Wrapped in my beloved Margaritaville T-shirt and the comfort of pyjamas, I hit 'record' in the soft light of morning, eager to swap stories over a cup of coffee. Memories of birthdays, complete with volcano nachos and margarita flights, mix with the snug domestic tales that colour our existence. Join me as I navigate the dance of family life, from the bedtime antics with my daughter Ro and charger-hogging husband Trevor to the larger question of work-life harmony that arises when school breaks roll in. All this while, I'm planning content, family holidays, and Ro's educational journey, making the most of these cherished days.
As the chill of winter lingers outside, I whisk you away on a virtual escape to Niagara Falls, where the indoor magic unfolds perfect for family bonding. Picture a butterfly conservatory, where the warmth of nature's wonders waits, and the interactive Bird Kingdom invites you to feed and frolic amongst the feathered residents. I'll guide you through the kaleidoscope of these attractions, revealing how a simple photograph can bring those precious moments back to life, and how a child's awe at Great Wolf Lodge is a sight to behold.
On the home front, I tackle the festive challenge of whipping up a Jello salad – not my favourite but a seasonal delight – and the comedy of lost phone contacts without iCloud's persistent nudging. With my brother's upcoming visit and our plans to conquer a bouldering gym, I ponder the possibilities for new family activities. As we count down to Christmas, I reflect on the loving chaos of shopping sprees with my mom, braving the crowded malls, and the laughter shared with strangers amidst the holiday rush. So, cozy up as we celebrate the joys, the mishaps, and everything in between on this heartfelt episode.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Morning cuties.
Welcome back to Five Years Timepodcast with me, your host,
grace, and welcome back toPodmas.
We are in the studio firstthing in the morning and Shreve
made me a coffee.
I have been wanting to do afirst thing in the morning
episode.
They're always one of myfavorites.
Just like a hangout, I get outof bed literally.
(00:31):
I put on half my half my uniformtoday, aka my sweater.
I still have my pajamas onunderneath and I'm wearing my
favorite pajamas.
I feel like I always wake up inthese pajamas on recording the
studio days, or good morning,recording the studio days.
I did go to bed yesterday withthe not expectation, but with
the hope.
I was like oh, I really hopethat I can get one more episode
(00:54):
in where I get to, or at leastget one episode in where I can
record first thing in themorning, and it happened to have
been this morning.
I'm trying to get my mic evencloser to my head so I can
really rest and relax, but itdoesn't want to.
I've got to sit up a bit more.
Come on, anyways, I'm wearingmy favorite pajamas, if you know
(01:15):
.
You know I love my what is itcalled?
Margaritaville T-shirts.
I actually have three now.
This was my first one and thisone's probably my favorite.
Ro bought it for me with herdad when we went to
Margaritaville for my birthday afew years back, and now Trevor
went to Vegas last year and gotme one, and then my friends
(01:38):
Akbar and Evina went to PalmSprings and got me one.
So it's become quite a cutelittle thing where I didn't even
think about Margaritaville andtraveling.
The first Margaritaville I everwent to was in Jamaica, so I
should have put that togetherbut I didn't even think about it
as like a souvenir thing.
I just love Margaritavillebecause you can get
Margaritavites and I thinkthey're so fun and I just feel
(02:01):
like Margaritaville is such arandom vibe and we happen to
live close to the Margaritavillethat is in Ontario, so it's one
of my favorite places to go,like for my birthday or if we're
having.
If we're ever have people overor coming down and we're going
to go to the falls, then I willalways go to Margaritaville.
(02:22):
Honestly, their food isn't likethe best in the whole wide world
, but they have this.
I don't even know if they haveit in our location, but like
when you're traveling, like I'vedefinitely had it in.
There's a couple of locationsin Jamaica, I think, but I've
definitely had it there.
It's this taco salad that theyserve in like a pita, deep fried
, like a deep fried tortillabowl.
It's so good.
(02:42):
I always just get the nachos.
I think they're called volcanonachos.
You can never go wrong withnachos.
So I always get a margaritaflight and the volcano nachos
and that's just like my happyplace to be, and I think they
have two flight options, butthey come with like four
different flavors of margaritasand it is so good.
And this shirt is the comfiestshirt in the world.
So, anyways, I'm wearing myMargarita Ville shirt, but I
(03:05):
have my Christmas sweater overtop, and Trevor made me a coffee
.
I went downstairs, so I actuallywoke up.
It's not even that early in themorning.
It's 7.30 now, and I woke upcloser to 7, which is amazing.
Rose been going to bed prettylate, though, so I think that's
probably why she's just in likea late mode.
Also, I've been giving her napsat home.
(03:26):
She doesn't have nap at schoolanymore, but she always falls
asleep in the car ride home.
And I always give her naps onthe weekends, but she always
falls asleep like in the quickcar ride home.
So I'm like I'm going to keepup the naps because she still
likes them, but I do think it'spushing her bedtime a little bit
later.
But you know what?
I'm not mad.
We hang out, we giggle, shegoes to sleep.
(03:47):
We start getting ready for bedaround 7.30 and she usually is
asleep by right now by 9, like8.39.
But we laugh, we giggle, weread stories, she pulls out
random coloring books from underthe bed and then she ends up
sleeping in until around 6.30,which I know doesn't seem like a
(04:07):
sleep in, but it is for us.
So I'm not mad.
It's holiday, let's just have agood time, but anyway.
So I actually fell asleep withher and then snuck back into our
bed around what time was it?
I think it was like I think Iwoke up with her around 11, so
not that bad.
I only fell asleep for a shortperiod of time and then I was
(04:27):
like oh, I'm going to sneak backinto our bed and I wasn't sure
if Trevor had already fallenasleep.
I find it really hard to fallasleep with Trevor already
asleep in our bed because hekind of like will take over the
bed, which is me too, like if Ifall asleep before Trevor comes
to bed, like I will take overthe bed too.
So I'm not saying it as like abad thing, but I usually can't
find my pillow Like he has twopillows under his head, like
(04:50):
whatever.
So I came in and he was likefully on my side of the bed, had
his phone plugged into my phonecharger, because I was like, if
anything, I just want to plugmy phone in.
So because it was alreadypretty low at the end of the day
and if I start the day I withlike a low battery I'll never
get it back and I still have tofilm recipe videos.
So it's like I need to have myphone charged.
So I just like grabbed the cordand found it when it was
(05:14):
plugged into, unplugged hisphone and plugged in my phone
and then I tried to squeeze inand he kind of moved over a bit,
but not really, and we weresharing a pillow for like a
while and I was listening to apodcast and I got through to
podcast episode so like twohours of content before I
actually fell asleep because itwas so uncomfy.
But I also just like wasuncomfortable in Rose bed
because she had moved all theway to my side and I was like I
(05:35):
could go to the guest bed, butlike I just want to have a good
sleep in my bed, and so Ieventually I didn't know if he
had like the other pillow withsomewhere else, like I wasn't
sure if he had a pillow or hewas just using my pillow, I
didn't know, it was dark, Icouldn't tell.
So like we were sleeping on thesame pillow for a while and
(05:56):
then eventually he like rolledover and I was like maybe he's
like on his own pillow now orhe's just sleeping on the
mattress.
So I like grabbed my pillow andrealized that we were sleeping
on the same pillow, but likelong ways not even the proper
way to sleep on a pillow it wasnot good and I was like why is
it so uncomfortable?
That makes sense.
And so then I turned it andthen it was a little bit more
comfy and then eventually I fellasleep.
(06:18):
I'll have to ask him if weslept the whole night together,
because a lot of the time when Icome in he'll wake up and then
can't get back to sleep, sohe'll go sleep in the guest bed.
So I'll have to ask him,because when I woke up this
morning I heard Ro going downthe stairs.
So I figured Trevor was alreadydownstairs.
And, yeah, I was like, oh,amazing.
(06:40):
And then I was like maybe Ishould just like lay in and
enjoy.
And then I was like, oh, yeah,I wanted to record the episode.
So I picked up my phone.
I looked at what time it was.
I was like, oh my gosh, it'salmost seven o'clock.
So I just ran downstairs andwas like, hey, do you mind if I
record a quick episode, becausebefore Trevor has to start work?
