Week-in-review: G's Birthday!

G's birthday was this weekend! I can't believe it. He's 10! Double digits now. Where does the time go? It was low-key and simple and yet he had a lot of fun. We took him and his cousin out to a trampoline jump place. I made him a Minecraft cake at his request. He didn't complain! Yay!

BOOKS FINISHED: 

• Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa V. Harris-Perry
• Who is Sonia Sotomayor? by Megan Stine

BOOKS I'M CURRENTLY READING:

• And I Darken by Kiersten White
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
• Sense of Style: A Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 

LISTENING TO: 

• The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty (on Audible)

WATCHING: 

TV:

• Netflix's: Bordertown. I'm enjoying the Finnish tv show with the Holmes-like detective and the small bordertown they live in close to the Russian border.

Movies:

• The Lego Movie: The Second Part-- Not as good as the first but still a lot of fun.
• Velvet Buzzsaw: A very weird movie but had an interesting story.

Making: 

Here's the finished product for G's cake! The cake fell apart while I tried to layer it but overall the frosting and construction turned out well and G loved it! So that's all that matters.

And I finally got a pic of my blankets for my great niece and nephew!

Looking Forward to:

G has another ballroom competition this weekend! He's nervous but he'll do great and I just love watching.