc wanted to be friends with SO BAD. Every single time Mike came over Doc would say

Doc: Hey, uh. Wassyo name?

Mike: Mike.

Doc: Mike, will you please be my best friend?

Then, throughout the dinner, Doc would ask him questions like, what is your favorite animal, will you have a playdate with me, and do you like noodles. After dinner, Doc had a dance party. Right in the middle of the restaurant tent.

Finally, we went home so that I could make birthday milkshakes.

When we got home, my dad went out into the garage and I got out the blender. Haha. Little did I know…

My dad came in with a mint chip ice cream cake and a 1 and 3 candle perched on top. The small rectangle cake was covered in a light blue-green frosting and it had mini ice cream cones and ice cream on top!

It was SO good that I ate a MONSTER-SIZED slice. After the cake we watched a movie called The Professional, which was super cool. Natalie Portman was in it as an 11-year-old. It was so funny seeing her so young after watching movies with her as an adult.

To be honest, that’s pretty much it. After that I went to bed. Exciting, I know.

It is time… The moment you’ve all been waiting for… (or at least have been waiting for while this sentence continues to drone on and on and on and on and on and on and on and-sorry just having fun with you)!

Actor Of The Week!

Michael Pena!

He is SOOOOOOPER funny!

He has been in Ant-Man, Fantasy Land, Tom and Jerry, Dora and The Lost City of Gold, The Martian, and more. Check out what “more” is here.

Here is the trailer for Ant-Man, one of my FAVORITE Marvel movies!

Before I go, check out the wonderful SNL skit of the week. (This is starting to become a regular thing! Good ol’ SNL.)

Enjoy!

-Grace