Sorry it took me so long to get these to you! My Bat Mitzvah was in March, but I have had so many other things I wanted to tell you about. If you aren’t sure what a Bat Mitzvah is, here is the definition:

Now, I could spend hours and hours and paragraphs and paragraphs telling you what it was like, but why don’t I just show you! Get ready for some MAJOR scrolling, because we hired a professional photographer, so there are a BUTTLOAD of photos! (By the way, my Bat Mitzvah was in the Rosenthals’ backyard because it is pretty big space and really pretty!)

Just so you know, I uploaded these photos in no particular order. My parents surprised me after the service by bringing out barbeque from one of my favorite restaurants called Reverend’s BBQ! They called it a Bat-BQ!

And as I promised, Actor Of The Week!

Terry Crews!

Terry Crews has been in many movies including Deadpool 2, The Willoughbys, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2, Bridesmaids, The Expendables, and Blended! He has also been in an AWESOME show called Brooklyn Nine-Nine! Sound familiar? *cough cough!

Finally, here is an SNL skit! Enjoy!

-Grace

P.S. I am sorry about the delay in these posts. Some of you wrote to me, saying that you got an email of a new post but there wasn’t any new content on the site when you got there. I posted them, but then had to take them back down because none of the photos had loaded! I hope you enjoy the posts, though!

School isn’t back in session for me or Hazel, yet. No, no, no. I am talking about Doc. That’s right folks, Doc started his FIRST day of school yesterday!!! The entire family got in the car at 8:00AM on Monday morning, with Kim (Doc’s nanny) driving in her own car right behind us, and we dropped Doc off. Okay well we didn’t EXACTLY drop him off, because a drop-off is considered to be a quick get-outta-the-car-and-into-the-school type thing. We all went and peeked into his classroom, and took pictures of Doc with his teacher, Miss Kristen, that are sure to come up when he graduates high school. Doc pretty much jumped around the entire time. No, seriously. Up the steps, through the halls, out of the car. He jumped the entire time. He had more energy than the time we let him have a whole bowl of ice cream and went on a sugar high. Speaking of Doc, this is a video (and some photos) I thought would be a good addition to the blog!

Now, I haven’t posted in 10 days. That’s one week and 3 days. About 1/3 of a month. Ten days is approximately .0274% of a year! A lot can happen in 10 days. For example, I went to Idaho about 1-1/2 weeks ago. We got the dogs from the eight-week board and train center they were at. (By the way, if I forgot to mention, both of my dogs went to an eight-week board and train.) Anyway, we went to Idaho for three days. The end.

Next, a few days ago, my dad, Hazel, and I went to Manzanita to get out of the heat wave. If you are wondering, Mom stayed home to work with the dogs on training, and to work on ROONS and Doc went with Kim and Pete to Cannon Beach. (More on that later.) We had A BLAST in Manzanita! We stayed in Todd and Felicia’s beach house. (Todd and Felicia are our super good friends who we podded with when the pandemic was particularly bad in the beginning.

These are pictures of Todd and Felicia:

We went to the beach, walked along to the ocean, and played in the sand. On the second day in Manzanita, Doc, Kim, and Pete (and their dog Milo), took us to the beach while my Dad was working. On the first and second morning of our stay in Manzanita, I made Kodiak Cake Mix Pancakes! They were REALLY good. Especially when you use milk, an egg, and a splash of vanilla! Then a few days later, Kim took me, Hazel, and Doc to Cannon Beach and we played A LOT in the water and went to the candy store for a treat!

Then, a few days later, we drove home. The End.

Okay, let’s get back to Doc. A few days ago, he and Mom made cupcakes!

Okay, okay! Don’t worry. I took photos!

Step #1: Make and Mix Batter:

Step #1.5: Mix Some More:

Step #2: Put Cupcakes in Tin, Bake, and Let Cool:

Step #3: Make Frosting (AND LICK THE WHISK)!

Step #4: Frost Cupcakes:

Step #5: Sprinkle Cupcakes:

Step #6: Enjoy!