He was like totally.
And I was like amazing.
And I brought down my mug tomake coffee.
(07:00):
And he, trevor, was so excited.
He was like, oh, you want acoffee?
Like let me make you a coffee.
I was like, okay, he's like Iwant to make you something new.
And I was like new, like Idon't know if I'm in like a mood
for something too fancy, butTrevor always makes great coffee
.
So he actually made me aat-home nitro cold brew, which
(07:20):
like or nitro was it cold brewcould have it been.
I don't know if it was cold, Idon't know if he brewed it last
night I actually didn't get thefull description from him but
somehow he like aerated thecoffee.
I'm not sure if he used.
I don't know what he did, buthe made our coffee machine and
he kind of made it all at once.
I'm gonna ask him and then Iwill post on my Instagram story
about it, because I think hemade a video of how he did it.
(07:42):
But let's have our first siptogether.
Cheers, cute, mmm.
It has foaminess on it, but Idon't know if it has cream in it
.
I feel like it must have creamin it.
I'm very intrigued as to how hemade this, but I couldn't stick
around to hear the story.
I was like I gotta get thisdone before you go to work.
(08:03):
We're already starting late,but I just wanted to have a
quick little episode today wherewe can just hang out and talk
and catch up.
I am so, I mean, like such aI'm not a weird mindset.
So Ro is on holiday right nowand whenever she's on vacation
(08:24):
from school, like I always amlike oh, I love having her home.
I love the way that I amproductive with my time or the
way that I use my time, and Ijust feel like it's very much
easier.
Our mornings are like less likeokay, we gotta get out of the
house and then there's not aninterruption in the middle of
(08:44):
the afternoon where it's like,oh, I gotta go pick up a row.
And then it's like a switchovermindset.
I don't know there's somethingso lovely about having her home
and I always have to remindmyself like it's nice until it's
not nice.
Not, not, not nice, like I justfeel.
Like then I feel like I'm likeexcited for her to get back to
(09:05):
school, like after the break orwhatever.
I'm always like oh yeah, like Ican't wait for a little bit of
like my own time again, and alsolike right now I'm not doing
any like work, work for likebrands at the moment, which
means that I don't havedeadlines Cause everyone's kind
of wrapping up for the holidayseason.
(09:27):
So, like I actually find itreally lovely to film my podcast
.
Well, the podcast can be trickysometimes, but if I use nap
times or mornings, then that'sokay.
But like filming content, likemy videos and stuff cooking
videos I love cooking when thehouse is full of people.
So if that's easy for me tointegrate into my like mom, mom
(09:53):
full mom journey or time, soanyways, right now it just feels
really good because I know I'mgoing into a place of like rest
and relaxation.
But then after Christmas, Iactually don't know how long her
break is.
I'm assuming it's two weeks.
I don't think it's, maybe it'sonly a week and a half, but I
assume it's two weeks.
I'm not sure.
I'll have to look it up, causeif she goes back to school right
(10:13):
after New Year's, then I'llfeel fine, I'm sure.
And Trevor actually has nextweek off, which, like he never
takes holiday time off becausewe always just like think it's
kind of silly to take, not sillylike do what you want with your
time off, but like the holidaytime and because he works from
home is always so chill anyways,that he's super, his schedule
(10:35):
is so flexible.
He doesn't really have anymeetings whatever A lot of the
time.
His bosses will always be likeokay, like let's just like, just
like be on, be online, but likedon't worry, you don't have to
be online, just be accessible ifwe have anything come up or
whatever.
So we never like waste thevacation time around the
holidays.
But this year he's working fora new company where they do like
(10:56):
actually a full week.
The whole company is likeclosed for a full week around
the holidays.
So, yeah, he actually has nextweek off.
So anyways, that'll be so muchfun because we'll all be
together.
And I do have actual stuff thatI do need to film next week
because I kind of like pushed itoff because it's not due till
after the holidays.
But anyways, I also need Trevorto help me film it because he's
(11:18):
my little companion in thosesituations.
So I was like, oh, that'sperfect.
But anyways, what I'm trying tosay is like I always have this
mindset when we switch to rowbeing home, like where I'm like
I love this, I love it.
I think I like also just lovebeing a mom and love having that
kid energy around me, and Ilove the scheduling of moming.
(11:40):
Like it makes me nostalgic.
I think to the time when me andRoe like the first 18 months
when it was just me and her allthe time before she started
school, and I always get thisfeeling around summertime, like
I remember last summer I hadthis big debate because I had
already, I was working formyself, I had the flexibility to
I could technically have Roehome all summer if I wanted to,
(12:01):
because her program only runstill like the end of the year
and then you can sign up for asummer camp as additional.
That being said, I'm realizingthat I can probably whoa, I just
had a mom moment here.
There's so much stuff I need todo for next year because she's
in preschool right now, so Ineed to first of all get her
signed up for kindergarten.
There's like things I need todo in the new year.
(12:22):
I need to get her signed up forkindergarten.
And then I was also thinkinglike she'll be old enough to go
to like public summer camps, orlike private summer camps too, I
guess, but like ones that arelike more specific.
Like right now I just send herto a summer camp that's extended
through her preschool, but Ithink she might be old enough to
do, like you know, drama campor dance camp or wilderness camp
(12:46):
or whatever.
So I need to look that up,because I know camps like
February comes around and it'slike they're booked all up.
So I need to look at what theage is for that.
I'm not sure if it's four orfive.
Okay, so there's like a bunchof stuff I need to put on my mom
list to do.
But anyways, I just thoughtabout that.
But I remember last summer wasmy first summer like fully
(13:08):
working for myself and likehaving no commitments out, like
to a greater power of boss.
And so I remember having thisbig debate leading up to it,
like, oh, should I put Rowanfull time or we could do part
time, where she goes just likethree days a week or no days a
week or whatever.
But, like as in my career, likeas a content creator, you can't
(13:30):
really see what your scheduleis like three months in advance.
Work wise, like right now Icould be like, oh, I don't have
any work.
Or oh, I have so much worklined up for the next three
months, but I don't know what itlooks like afterwards or
whatever, because it kind ofcomes up like it flows right,
you don't know what's gonnahappen.
So I was like, oh, if I keepher out three days, then I still
(13:51):
.
Or put her in three days, thenI still have two days if I need
to like film stuff, brand itcontent or have deadlines or
anything like that, and then Istill have the ability to record
the podcast, etc.
And then so I was like, oh,maybe that's what I'm gonna do,
but then my last minute gonnaregret it because I'm gonna be
all of a sudden really busy andthen there won't be space for me
(14:12):
to put her in more.
And I was having it was likestressing me out.
I was like I don't know what todo.
I don't know what to do, andbut I also get like a good chunk
of time with her in the summerbecause they take, I think, two
weeks off at the beginning ofsummer, two weeks off at the end
of the summer.
So I still get like that timewith her.
But I was like I don't knowwhat to do.
And then Trevor was like,honestly, it's up to you, like
whatever you feel you'recomfortable with, because
(14:34):
obviously he works full time.
And I was like I don't know.
And then I was like why don't Ijust ask bro?
So I like had been festering onit and I was like hey, ro, what
do you think Like, do you wantto be home more this summer?
Do you want to be in summercamp full time?
And she like literally was likeadamant, like no, I want to go
to summer camp every day, likeshe loves it, she loves being
with the kids.
And I was like, okay, queen,like we'll put you in every day.
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So I'm happy that I made thatdecision ultimately, because I
did end up getting busier andalso summertime's, the days are
longer.
So when I pick her up, it's notlike the end of the day I
always get.
We have our beautiful eveningstogether and we can go swimming
and go to the park andeverything Like days are longer
in the summertime.
So, anyways, this is like awhirlwind of a conversation here
(15:19):
, but this is what we're herefor chatty Good mornings.
I'm just gonna take another sipof coffee, but yeah.
So I'm just being reminded ofall those feelings now that
we're on another break fromschool and I love it.
I always get that feeling.
I'm like, oh, I should justtake her out of school for it,
because this is like,technically, this winter
semester going back is like herlast optional time of school,
(15:44):
right, then she's going to enterthe public school system.
