Life Currently: Hearth + Ice

Listed below are snapshots of life these days!

 Snow, snow and extra snow!

I hope you’ve got some good snow boots 😉  I’d be much more enthusiastic about snow if it didn’t imply the entire metropolis shutting down. On prime of already being on restricted social interactions, it’s simply type of like a double whammy! 2022 is displaying off. 

Don’t do this at dwelling

This skilled roofer needed to go retrieve some icicles for a few keen kiddos!

With all that ice, we now have to maintain heat by some means!

The Solo Range that we acquired final yr has proved worthy of its price. We’ve been utilizing it a lot as a result of it’s simply transported round. (Our previous low cost fireplace pit was not possible to maneuver with out two individuals.) 

Burning ice = a lesson on the states of matter!

Marshmallow Man

This little man is all the time heat in his marshmallow go well with!

Would you consider this Patagonia bunting is definitely dimension 12-18 months!? Birch is 3.5!! It lastly suits him completely, and he’s all the time toasty heat inside. Our new Columbia gloves are additionally getting plenty of use and get a ten/10 from me for being tremendous lengthy and heat. Right here’s a hyperlink to his hat!

Staying Heat By way of Sports activities

One of the best ways to heat up is to maneuver your physique! Severely, generally I’m freezing inside and go stroll on the treadmill for 10 minutes simply to heat up my core. Works even higher than a bathe! Pump out some biceps whilst you’re at it. 

UVA Hoops Clinic

Mazen acquired an excellent cool Christmas current this yr: a basketball clinic with three of the UVA gamers! The clinic was an hour, held on the Boar’s Head Sports activities Membership, and masks have been required. Members acquired a jersey shirt and a signed poster. 

These boys barely reached his hip bones! : ) 

Sadly Mazen hasn’t performed basketball for the reason that pandemic started, however hopefully he’ll get again to it sooner moderately than later. 

He beloved hanging out with the gamers!

My Indoor Sport

Indoor soccer is definitely out of doors as a result of the garages on the subject home have been broad open. It was actually freezing in there! Nonetheless tremendous enjoyable to play on the turf, and my workforce crushed our first sport 12-3. I saved my masks on the entire time as a result of it saved me heat – lol. 

Checkmate

Guess who taught who to play chess? Mazen taught ME! And he beat me 5 instances in a row. It’s been a enjoyable exercise to do collectively. I had no thought chess was such a fast-paced sport (possibly I’m doing it incorrect…!).

Actual Meals

 Yogurt bowl look with banana, crushed Nature Valley bar (I used to be out of granola, and these bars are principally granola anyway!), and almond butter. 

Sunny Aspect Up!

Eggs, toast, and clementine.

Date Night time In

After a really lengthy week off of faculty, our youngsters went to Thomas’s mother and father for the evening. We had an excellent time cooking dinner collectively, with loud music enjoying, and getting to sit down down via our whole meal! 

Then we acquired to play a couple of rounds of Jaipur!! That is the BEST two-person sport that my good friend Ellen launched to me. It’s somewhat strategic and somewhat card sport. You play three rounds and better of three wins. 

Within the morning we ready a pleasant brunch to get pleasure from in our quiet home. JM Inventory biscuits (from our freezer), half an omelet, grapefruit, grapes. I’m consuming ALL the grapefruit this time of yr. 

Have a look at these snuggle boys who had a lot enjoyable on the grandparents’! They’d pizza for dinner and French toast for breakfast and apparently slept like logs. 

Extra Meals

Taco evening

The youngsters’ favourite. 

Blue Apron Curry Rooster

with peppers, rice, figs, tzatziki, and peanuts. We LOVED this meal! 

Enchiladas by way of Blue Apron

With turkey, beans, peppers, and bitter crema. 

Blue Apron Romesco Pork & Gnocchi

One other scrumptious winner. Blue Apron has been knocking it out of the park with their latest recipes.

Lunches

Smoked Pork Salad

Thomas smoked a pork shoulder on the Huge Inexperienced Egg and I had pork salad bowls for lunch all week. With slaw, recent cilantro, scorching sauce, and Greek yogurt. 

Model 2.0

With spinach and peppers

Leftover Enchiladas

There was an Orrteo within the Lunchskin! 

Every day Harvest Bakes

I’m tremendous pumped about these new bakes from Every day Harvest! Most of their merchandise are single serving, however these bakes are substantial sufficient to be a complete lunch or a dinner facet dish for 2. They’re made with actual superfoods and also you merely place the entire tin (minus the highest movie) right into a scorching oven for 20-ish minutes and dinner is served. 

We loved two completely different flavors with some leftover hen! I beloved the gigante beans.

You may stand up to $40 off of Every day Harvest with my hyperlink. 

What’s the perfect meal you’ve loved these days?

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