Phew! I have really stuffed a lot into this post! Let’s take a break, and watch some SNL!

Upon request, I am going to play my friend India’s favorite skit!

And here is another skit, if you enjoy Pete Davidson!

Okay, It is becoming a workout to scroll through this post, so I will end it here. I have a bit more to talk about this week, so count on another post coming soon!

-Grace

P.S. You may have noticed that I didn’t do Actor Of The Week, but because this post is long and getting longer, you can expect it in the next post!

Buckle your seatbelts and put on your blog-reading pants (not necessarily in that order) because I have A LOT to talk about. Let’s check the list:

1. Napa
2. One-Pound Fish
3. Bathroom Break
4. One Of The Best TV Shows. Ever. I’m Not Joking. Get Ready To Be Obsessed.
5. SNL
6. Actor Of The Week

Whew. I got tired just typing that list! I’ve got to get ready for some SERIOUS hand cramps.

Alriiiiiiiighty then.

Topic #1, Napa.

I had a bunch of fun! I sat by the pool, swam with Doc (who can now successfully put his face in the water and swim a couple of feet), and soaked up as MUCH sun as possible. The weather was really nice, so almost every afternoon, I would pop in some earbuds, play music, and sit outside by the pool. I got to go to a small surprise get-together, for my Grandpa’s birthday. I only saw a few familiar faces, but I had fun chatting with them

I also got to see my Aunt and Uncle over breakfast! They were SUPER generous and got us gifts! I got a Dreamcatcher Making Kit, a VERY loud plastic pig that snorts, a book that looks like a Nancy Drew Book but is actually a notebook, and Sunglasses that play music! If I put them on, I can connect a device with bluetooth and play songs, or attach a microphone to someone and listen to what they are saying. On another note…

I got to go to the Jelly Belly Jelly Bean Factory! I saw how they got made, ate more Jelly Beans then fathomable, and saw portraits made with thousands of jellybeans!

Do you know what happens to Jelly Beans that that are too big, to small, misshapen, or stuck to other jelly beans? They get packaged up, and rebranded as Belly Flops. GENIUS, isn’t it!?

This is a Jelly Bean Portrait!

Topic #2

One-Pound Fish. This meme has been going around for a little while and FINALLY found its way to me. In a remix, no less. I hope you have a back-up pair of blog reading pants because you will pee your pants laughing! Enjoy!

Topic #3.

I have been talking for a while. Feel free to take a few minutes to go to the bathroom, get a snack, etc. Don’t worry, we can continue when you get back.

Topic #4!

I am REALLY excited to tell you about this TV show. When I was in Napa, I started an The Umbrella Academy. Based on a comic by My Chemical Romance lead singer Gerard Way, this show was one of Netflix’s top most-watched shows when it came out in February of 2019.

One day in 1989, 43 babies are born to random women around the world at the same time. That’s normal, right? Wrong. This is odd in the fact that these women were not pregnant the day before. Seven of these little babies are adopted by a (slightly eccentric) billionaire industrialist, Sir Reginald Hargreeves. Sir Reginald makes their home into the Umbrella Academy and prepares the children to save the world. Unfortunately, in their teenage years, the academy falls apart and they go their separate ways. Fast forward to 2019. The six surviving members of the academy come back together for their father’s funeral. Unfortunately, a global apocalypse and some not-so-friendly assassins pulls the siblings back into their crime-fighting life! I really hope you watch it! I would love to hear what you think about it if you’ve seen it, or have paused reading this to watch the first couple episodes. (Frankly, I don’t blame you.)

Okay, Topic #5! Today’s SNL Skit! There are a bunch of SNL Chad Skits, and this is one of my favorites! I hope you like it!

And finally, Actor Of The Week!

Elliot Page!

Elliot Page has been in some awesome TV shows and movies including The Umbrella Academy (what a coincidence, we were just talking about this!), X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Inception, My Days Of Mercy and more. Check out his other stuff in this link!

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this post! Now if you’ll excuse me, I am going to go finish Season 2 of Umbrella Academy! Have a wonderful day!

-Grace