She's going to have to be inschool for the next forever.
So I'm always like, oh, weshould just take six months off
or whatever, however many monthsschool year is, but half the
year, and just like a, enjoy it.
And like, embrace the freedomand the flexibility and go do
all these adventures.
And then it's like I shouldn'tdo that, because, not that I
(16:09):
shouldn't do it, but like itwouldn't work.
One.
It would just mean being her,because Trevor's in school or at
school, trevor's at work, butalso she loves it and I know how
important it is for hersocialization and she's learning
so much and like she'sblossoming and she loves her
little girl group and like Iknow, I know, I know and I do
(16:29):
actually know firsthand, becausewhen we went to Italy for like
three weeks, the transition backto school it wasn't like the
worst thing in the world, but itwas a week of like it took.
It was like 30 minute drop offs,like she really wanted me to be
there with her, like she shehad a hard time leaving me and I
get it.
Obviously she had literallythree weeks undivided attention
(16:52):
of me and Trevor Like thathasn't that literally has not
happened since she was tiny,like the first, like ba ba, ba,
ba ba.
Like when Trevor took time off,he took two weeks off at the
beginning of me having her.
He took those two weeks offwhen I had her and then he
literally went back to work forI think like a week, not even
(17:16):
two weeks, and then COVID hitand then he came home but he was
still working at home.
It wasn't undivided attentionand yeah.
So it was just one of thosethings where, like she had never
had that really, where it wasjust three weeks Me, her and
Trevor and I'm so glad that shegot that out and honestly, it
was so impactful for our familyand our makeup moving forwards
and everything Like it wasamazing.
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But yeah, the transition backinto school after that was like
A little difficult and I justknow that like it's good for her
to be in school.
She loves it and I love it too.
Like I do love having her thereand.
But I am so grateful for thesetimes when I get to have like my
full mom routine and it alwaysputs into perspective like, hmm,
(17:57):
maybe I could have another kid.
I didn't say that, but I justfeel like I'm getting closer to
having more of an open mindsetaround that.
For so long it was like I couldnot see our family.
I could not even I couldn't seemy family being bigger.
I just could not see myselfgoing through that.
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But I also think like I've beenworking through like all of the
trauma that came from the firstone not that everyone has a
traumatic birth, but then it wasjust like the whole.
I think I just like wasn'tprepared for how isolated I
would feel because of COVID andeverything, and it was just like
and then moving.
And then I wanted to make Iwant to make sure that here I
feel like I'm part of thecommunity so I don't put myself
(18:42):
in that situation again.
Well, I didn't put myself inthat situation, but so that I
can give myself the best chanceto be not put in that situation
again and it's just this wholething.
But that's a that's aconversation for another day.
I need more coffee.
But, that being said, me and Rohave been having a great time.
(19:04):
We went to the butterflyconservatory yesterday.
Oh wow, I actually was able tosay it Is that how you say it?
Yesterday I could not pronouncethat word.
I kept asking Google.
I was like hey, when does itopen?
What time does it open?
And I kept saying butterfly.
And then I couldn't say theword and.
But it understood me every timeand I was like thank you,
google, you get it.
No-transcript.
(19:25):
It was actually so much fun.
We went there last year and overChristmas break as well,
because it's a good indooractivity.
So if you need something to dothis Christmas break, that's a
great indoor activity.
It's in Niagara Falls so youcan make a day of it if you want
.
If you don't live close by, youcan continue on your adventure
and do all the fun things, butthat one's always a good indoor
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winter activity because it'sreally warm in there.
They keep it so moist I feellike I'm gonna sneeze.
They keep it humid, and so thenthey have coat hooks, coat
hangers to hang up your coat.
So I dressed in a t-shirt andwear a coat over top to walk
from the parking lot.
But yeah, it's always a goodone and it's a short little loop
(20:06):
around but you can spend asmuch time as you wanted there.
Last year I found that when wewent it was sorry, it was hard
for Ro to want to stay an hourin there, and so last year she
would have been two, almostthree, two, almost three, and so
I found that age she was alittle bit like it was hard for
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her to want to spend a wholehour in there.
I remember thinking like, ohgosh, we walked the whole loop
and now she's like, hey, I'mover it and I like had to like
coerce her into being therelonger and we made it work.
We did Because you want to.
You don't want to just do onelap, like it does cost money.
And so this time I was likekind of prepared for that.
I was like okay, like who knowshow interested she's going to
(20:50):
be.
But we actually had coupons togo, because my uncle works for
something to do with NiagaraPark so he gets like some
coupons for those things.
So we actually had coupons.
So that was amazing.
So anyways, we got there andlike I only paid for an hour of
parking because I was like okay,like I'm sure we'll only last
an hour.
(21:10):
She could have stayed in therefor so long.
Like I had to.
Like we actually went 15minutes late for our parking.
Thankfully we didn't get aticket, but I, I, she would have
been happy to stay in there forprobably two hours.
She was having such a good time.
It also wasn't as busy as thelast time we went.
But they also have benches andyou can sit on the rocks and she
had brought a backpack.
She wanted to bring all hertoys not all her toys, but like
(21:32):
a good handful of toys.
So she brought a backpack fullof them and then she would pull
out one at a time and show themto everybody.
She recently revound herstuffed owl, which she calls
Hootie, and so she was.
It brought Hootie out and wasflying it around, but anyway,
she was having such a good time.
And then we got to the giftshop and she loves exploring the
gift shop.
We never buy anything at thegift shop, she just loves like
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seeing all the toys, and so thatwas really fun.
So, yeah, I would totallyrecommend that.
If you are looking for anactivity next week with the
kiddos, even just for you andyour anybody, even just yourself
this is a lovely place to go.
You could even just bring abook and sit on a bench and read
and just have the butterfliesland on you.
So nice.
Another one we did last year.
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I don't know if we're going todo it this year.
We'll see what next year brings, now that Trevor's off.
Last year we did everythingjust me and her, and so Trevor
didn't get to do it, so heprobably had fun.
Oh, I just thought of anotheractivity that could be fun,
depending on what the weather is, but another one that's fun in
Niagara Falls is the birds.
I feel like I'm going to sneezeagain.
I haven't like fully woken upyet.
You know, done the blow yournose and so I probably have all
(22:37):
the crusties moving around andit's just catching my air
passage.
But another really fun one isthe bird aviary.
I think it's called I don'tthink it's called Bird
Conservatory, maybe it is BirdKingdom.
I think it's called BirdKingdom and that one's like
right in Niagara Falls, likeright by the border, and it.
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That one is smelly but it's afun one because you get to feed
the birds if you want to, and Iactually bought the picture last
year which I like.
Never I don't, I don't evennormally go look at the picture,
but it was so cute.
They give you a little cup, sofirst of all you walk through
and they have like the reptilesat the beginning.
So you see all the reptiles,the tortoises and then the like
talking birds, and then you goout into the big area and you
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just walk through with all thebirds are flying around and
walking around, and then there'slike a caged area where you can
feed.
I don't know what they'recalled.
I want to say budgies, butthat's probably not right.
I think it is budgies.
Anyways, they give you a littlecup and put like a sugar water
or something in it and they comeand they feed.
It was kind of row, so brave,like that.
I remember the first time Iever did that as a kid, I was
like terrified, but we're alwayslike, yeah, I want to do it and
(23:44):
we did it and she had so muchfun and we got the cutest
pictures and honestly, theyweren't even that expensive, I
think.
It was like I feel like it wasless than $10.
So I was like I'm buying it,it's so cute and I love that
picture, so that's another funone to do.
Niagara Falls and then I wasjust thinking one that we
haven't done.
This one's expensive though,but row hasn't been yet.
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And we drove on the way to theconservatory.
We drove the way where you cansee Great Wolf Lodge and we took
her to Great Wolf Lodge lastyear for her birthday and she
was like obsessed.
But you, she saw it and she gotso excited it's like she had
forgotten about and she was likeoh my gosh, great Wolf Lodge.
So like.
She was like so hyped, she waslike I want to do that again.
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But she also said she reallywants a birthday party, because
I was not planning to do alittle last year.
We didn't do a birthday party,we did Great Wolf Lodge, but
this year she really wants abirthday party.
