BenSpark Family Adventures

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00877 Each year that I have been a member of the Marvel Unlimited Plus program they send me a new action figure. This year the action figure was Ms. Marvel in her Spider-Man costume. This figure comes with two additional arms so that you can make Ms. Marvel embiggen her arms. It is a very cool figure. I created an unboxing video of the Marvel Unlimited Box.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00876 Tonight Allison and I went to test drive some cars over at the Kia dealership. My lease is up June 1 and it was time to get a new lease. This time the new car goes to Allison. I will take her current car as my own until we pay that off and then we will look at a lease for me. I’ll probably want another Kia Forte since that was a solid reliable car that I enjoyed driving. Allison had wanted a Kia Sorento but it is outside of our price range. So, we checked out the Kia Sportage instead. The car is comparable to her current ride and she liked it. I was planning on coming back the next day to do all the paperwork and turn in my car but we were able to take the test drive and work the deal all in an hour and a half. It was the shortest time I’d ever spent there. I go back tomorrow to pick it up. We made a quick video outside the dealership before we went home.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00875 Carp are back in the Ten Mile River. The first time I had ever seen them was last year when we were talking our daily walks. This morning I got up and took a nice long walk and along the way I saw the Carp. Yesterday I had gone out too early so I missed seeing them. Someone had posted an image that the carp were near the Olive Street Bridge. We did not see them at all yesterday no matter where we looked. They were not to be found. Today, however, they were plentiful and very active. Last year I heard them before I ever saw them. They were thrashing around in the water so loudly I thought that a dog or something had fallen in the river. They weren’t as loud this year but they were certainly back and they are huge.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00874 I took a walk with Allison today. We haven’t been on our daily walks for some time and it is about time that we start again. We might not be going back daily but we are going to try and walk a lot more than we have been through the winter. I think the cold weather and quarantine caught up with us pretty good. We had done so well last Spring and Summer and it is something we have to get back into doing. Along the route we take there were a bunch of geese and their babies. These geese have been all over the bike path as evidenced by the land mines they leave behind. It is a lot of careful walking along this part of the route. It was nice to get out and take a walk today.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00873 I built the LEGO set of Iron Man Armory for my daily vlog. This is a fun set that includes Tony Stark and a couple of Iron Man suits plus two A.I.M. Agents. This small set is actually one that I could connect to a previous set called the Hall of Armor. I have that set and it is pretty awesome. This just makes the amount of Armor that Iron Man has even bigger. You can see what the set looks like in today’s vlog below.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00872 We received an advanced Reader’s copy of the upcoming book, Pizazz by Sophy Henn from Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. Opinions are our own.This middle grade book is about a 9 year old reluctant superhero. Andy loved it and he is hard to find books for. The book is heavy on illustrations and is a really fun read. I let Andy read the book first and he did it in less than two days. That is a big win and endorsement by Andy. Then we talked about it together. He did give away the big reveal but that was because I asked what Pizazz had as a super power. The reveal is fun. I reviewed the book in today’s vlog. The book will be released on June 1, 2021 along with the second book in the series, Pizazz vs. The New Kid.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00871 I picked up a special edition set of Marvel themed body washes from Everyman Jack. I’m not the only one in the house who enjoys these body washes. I learned that both Eva and Andy use my body wash, too. When I got the special edition ones Eva was first in line to give them a sniff test. There are four versions. Iron Man, Captain America, Black Panther and Spider-Man. I photographed the Spider-Man one and was going to use it for today’s photo but then Eva wanted it so that she could take a photo of it to sent to her best friend. So, instead, I photographed Eva photographing the body wash and that cracked me up. Here is my photo.