After the boys did their Matrix we wanted to try one, too. The only thing we found that we really all agree on was Cherry vodka and pop. So you can see our 7×4 matrix below. Probably half of them were beyond awful so we had just the tiniest sip and dumped them. One vodka was definitely the best (Oma’s) and one was the worst (Effen).
Enjoy this video of Maggie trying to bury herself in Katie’s laundry. That sheet just doesn’t want to cooperate.
We have been loving Hello Fresh so we thought we’d try a bit cheaper alternative. It would have been perfectly fine had we started with that one and not Hello Fresh. We are really spoiled by all the ingredients for all the meals being separated into bags…because when we opened this box and saw a completely jumbled mess of food Tom and I looked at each other like WHAAAAAT IS THIIIIIIS?!
So we had to split it all up and bag it so we could just grab a bag and go. It wasn’t hard but…like I said, we were spoiled.
The good thing about having snow on the deck? Extra freezer space. The bad thing? Out of sight, out of mind. Whoops! (We let it defrost in the fridge and it was perfectly delicious the following night!)
Oliver Blueberry Moscato – didn’t taste like blueberry at all but was very yummy
I’ve wanted to do this before but finally got my crap together this year. Every night we’d put a love note on the kids’ doors.
One of the YouTube channels Tom watches is called How to Drink with a non-professional home bartender that likes to “make drinks and drink them!” He’s funny and we enjoy listening to his reviews.
One recent episode was called This episode tried to kill me where he did a Manhattan Matrix…with like 42 different versions to try (6 vermouths by 7 Bourbons)! The boys decided to try it with 3 vermouths and 3 Bourbons…
Both looking up the recipe that was used because neither could remember and they wanted to do it exactly right.
Don’t worry—they did not drink all of all the trials. It was mostly small sips of each one. They also rated them all 1-9.
Don’t worry! These were just wrapped empty boxes! Katie was a little worried about standing on the ledge but she did okay!
We were tasked with sending in a school picture for the yearbook. We don’t have any blank walls with good lighting so this was the best one I took (and then I removed the background).
I was going through some old photos on my phone and when I saw the 2019 photo I had to do a Before and After.
I mean we look great in both—duh!—but we just look… BETTER now. Right?
So Charlie used to be my lap cat but as she’s gotten older she pretty much stays in her bed. But every once in awhile she will come up to visit on the couch and get cuddles for maybe 30-45 seconds…and I treasure it.
P.S. Yes, our tree is still up. Don’t care.
This was his second dessert but the actual official birthday dessert—a chocolate peanut butter ice cream pie from Oberweis. It was tasty.
I happened to run across a stuffed duck with long dangly legs and remembered how much Maggie used to love them. I figured it was worth a try to get her one now to see if she would still go crazy for it.
Yep.
Both arms were ripped off within minutes.
It was so great seeing her playful!!
Celebrating with our bubble!
We just gave Owen his birthday present—a personalized video from a YouTuber we watch all the time—and he freaking loved it! (If you don’t watch Charlie on YouTube, you should.)
Here’s the original video if you want to watch without Owen’s reaction.
If you want your own personalized video from any number of people, check out Cameo.
I didn’t think it looked that great when I was doing it but the pics are fire!
I only kinda think I’m missing lipstick but I decided today was a gloss kinda day.
Yes, he’s in PJ pants because that’s the new school uniform.
Wowza has the time flown… You are such an amazing kid I can’t wait to see what your future holds!!
PS It was near impossible to pick 12 pics so I went with just what was on my phone and it was still hard!
Since Tom will officially be working from home and we need the space, we are starting to go through the bins in the office…which means sorting has to happen elsewhere.
Why yes, this is a petoskey stone mask.
Not only did he install three toilets this weekend, today he ripped apart our old dining room table in order to make a new office desk! (We thought about trying to sell it, but we wanted to keep the chairs and thought that would be a much harder sell. E needed a desktop so…)
Plus now he has lots of pieces and parts for future projects!
And we found a hidden H!
When you get stuck with the bottom half of the everything bagel that has no flavoring on it…
We got a bit more snow than I thought—-this is not then we’ve had all season thus far. Tom also realized he needs a bigger snowblower—-it was so deep it took him about two hours to clear the driveway and sidewalks!
She built a seat and drink holder on the side of the driveway. She also built a slide.
Not pictured: the mini snowman and the grave of the snowman that didn’t survive. I give her major points for creativity!