So and then she was like no, Idon't want to go to Great Wolf
Lodge.
And I was like I think youreally want a birthday party.
She's been talking about thisbirthday party for so long, so I
don't think that's actuallywhat she wants to do.
But in Niagara Falls they dohave the water park at.
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I think it's at the Sheridan,it's at one of the hotels and
it's like basically Great WolfLodge but a water park.
But I don't have to look at theheights for the slides, because
I remember thinking abouttaking her last year.
But the kid zone is reallysmall and I don't know if they
have any like it's not reallysmall, but it's just jungle gym.
They don't have like any tubyslides for the youngers.
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But I'm going to look at theheights.
That one is a little bit morespendy, but that could be
something really fun and Trevorwould really enjoy it that we
could do together next week as afamily.
So yeah, that's another reallyfun one, but it is.
I think it's like.
I feel like it's like $100 aperson, which seems like really
expensive.
Maybe it's not that much, butit is spendy.
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Maybe it's like $100.
I wonder how much it is.
I'm intrigued.
I'm intrigued.
But also that could be likemaybe part of a Christmas
present, because I really onlygot her that robot dog that cost
four dollars.
So I guess I could, we couldadd that in.
Okay, I'm gonna talk to Trevorabout that, because that was fun
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and you can spend a whole daythere and they have I think they
have an outdoor pool that'sheated too.
I haven't been there in a while.
The last time I was there Itook Becca, when she was just a
baby not a baby, but like that'sthe last time I was there.
I took Trevor sister, my sistera lot, becca, and it was on.
I feel like we went for, likeshe was on break from something
because we went during the weekand she was little like.
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I feel like she was.
Maybe she was in middle school.
She was definitely not in highschool yet.
She could have even been ingrade five, but anyways, that
was the last time I went and wehad so much fun.
So, anyways, that's a good idea.
So that's my, that's my what todo over the Christmas break
Niagara Falls edition, and then,if you go, you could also Stop
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by Bargaritaville and have aMargarita flight, if you have
brought it as a native driverwith you, and that's a wonderful
thing.
I kind of want to do that now.
It's like, ooh, maybe we can goto Margaritaville next year,
see if they have any Christmasmerch.
Do I say next year?
I meant next week, which isalmost next year, but yeah.
So we had a lovely time at thebird and then we came home and
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she fell asleep in the car.
It was so funny.
Normally I put her down for naparound 12 and so we had gotten
back in the car around 12 andthen I was like, okay, we're
gonna go home for nap time.
And she was like I'm not tired.
I was like okay, and then shefell asleep like 10 minutes
before we got home, which islike okay.
If it's under 10 minutes tillwe get home, I can always
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transfer her, like most typescan transfer her.
So I was like, okay, that'sfine, I should be able to
transfer her, just fine.
And I was.
I transferred her and she had agreat sleep.
I think she slept until like 233o'clock and I took a chill.
I was like I need to chill.
I was like I could record anepisode of the podcast or I
could make a recipe and I waslike I'm so tired.
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I was either I'm gonna drink acoffee or I'm just gonna chill.
So I made food and I justchilled and then I had about I
it was about that 30 minute markwhere I figured she was gonna
wake up, so I made a coffee andI edit it, my Jello video, which
is so funny, I just like it wasquite an adventure and I feel
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like that is the truth of Jellosalad.
So if you haven't watched theJello salad video, you gotta
watch that because it was like avery accurate representation of
Jello salad.
But also my aunt then messagedme who gave me that Jello mold
which like that's like atraditional, not traditional.
I don't know what's consideredtraditional for Jello mold, but
that was her Jello mold fromlike forever ago.
And she messaged me beinggiving me a really good idea.
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She said they make orange Jello, which I have orange Jello with
vanilla ice cream instead ofLiquid at one point.
I don't know, maybe use itinstead of the cold ice water,
maybe you do two cups of hotwater and a scoop of ice cream,
I'm not sure.
And then Mandarin oranges.
That one kind of sounds good.
Mandarin oranges were popular.
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But I just remember when I was akid I'd walk into we lived
close to a loblas and we'd walkin and at the beginning of the
loblas, in the area where whichis a grocery store, in the area
where there was like the potatosalads and stuff, there was
always this Jello salad and itwould just like gross me out.
It had green and it had orangeand I think it had red in it and
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it had different chunkies and Iwas just like, oh, and I did
not like chunkies in my yogurtas a kid, like I don't even like
it to this day.
I will not.
I would.
If I'm gonna, I would never buyflavored yogurt because 90% of
the time there would be thatlayer, you know, like jam at the
bottom that you mixed in, likethe peach and strawberry, and it
was like, and there was likeone brand of yogurt where I knew
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I was gonna get just strawberryflavored yogurt without
Chunkies in it, but anyways, Ijust didn't like that.
So seeing this Jello, I waslike that's giving me chunky
yogurt vibes.
I don't like it.
But it's funny because eatingthat Jello salad yesterday, like
I would never go for Jellosalad at the table.
That's always true.
I love Jello salad Surprise,ending to this video.
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Didn't love this Jello salad,but I like will not go for Jello
salad because I just like thechunkies but I was like I'm
gonna make it.
I know Trump loves it.
It's something fun, it's.
I feel like it's so.
Every every like Christmasdessert table has a Jello salad
on it.
Yeah, so anyways, it was justlike one of those interesting
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things that maybe not everybodyloves.
I actually didn't mind it.
I ate it and I was like I'mlike look at me, go chewing it.
I don't mind it at all.
I didn't think it was that bad.
I didn't like the lemon yogurt,but I know my mom said you have
to make it with lime.
We are meeting at nine.
I don't know what that means.
It's eight o'clock, okay, so Igotta get talking.
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Also, trevor has to Go to work,but who's meeting at nine?
I don't know what that means.
Do I have a meeting today atnine?
Or maybe that was Trevortexting me saying we're meeting
at nine.
Anyways, the thing is my apple.
I don't have it.
I don't keep my eye cloud on,or whatever it's called air
cloud, apple cloud, I don't keepmy cloud on on my phone because
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I don't pay for apple storage.
I use our apple cloud, I don'tknow what it's called.
I use google photos for all mystorage and so I never keep my
cloud on because it will justsend me like a message every day
being like you're running at aStorage, you're running at a
storage and then it also somehowuses up so much storage.
There's like a.
I learned that it's using upstorage of my phone somehow, so
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I just turn it off.
So none of my contacts getssynced between like any of my
apple devices, so they just showup as phone numbers.
And I have so many people in mylife who have the same start to
their phone number, like whatis it called?
What is the thing at thebeginning?
Like 905, 416?
Area code, so I like never knowwho's talking, so I have to
actually click on it to likeread up the conversation.
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Also funny thing now is I have anew phone and I tried to set it
up properly where you sync yourphone and the whole phone goes
over to your old phone or yournew phone.
But it was not working for somereason, because at that time
was when there was like a bigupdate.
I don't even know it was rightbefore we went to Italy and so I
gave up.
I was like, whatever, I don'tcare.
I don't really need anythingfor my old phone because I keep
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everything in my Google photos.
But the only thing I didn'tremember was my contacts.
So then now on my new phone, Iliterally don't know anybody's
numbers, like, I have a fewcontacts that synced over that
were like newer contacts that Ihad met within the last six
months, but I have so manynumbers that I don't even have.
So I think to text them one andI'm like, oh no, I don't have
their number, I'm gonna have towait till they text me first if
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Trevor doesn't have it.
Or I have to reach out to themon like Instagram or something
and be like I don't have yournumber.
So, or someone will text me andbe like wow, I love this or
whatever, and I'm like I don'tknow who you are and I feel
weird being like, hey, I don'tknow who you are.
So it's been a little bit of anawkward adventure.
So sometimes I'll work theconversation until I realize who
they are.
I'm like, oh yeah, okay, thisis this person, so that's a
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secret.
If you've gotten weird codedmessages from me lately, it's
cause I don't have your numbersaved in my phone anymore, but I
forgot what I was talking aboutbefore before I got that
message saying something aboutnine.
We talked about Jell-O-Salad.
We talked about vacation yeah,I don't know.
