Shield and Socks

I told you that I was really behind in posting and now I'm serial posting!! Tomorrow is Halloween which brings more busyness so I wanted to bust these out.

For those who have been following Hector's Hylian shield progress, it is now finished. All it needs is some clear sealant.



Doesn't it look great? Hector did such a great job. I would have gone the cardboard route with this but this is something that will last for quite some time. :) Josh is so excited to have this for Halloween.

Also I finished my Summer Rainbow Lovin socks which what I named it because of the rainbow-like colors of the yarn. The pattern is called Summer Lovin socks and it was super easy. Another pair of socks done in 2 weeks. I'm on FIRE!!

Summer Lovin socks

Brick or Treat

I've been working on these costumes and put a lot of time into them so I thought we might as well use them. We have Legoland passes that the kids really enjoy even though they don't have as much interest in the rides anymore.

Legoland has their Halloween celebration called Brick or Treat which runs on Saturday night with fireworks etc but we were busy (see previous post). So on Sunday I packed up the 2 boys with all of our costumes and headed down to Carlsbad.

Both Tyler and I have easy to wear costumes but Joshua's takes some assembly with all the pieces but it's so worth it. Hector stayed home to finish some errands and the shield. Once I got the kids ready we headed toward the entrance and in the parking lot, we could already hear shouts of "Adventure Time!!".

We received lots of compliments and recognition throughout the park especially from the employees and adults saying they were Finn or Link last year. :) The boys had lots of fun walking around and posing for me.

It was a good exercise in testing out the costumes especially Joshua who wore thru some parts of his boot covers so I had to hot glue them better when we got home. I really think they will like going to various conventions in cosplay now. :)

The shield is complete but I need to take a few more photos and get some sealant so it will be ready for the Halloween parade tomorrow and trick or treating too.

So enjoy the photos....

SUP Saturday

Lots to catch up on today. We had a very busy weekend doing various things together and separately.

On Saturday, Tyler and I met up with Hannah do some some SUP in Santa Monica. This would our first time trying SUP in the ocean (Tyler & me) and it was definitely challenging. We received instructions on how to enter and exit the ocean with our boards so naturally I wipe out twice trying to enter.

The ocean was calm and it was low tide but the water movement took some time to get used to. Our instructor gave me some good tips to keep my balance which helped a lot but I still got dunked a lot.

We paddled out to a buoy by the Santa Monica pier about 3/4 mile out where we saw lots of dolphins and sea lions. I got to enjoy views of the beach from a different perspective too.

Paddling back to shore was very trying since it seemed like we kept paddling and getting nowhere. The instructor said it would seem like that but in a few minutes if we looked back at the buoy, we would be farther away so he was right.

I used a lot more muscles doing the ocean SUP so I'm still sore. :) Hannah has some more groupons for SUP good till next year so I imagine I'll be trying this again and then give my final opinion.

So enjoy the photos courtesy of Hector waterproof camera....

Hannah & Tyler

Tweaks

Hector decided that further adjustments needed to be done to the Hylain shield. Upon his inspection, the triforce triangles are not big enough.

So it's more taping...





All masked off and ready to paint some more...


Today, I peeled off the tape which is my contribution although this is entirely Hector's project.



So maybe tonight Hector will start working on the crest ...

Yesterday Girl

It's Friday and I'm ready for the weekend. My oldest son Tyler and I along with my cousin Hannah and her friend will be SUPing in Santa Monica Saturday. It will be Tyler and my first time doing ocean SUPing which is different (a bit) so wish us good luck and safett.

Another Step

Every day or two, Hector makes another step in the progress of the Hylian shield.

Peeling away the masking tape for the blue portion.

Last night he drew out the triforce and then taped out the form. Only 2 small areas needed the yellow paint.

It was dry this morning so I used the handy xacto type knife and cut away to peel away the tape.

Voila!! Of course I forgot to take pictures of the before part to show the masking tape but I'll try to remember it for the next part. The Hylian crest.






Looks really good

Hylian shield

Black Hole

Over the weekend, Hector bought some windshield washer fluid because I mentioned that the BMW was empty when I tried to use the wiper spray. So this morning was the day I would fill it up. Note: this is my 2nd car so I don't drive it much at all. I've had it for almost 10 years now and it only has just under 39,000 miles on it.

Okay, my first hiccup was finding the hood release. I looked under the drivers side dash & I saw the trunk release with the clearly marked drawing of a car with the trunck popped open. Hmm, I'm looking and looking and finally decide to look in the manual. I'm thumbing through it page by page and yeah, I find the right section. Duh, the hood release is directly under the trunk release button but it's a long black lever that lays flush with the molding. No marking. Now that I know where it is, I can see it but before couldn't find that darn thing at all.

On to filling the washer fluid reservoir which took almost 2/3 of the gallon jug. Tested the fluid spray and it works so I'm a happy girl. As I'm putting the manual back in the glove compartment, I see some iPod earphones in there so I pull them out along with my missing/misplaced iPod. Who knows when I put those in there but I was wondering where that iPod went off to!

I always said our house is a black hole where things disappear but maybe it's just us stupid humans. Yep.