Is it just me or do these Thursdays seem to come around quicker and quicker? Well, regardless of what my mind tells me, I owe you all five topics so let’s begin the latest rundown…

Ice Cream Sundae Soda – I am one day late for Root Beer Float Day, but I guess in a way I did get to celebrate it early. This past weekend, my brother packed a couple cans of the new A&W Ice Cream Sundae soda. I cracked one open on the trip home and it wasn’t good. I couldn’t really decipher what it tasted like at first but some lingering chocolate notes were detectable in the aftertaste. I do not recommend.

I was not a fan of the A&W ice cream sundae soda. I tried it while driving back from Seattle this past Sunday.

Latest Backdrop Photos – St. Paschal EduCare is at it again. As I have mentioned before, the daycare that Sloan and Beau attend during the summer stage photo shoots in front of a backdrop each month. For August, it was a water theme. As this is the last month of summer, the kids have a limited number of days left at St. Paschal before transitioning back to St. Mary for the school year.

Thanks to St. Paschal EduCare for taking these latest backdrop photos.

Spider-Man Is Back – One of my memorable blog posts was the entry about Beau’s obsession with his Spider-Man costume. The tagline on the costume packaging should have read put it on for Oct. 31, wear it for the next 300 days because that is exactly what Beau did. After Halloween, he wore it around the house, on trips to see grandma, during grocery store runs, and every other instance you could think of. However, several months ago, his mask disappeared. Although he still wore the jumpsuit, it wasn’t the same. Earlier this week, Sidney thoroughly cleaned out a closet and guess what she found? Yep, we have our resident mini Spider-Man running through the house shooting his imaginary “webs” at people again.

Beau’s Spider-Man mask has been found and he can now wear the complete costume again. This photo was taken earlier this week as he posed with his “Flat Stanley” book. Stories are just more enjoyable to listen to when you are wearing a Spider-Man outfit 😂.

The Problem With Brent – On my Thursday Rundowns, I usually only share throwback posts that fall on the same date that I am writing it. However, this post I am about to share is too endearing to omit simply because it was written on Aug. 7 (instead of Aug. 6). On tomorrow’s date in 2018, I wrote about the problem with my first name. I detailed how I am often called “Brett” but how it doesn’t matter to me at all—in fact, it is second nature. When people realize they have been calling me by the wrong name, I usually send them this 7-year-old blog post just so they know I am not offended. Trust me, I don’t take the extra “n” in my name too seriously.

Being called “Brett” is second nature to me.

Lighthouse Day – My father-in-law texted Sid’s family group thread this morning to wish everyone a happy Lighthouse Day! He has always found lighthouses to be cool and that wonderment filtered down to my wife. By the way, if you have never seen the movie “The Lighthouse” before you should put it on your list. Anyway, Sidney enjoys lighthouses so much that when we visited Hawaii three years ago, we went out of our way to visit the below lighthouse (top) in Kauai. Then earlier this year, we admired the other lighthouse (bottom) when we disembarked our cruise ship in the Bahamas. Hope you have a lighthouse near you!

Sidney always enjoys the chance to see a lighthouse. I took the top image when we visited Kauai. The bottom image is from when we were in the Bahamas earlier this year.

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We have a big wedding to attend this weekend! Let’s make sure to pray for all the couples who have/will enter into marriage this wedding season. Hope everyone is continuing to enjoy summer and I will be in touch soon. Don’t Blink.