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But anyways, my brother'scoming into town today and I
hope I'm not sure what time he'scoming in, but I hope, if he
comes in like earlier in the day, like around lunchtime, that
maybe we can go to thebouldering gym, cause I'm like
so stoked for that.
I really I'm excited to gomyself, but I'm excited for Ro
to see it, cause I just think Iwant her to like I wanna know if
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she likes it or not because Ithink they have kids programs
and stuff, so that could be afun activity that we do in the
new year.
And maybe they have a summercamp.
I can ask about that and askwhat their age is for their
summer camp, since I need tostart thinking about that stuff.
But yeah, I'm excited, that'llbe fun.
I actually have one.
Okay, so I have all my recipesplanned out.
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I have to tell you this cute,because it's so sad and I need
to think of a new recipe for ourfinal episode of the year.
I know this isn't our finalepisode, but we made focaccia
yesterday.
Also, my recipes are all like aday behind now posting because
I missed my Jello, salad day,whatever.
So, anyways, I'm sorry, Iapologize for that, but it means
you get a recipe on Christmasday.
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How exciting is that.
So, anyways, we have my seafoodpie and then my focaccia, and
then today we're makingdun-dun-dun-da.
Wait, did I tell you guys thatwe're making focaccia already?
Yeah, I did.
Okay, because we're a daybehind.
Today we are makingdun-dun-dun-da panna cotta.
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This is Rose's favorite dessert.
I shared it in our ItalianWednesday night dinner, our last
Wednesday night dinner of thisyear, with Becca, I made the
panna cotta.
It is so easy, like it isunbelievably easy and it is like
a showstopper and so versatilebecause the actual panna cotta
itself it's like a custard, islike so simple and you can top
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it with whatever you want.
Like you can use any type ofjam to top it.
I have been doing cranberry andRose been really loving it and
the cranberry jam.
Like it's like basically acranberry sauce.
It is a cranberry sauce, it isso easy to make and I love the
way cranberry sauce just smellsup your house.
Ooh, it's so good.
But when we had it in Italy,they put just like apricot jam
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on it.
It was so good.
So it's super, super easy andit's a showstopper, and it
literally takes like not even 10minutes and then you just have
to set it in the fridge, likeit's something that has to set.
So if you could have it in yourfridge for at least like four
hours, but if you make it theday before, you can even make it
a few days before, but if youmake it the day before, it's
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perfect.
It's so good.
So, yeah, we're making pannacotta.
Rose so freaking stoked.
Every day she asks for it.
She's like can we have Italiandinner, which means pesto, pasta
and panna cotta?
But we can't have that everyday because Queen can't make
pesto every day, fresh pasta andpanna cotta, but she would
literally eat that every singleday.
So, anyways, we're making pannacotta today.
Yay, I'm so excited.
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And then we have one morerecipe which I'm making with my
mom.
Well, I think my mom's probablygonna do most of the work,
which I'm so excited becauseshe's the person I learned it
from.
So I'm so excited for that.
And then our finale recipe wasgonna be a traditional dessert I
don't know if traditional isthe right word, but like a
dessert that I learned fromTrevor's family and the first.
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I call it Jesus cake becausethe first time I ever had it was
at his Christmas, on one of hissides of the family, and it was
shaped as a cross and they hadmade a little crown out of tin
foil for it and then they sanghappy birthday for Jesus because
Christmas, and so I just alwayscall it Jesus cake and it's not
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the name of it.
I'm not sure I think it'sconsidered like an ice box cake,
but they don't.
We can't find the wafers for it.
I was texting his mom because Iwent to like three stores and
then I couldn't find them.
So I texted at Trevor's mom andwas like hey, have you been
able to find them this year?
And she's like I can't findthem anywhere.
Blah, blah, blah and I was like, oh no, and then she looked it
up and it looks like theydiscontinued them earlier this
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year.
What, why would you do that?
But anyways, it's basically abig Oreo.
It is so good and I was soexcited to make it.
I did find a recipe to likemake your own wafers.
But like that's not the fun ofit.
I'm not making my own wafers,maybe one year, like if I really
want it, then I'll do that.
But like I'm so disappointedbecause it's so easy and so
delicious, like it's literallymy favorite thing.
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I love it so much and Trevor'smom will always make it, like at
least Christmas or Easter, andit's so good.
So basically, you get thesewafers, which they're like Oreo,
they're like the cookie of anOreo, they're chocolate wafers
and they're thin, and then youjust whip a bunch of cream.
You know, whip, whip, whip,whip, whip, whip up your cream
into whipped cream and then youjust stack them.
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So you do cookie cream, cookiecream, cookie cream, cookie
cream, cookie cream until youhave a log.
You don't have to make it intoa cross Every time.
Every other time I've had it asa log.
It was just the first time Iever had it I was like, oh, it's
Jesus cake.
So you make it into a log andthen you cover the log in
whipped cream and then you putit in the fridge and let it set
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I don't know, I think for likean hour, whatever.
Like longer is better Make itearlier in the day or the day
before.
And then you have to slice iton an angle to get the look.
So you see all the layers.
And then you slice it on anangle and it's just this
delicious whipped cream,chocolate, wafer cookie, oreo
type of cake.
It's so good.
It's so good and it's so sad.
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So that was gonna be our finaledessert.
And now, or a finale recipe, andnow it's like oh, I have to
think of another recipe.
So I have an idea, but itinvolves getting Trevor involved
, and he's always you never knowif he wants to be involved or
not, because it's a video.
Yeah, trevor's not a big videoboy.
Sometimes he wants to be in thevideo and it's like awesome.
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Like if you get a peek ofTrevor, you know that you've
like hit the jackpot today.
But other times it's like hedoes not want to be anywhere
close to the camera.
So I'm gonna see if he wants tobe involved, because if so,
then we're gonna get a Trevorspecial, which is something he
makes for us every Christmas.
If not, I'm gonna think ofsomething else.
Don't worry, I have lots ofrecipes up my sleeve, but I
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really hope we get Trevorinvolved, especially because my
mom's gonna be helping with oneof our recipes.
Like that's so fun.
All the families are involved.
I've made stuff that I'velearned from Trevor's mom.
I'm making stuff that I'velearned from my mom.
I'm getting my mom involved.
If I could get Trevor involved,that would be so fun family
tradition.
So, yeah, that's the hope.
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But today we're making pannacotta and I cannot wait.
Ro is gonna be so, so, sostoked.
Me too.
I love it, and we end up withlike I think it makes eight my
recipe that I use, and so we endup with so much and it's like
every day I get to have mylittle panna cotta and it's
gonna lead up all the way toChristmas.
Perfect.
Also, my family's coming overfor not New Year's, christmas
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Eve, my brother have ChristmasEve at our house, so we could
also have it then.
Ah, can't wait.
Yay, okay, cuties, I know thatsomeone has a meeting at nine.
I'm not sure if it's Trevor hasa meeting at nine or if I have
to be somewhere at nine, but itis almost eight, 30.
So I gotta start my day, brushmy teeth, get up, have something
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to eat.
All of that stuff, ah, it'sbeen so nice to have our morning
coffee together.
I love these chats so much,where I literally just dump my
brain out on the table.
Thank you for being here,besties.
They're all amazing.
I can't wait to come backtomorrow.
There's only two more episodes,which is just wild.
What I feel like.
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My math ain't math in there,but I think that's right.
Anyway, I love you all so much.
Go check out my Instagram andmy podcast, or my podcast, my
TikTok at five years timepodcast, for our recipes and for
any of the recipes that we'vealready had and shared.
I'm sending you so many goodvibes as we head into this
weekend Christmas weekend, Ican't imagine.
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I feel like the malls are gonnabe so busy.
Me and my I actually took mymom to run some errands.
She needed to go do someChristmas shopping a couple of
days ago and I, in my mind, I'mso thrown off because Ro
finished school halfway throughthe day, or halfway through the
day, halfway through the week,so I keep thinking like, oh,
it's Friday.
Every day is Friday.
I keep thinking it's like theweekend, and then I know
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Christmas is on a Monday, but Ikeep getting thrown off because
I know my family, like mom andbrother, are coming on Sunday.
So I'm like Sunday's Christmas,but no, that's Christmas Eve.
Anyways, we were at the storeand we were checking out and the
person's like, oh, do you dosome Christmas shopping?
We're like, yeah, they're like,how are you doing?
I'm like I think this is our, Ithink this is one of our last
stops, and then we're done.
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And he was like wow, amazing.
And we're like, oh, we feellike we're kind of last minute.
He's like, no, no, no, no, no,no.
If it's not Christmas Eve,you're winning.
And then I was just thinkinghow, like, literally, this
weekend is gonna be mayhem andshopping, because one it's a
weekend, and it's literally likeChristmas Eve is a weekend day.
Like most of the time you workon Christmas Eve, but because
it's a weekend, you're off, what?
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It's just gonna be wild.
So, anyways, so so random.
Okay, love kisses, stop, stoppushing away the start of your
day, grace, it's time to gostart.
Okay, I love you, I love you, Ilove you, I love you.
Morning cuties.
Welcome back to Five Years Timepodcast with me, your host,
grace, and welcome back toPodmas.
We are in the studio firstthing in the morning and Shreve
made me a coffee.
I have been wanting to do afirst thing in the morning
episode.
They're always one of myfavorites.
Just like a hangout, I get outof bed literally.
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I put on half my half my uniformtoday, aka my sweater.
I still have my pajamas onunderneath and I'm wearing my
favorite pajamas.
I feel like I always wake up inthese pajamas on recording the
studio days, or good morning,recording the studio days.
I did go to bed yesterday withthe not expectation, but with
the hope.
I was like oh, I really hopethat I can get one more episode
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in where I get to, or at leastget one episode in where I can
record first thing in themorning, and it happened to have
been this morning.
I'm trying to get my mic evencloser to my head so I can
really rest and relax, but itdoesn't want to.
I've got to sit up a bit more.
Come on, anyways, I'm wearingmy favorite pajamas, if you know
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.
You know I love my what is itcalled?
Margaritaville T-shirts.
I actually have three now.
This was my first one and thisone's probably my favorite.
Ro bought it for me with herdad when we went to
Margaritaville for my birthday afew years back, and now Trevor
went to Vegas last year and gotme one, and then my friends
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Akbar and Evina went to PalmSprings and got me one.
So it's become quite a cutelittle thing where I didn't even
think about Margaritaville andtraveling.
The first Margaritaville I everwent to was in Jamaica, so I
should have put that togetherbut I didn't even think about it
as like a souvenir thing.
I just love Margaritavillebecause you can get
Margaritavites and I thinkthey're so fun and I just feel
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like Margaritaville is such arandom vibe and we happen to
live close to the Margaritavillethat is in Ontario, so it's one
of my favorite places to go,like for my birthday or if we're
having.
If we're ever have people overor coming down and we're going
to go to the falls, then I willalways go to Margaritaville.
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Honestly, their food isn't likethe best in the whole wide world
, but they have this.
I don't even know if they haveit in our location, but like
when you're traveling, like I'vedefinitely had it in.
There's a couple of locationsin Jamaica, I think, but I've
definitely had it there.
It's this taco salad that theyserve in like a pita, deep fried
, like a deep fried tortillabowl.
It's so good.
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I always just get the nachos.
I think they're called volcanonachos.
You can never go wrong withnachos.
So I always get a margaritaflight and the volcano nachos
and that's just like my happyplace to be, and I think they
have two flight options, butthey come with like four
different flavors of margaritasand it is so good.
And this shirt is the comfiestshirt in the world.
So, anyways, I'm wearing myMargarita Ville shirt, but I
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have my Christmas sweater overtop, and Trevor made me a coffee
.
I went downstairs, so I actuallywoke up.
It's not even that early in themorning.
It's 7.30 now, and I woke upcloser to 7, which is amazing.
Rose been going to bed prettylate, though, so I think that's
probably why she's just in likea late mode.
Also, I've been giving her napsat home.
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She doesn't have nap at schoolanymore, but she always falls
asleep in the car ride home.
And I always give her naps onthe weekends, but she always
falls asleep like in the quickcar ride home.
So I'm like I'm going to keepup the naps because she still
likes them, but I do think it'spushing her bedtime a little bit
later.
But you know what?
I'm not mad.
We hang out, we giggle, shegoes to sleep.
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We start getting ready for bedaround 7.30 and she usually is
asleep by right now by 9, like8.39.
But we laugh, we giggle, weread stories, she pulls out
random coloring books from underthe bed and then she ends up
sleeping in until around 6.30,which I know doesn't seem like a
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sleep in, but it is for us.
So I'm not mad.
It's holiday, let's just have agood time, but anyway.
So I actually fell asleep withher and then snuck back into our
bed around what time was it?
I think it was like I think Iwoke up with her around 11, so
not that bad.
I only fell asleep for a shortperiod of time and then I was
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like oh, I'm going to sneak backinto our bed and I wasn't sure
if Trevor had already fallenasleep.
I find it really hard to fallasleep with Trevor already
asleep in our bed because hekind of like will take over the
bed, which is me too, like if Ifall asleep before Trevor comes
to bed, like I will take overthe bed too.
So I'm not saying it as like abad thing, but I usually can't
find my pillow Like he has twopillows under his head, like
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whatever.
So I came in and he was likefully on my side of the bed, had
his phone plugged into my phonecharger, because I was like, if
anything, I just want to plugmy phone in.
So because it was alreadypretty low at the end of the day
and if I start the day I withlike a low battery I'll never
get it back and I still have tofilm recipe videos.
So it's like I need to have myphone charged.
So I just like grabbed the cordand found it when it was
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plugged into, unplugged hisphone and plugged in my phone
and then I tried to squeeze inand he kind of moved over a bit,
but not really, and we weresharing a pillow for like a
while and I was listening to apodcast and I got through to
podcast episode so like twohours of content before I
actually fell asleep because itwas so uncomfy.
But I also just like wasuncomfortable in Rose bed
because she had moved all theway to my side and I was like I
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could go to the guest bed, butlike I just want to have a good
sleep in my bed, and so Ieventually I didn't know if he
had like the other pillow withsomewhere else, like I wasn't
sure if he had a pillow or hewas just using my pillow, I
didn't know, it was dark, Icouldn't tell.
So like we were sleeping on thesame pillow for a while and
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then eventually he like rolledover and I was like maybe he's
like on his own pillow now orhe's just sleeping on the
mattress.
So I like grabbed my pillow andrealized that we were sleeping
on the same pillow, but likelong ways not even the proper
way to sleep on a pillow it wasnot good and I was like why is
it so uncomfortable?
That makes sense.
And so then I turned it andthen it was a little bit more
comfy and then eventually I fellasleep.
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I'll have to ask him if weslept the whole night together,
because a lot of the time when Icome in he'll wake up and then
can't get back to sleep, sohe'll go sleep in the guest bed.
So I'll have to ask him,because when I woke up this
morning I heard Ro going downthe stairs.
So I figured Trevor was alreadydownstairs.
And, yeah, I was like, oh,amazing.
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And then I was like maybe Ishould just like lay in and
enjoy.
And then I was like, oh, yeah,I wanted to record the episode.
So I picked up my phone.
I looked at what time it was.
I was like, oh my gosh, it'salmost seven o'clock.
So I just ran downstairs andwas like, hey, do you mind if I
record a quick episode, becausebefore Trevor has to start work?
He was like totally.
And I was like amazing.
And I brought down my mug tomake coffee.
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And he, trevor, was so excited.
He was like, oh, you want acoffee?
Like let me make you a coffee.
I was like, okay, he's like Iwant to make you something new.
And I was like new, like Idon't know if I'm in like a mood
for something too fancy, butTrevor always makes great coffee
.
So he actually made me aat-home nitro cold brew, which
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like or nitro was it cold brewcould have it been.
I don't know if it was cold, Idon't know if he brewed it last
night I actually didn't get thefull description from him but
somehow he like aerated thecoffee.
I'm not sure if he used.
I don't know what he did, buthe made our coffee machine and
he kind of made it all at once.
I'm gonna ask him and then Iwill post on my Instagram story
about it, because I think hemade a video of how he did it.
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But let's have our first siptogether.
Cheers, cute, mmm.
It has foaminess on it, but Idon't know if it has cream in it
.
I feel like it must have creamin it.
I'm very intrigued as to how hemade this, but I couldn't stick
around to hear the story.
I was like I gotta get thisdone before you go to work.
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We're already starting late,but I just wanted to have a
quick little episode today wherewe can just hang out and talk
and catch up.
I am so, I mean, like such aI'm not a weird mindset.
So Ro is on holiday right nowand whenever she's on vacation
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from school, like I always amlike oh, I love having her home.
I love the way that I amproductive with my time or the
way that I use my time, and Ijust feel like it's very much
easier.
Our mornings are like less likeokay, we gotta get out of the
house and then there's not aninterruption in the middle of
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the afternoon where it's like,oh, I gotta go pick up a row.
And then it's like a switchovermindset.
I don't know there's somethingso lovely about having her home
and I always have to remindmyself like it's nice until it's
not nice.
Not, not, not nice, like I justfeel.
Like then I feel like I'm likeexcited for her to get back to
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school, like after the break orwhatever.
I'm always like oh yeah, like Ican't wait for a little bit of
like my own time again, and alsolike right now I'm not doing
any like work, work for likebrands at the moment, which
means that I don't havedeadlines Cause everyone's kind
of wrapping up for the holidayseason.
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So, like I actually find itreally lovely to film my podcast
.
Well, the podcast can be trickysometimes, but if I use nap
times or mornings, then that'sokay.
But like filming content, likemy videos and stuff cooking
videos I love cooking when thehouse is full of people.
So if that's easy for me tointegrate into my like mom, mom
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full mom journey or time, soanyways, right now it just feels
really good because I know I'mgoing into a place of like rest
and relaxation.
But then after Christmas, Iactually don't know how long her
break is.
I'm assuming it's two weeks.
I don't think it's, maybe it'sonly a week and a half, but I
assume it's two weeks.
I'm not sure.
I'll have to look it up, causeif she goes back to school right
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after New Year's, then I'llfeel fine, I'm sure.
And Trevor actually has nextweek off, which, like he never
takes holiday time off becausewe always just like think it's
kind of silly to take, not sillylike do what you want with your
time off, but like the holidaytime and because he works from
home is always so chill anyways,that he's super, his schedule
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is so flexible.
He doesn't really have anymeetings whatever A lot of the
time.
His bosses will always be likeokay, like let's just like, just
like be on, be online, but likedon't worry, you don't have to
be online, just be accessible ifwe have anything come up or
whatever.
So we never like waste thevacation time around the
holidays.
But this year he's working fora new company where they do like
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actually a full week.
The whole company is likeclosed for a full week around
the holidays.
So, yeah, he actually has nextweek off.
So anyways, that'll be so muchfun because we'll all be
together.
And I do have actual stuff thatI do need to film next week
because I kind of like pushed itoff because it's not due till
after the holidays.
But anyways, I also need Trevorto help me film it because he's
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my little companion in thosesituations.
So I was like, oh, that'sperfect.
But anyways, what I'm trying tosay is like I always have this
mindset when we switch to rowbeing home, like where I'm like
I love this, I love it.
I think I like also just lovebeing a mom and love having that
kid energy around me, and Ilove the scheduling of moming.
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Like it makes me nostalgic.
I think to the time when me andRoe like the first 18 months
when it was just me and her allthe time before she started
school, and I always get thisfeeling around summertime, like
I remember last summer I hadthis big debate because I had
already, I was working formyself, I had the flexibility to
I could technically have Roehome all summer if I wanted to,
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because her program only runstill like the end of the year
and then you can sign up for asummer camp as additional.
That being said, I'm realizingthat I can probably whoa, I just
had a mom moment here.
There's so much stuff I need todo for next year because she's
in preschool right now, so Ineed to first of all get her
signed up for kindergarten.
There's like things I need todo in the new year.
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I need to get her signed up forkindergarten.
And then I was also thinkinglike she'll be old enough to go
to like public summer camps, orlike private summer camps too, I
guess, but like ones that arelike more specific.
Like right now I just send herto a summer camp that's extended
through her preschool, but Ithink she might be old enough to
do, like you know, drama campor dance camp or wilderness camp
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or whatever.
So I need to look that up,because I know camps like
February comes around and it'slike they're booked all up.
So I need to look at what theage is for that.
I'm not sure if it's four orfive.
Okay, so there's like a bunchof stuff I need to put on my mom
list to do.
But anyways, I just thoughtabout that.
But I remember last summer wasmy first summer like fully
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working for myself and likehaving no commitments out, like
to a greater power of boss.
And so I remember having thisbig debate leading up to it,
like, oh, should I put Rowanfull time or we could do part
time, where she goes just likethree days a week or no days a
week or whatever.
But, like as in my career, likeas a content creator, you can't
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really see what your scheduleis like three months in advance.
Work wise, like right now Icould be like, oh, I don't have
any work.
Or oh, I have so much worklined up for the next three
months, but I don't know what itlooks like afterwards or
whatever, because it kind ofcomes up like it flows right,
you don't know what's gonnahappen.
So I was like, oh, if I keepher out three days, then I still
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.
Or put her in three days, thenI still have two days if I need
to like film stuff, brand itcontent or have deadlines or
anything like that, and then Istill have the ability to record
the podcast, etc.
And then so I was like, oh,maybe that's what I'm gonna do,
but then my last minute gonnaregret it because I'm gonna be
all of a sudden really busy andthen there won't be space for me
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to put her in more.
And I was having it was likestressing me out.
I was like I don't know what todo.
I don't know what to do, andbut I also get like a good chunk
of time with her in the summerbecause they take, I think, two
weeks off at the beginning ofsummer, two weeks off at the end
of the summer.
So I still get like that timewith her.
But I was like I don't knowwhat to do.
And then Trevor was like,honestly, it's up to you, like
whatever you feel you'recomfortable with, because
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obviously he works full time.
And I was like I don't know.
And then I was like why don't Ijust ask bro?
So I like had been festering onit and I was like hey, ro, what
do you think Like, do you wantto be home more this summer?
Do you want to be in summercamp full time?
And she like literally was likeadamant, like no, I want to go
to summer camp every day, likeshe loves it, she loves being
with the kids.
And I was like, okay, queen,like we'll put you in every day.
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So I'm happy that I made thatdecision ultimately, because I
did end up getting busier andalso summertime's, the days are
longer.
So when I pick her up, it's notlike the end of the day I
always get.
We have our beautiful eveningstogether and we can go swimming
and go to the park andeverything Like days are longer
in the summertime.
So, anyways, this is like awhirlwind of a conversation here
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, but this is what we're herefor chatty Good mornings.
I'm just gonna take another sipof coffee, but yeah.
So I'm just being reminded ofall those feelings now that
we're on another break fromschool and I love it.
I always get that feeling.
I'm like, oh, I should justtake her out of school for it,
because this is like,technically, this winter
semester going back is like herlast optional time of school,
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right, then she's going to enterthe public school system.
She's going to have to be inschool for the next forever.
So I'm always like, oh, weshould just take six months off
or whatever, however many monthsschool year is, but half the
year, and just like a, enjoy it.
And like, embrace the freedomand the flexibility and go do
all these adventures.
And then it's like I shouldn'tdo that, because, not that I
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shouldn't do it, but like itwouldn't work.
One.
It would just mean being her,because Trevor's in school or at
school, trevor's at work, butalso she loves it and I know how
important it is for hersocialization and she's learning
so much and like she'sblossoming and she loves her
little girl group and like Iknow, I know, I know and I do
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actually know firsthand, becausewhen we went to Italy for like
three weeks, the transition backto school it wasn't like the
worst thing in the world, but itwas a week of like it took.
It was like 30 minute drop offs,like she really wanted me to be
there with her, like she shehad a hard time leaving me and I
get it.
Obviously she had literallythree weeks undivided attention
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of me and Trevor Like thathasn't that literally has not
happened since she was tiny,like the first, like ba ba, ba,
ba ba.
Like when Trevor took time off,he took two weeks off at the
beginning of me having her.
He took those two weeks offwhen I had her and then he
literally went back to work forI think like a week, not even
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two weeks, and then COVID hitand then he came home but he was
still working at home.
It wasn't undivided attentionand yeah.
So it was just one of thosethings where, like she had never
had that really, where it wasjust three weeks Me, her and
Trevor and I'm so glad that shegot that out and honestly, it
was so impactful for our familyand our makeup moving forwards
and everything Like it wasamazing.
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But yeah, the transition backinto school after that was like
A little difficult and I justknow that like it's good for her
to be in school.
She loves it and I love it too.
Like I do love having her thereand.
But I am so grateful for thesetimes when I get to have like my
full mom routine and it alwaysputs into perspective like, hmm,
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maybe I could have another kid.
I didn't say that, but I justfeel like I'm getting closer to
having more of an open mindsetaround that.
For so long it was like I couldnot see our family.
I could not even I couldn't seemy family being bigger.
I just could not see myselfgoing through that.
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But I also think like I've beenworking through like all of the
trauma that came from the firstone not that everyone has a
traumatic birth, but then it wasjust like the whole.
I think I just like wasn'tprepared for how isolated I
would feel because of COVID andeverything, and it was just like
and then moving.
And then I wanted to make Iwant to make sure that here I
feel like I'm part of thecommunity so I don't put myself
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in that situation again.
Well, I didn't put myself inthat situation, but so that I
can give myself the best chanceto be not put in that situation
again and it's just this wholething.
But that's a that's aconversation for another day.
I need more coffee.
But, that being said, me and Rohave been having a great time.
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We went to the butterflyconservatory yesterday.
Oh wow, I actually was able tosay it Is that how you say it?
Yesterday I could not pronouncethat word.
I kept asking Google.
I was like hey, when does itopen?
What time does it open?
And I kept saying butterfly.
And then I couldn't say theword and.
But it understood me every timeand I was like thank you,
google, you get it.
No-transcript.
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It was actually so much fun.
We went there last year and overChristmas break as well,
because it's a good indooractivity.
So if you need something to dothis Christmas break, that's a
great indoor activity.
It's in Niagara Falls so youcan make a day of it if you want
.
If you don't live close by, youcan continue on your adventure
and do all the fun things, butthat one's always a good indoor
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winter activity because it'sreally warm in there.
They keep it so moist I feellike I'm gonna sneeze.
They keep it humid, and so thenthey have coat hooks, coat
hangers to hang up your coat.
So I dressed in a t-shirt andwear a coat over top to walk
from the parking lot.
But yeah, it's always a goodone and it's a short little loop
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around but you can spend asmuch time as you wanted there.
Last year I found that when wewent it was sorry, it was hard
for Ro to want to stay an hourin there, and so last year she
would have been two, almostthree, two, almost three, and so
I found that age she was alittle bit like it was hard for
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her to want to spend a wholehour in there.
I remember thinking like, ohgosh, we walked the whole loop
and now she's like, hey, I'mover it and I like had to like
coerce her into being therelonger and we made it work.
We did Because you want to.
You don't want to just do onelap, like it does cost money.
And so this time I was likekind of prepared for that.
I was like okay, like who knowshow interested she's going to
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be.
But we actually had coupons togo, because my uncle works for
something to do with NiagaraPark so he gets like some
coupons for those things.
So we actually had coupons.
So that was amazing.
So anyways, we got there andlike I only paid for an hour of
parking because I was like okay,like I'm sure we'll only last
an hour.
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She could have stayed in therefor so long.
Like I had to.
Like we actually went 15minutes late for our parking.
Thankfully we didn't get aticket, but I, I, she would have
been happy to stay in there forprobably two hours.
She was having such a good time.
It also wasn't as busy as thelast time we went.
But they also have benches andyou can sit on the rocks and she
had brought a backpack.
She wanted to bring all hertoys not all her toys, but like
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a good handful of toys.
So she brought a backpack fullof them and then she would pull
out one at a time and show themto everybody.
She recently revound herstuffed owl, which she calls
Hootie, and so she was.
It brought Hootie out and wasflying it around, but anyway,
she was having such a good time.
And then we got to the giftshop and she loves exploring the
gift shop.
We never buy anything at thegift shop, she just loves like
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seeing all the toys, and so thatwas really fun.
So, yeah, I would totallyrecommend that.
If you are looking for anactivity next week with the
kiddos, even just for you andyour anybody, even just yourself
this is a lovely place to go.
You could even just bring abook and sit on a bench and read
and just have the butterfliesland on you.
So nice.
Another one we did last year.
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I don't know if we're going todo it this year.
We'll see what next year brings, now that Trevor's off.
Last year we did everythingjust me and her, and so Trevor
didn't get to do it, so heprobably had fun.
Oh, I just thought of anotheractivity that could be fun,
depending on what the weather is, but another one that's fun in
Niagara Falls is the birds.
I feel like I'm going to sneezeagain.
I haven't like fully woken upyet.
You know, done the blow yournose and so I probably have all
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the crusties moving around andit's just catching my air
passage.
But another really fun one isthe bird aviary.
I think it's called I don'tthink it's called Bird
Conservatory, maybe it is BirdKingdom.
I think it's called BirdKingdom and that one's like
right in Niagara Falls, likeright by the border, and it.
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That one is smelly but it's afun one because you get to feed
the birds if you want to, and Iactually bought the picture last
year which I like.
Never I don't, I don't evennormally go look at the picture,
but it was so cute.
They give you a little cup, sofirst of all you walk through
and they have like the reptilesat the beginning.
So you see all the reptiles,the tortoises and then the like
talking birds, and then you goout into the big area and you
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just walk through with all thebirds are flying around and
walking around, and then there'slike a caged area where you can
feed.
I don't know what they'recalled.
I want to say budgies, butthat's probably not right.
I think it is budgies.
Anyways, they give you a littlecup and put like a sugar water
or something in it and they comeand they feed.
It was kind of row, so brave,like that.
I remember the first time Iever did that as a kid, I was
like terrified, but we're alwayslike, yeah, I want to do it and
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we did it and she had so muchfun and we got the cutest
pictures and honestly, theyweren't even that expensive, I
think.
It was like I feel like it wasless than $10.
So I was like I'm buying it,it's so cute and I love that
picture, so that's another funone to do.
Niagara Falls and then I wasjust thinking one that we
haven't done.
This one's expensive though,but row hasn't been yet.
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And we drove on the way to theconservatory.
We drove the way where you cansee Great Wolf Lodge and we took
her to Great Wolf Lodge lastyear for her birthday and she
was like obsessed.
But you, she saw it and she gotso excited it's like she had
forgotten about and she was likeoh my gosh, great Wolf Lodge.
So like.
She was like so hyped, she waslike I want to do that again.
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But she also said she reallywants a birthday party, because
I was not planning to do alittle last year.
We didn't do a birthday party,we did Great Wolf Lodge, but
this year she really wants abirthday party.
So and then she was like no, Idon't want to go to Great Wolf
Lodge.
And I was like I think youreally want a birthday party.
She's been talking about thisbirthday party for so long, so I
don't think that's actuallywhat she wants to do.
But in Niagara Falls they dohave the water park at.
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I think it's at the Sheridan,it's at one of the hotels and
it's like basically Great WolfLodge but a water park.
But I don't have to look at theheights for the slides, because
I remember thinking abouttaking her last year.
But the kid zone is reallysmall and I don't know if they
have any like it's not reallysmall, but it's just jungle gym.
They don't have like any tubyslides for the youngers.
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But I'm going to look at theheights.
That one is a little bit morespendy, but that could be
something really fun and Trevorwould really enjoy it that we
could do together next week as afamily.
So yeah, that's another reallyfun one, but it is.
I think it's like.
I feel like it's like $100 aperson, which seems like really
expensive.
Maybe it's not that much, butit is spendy.
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Maybe it's like $100.
I wonder how much it is.
I'm intrigued.
I'm intrigued.
But also that could be likemaybe part of a Christmas
present, because I really onlygot her that robot dog that cost
four dollars.
So I guess I could, we couldadd that in.
Okay, I'm gonna talk to Trevorabout that, because that was fun
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and you can spend a whole daythere and they have I think they
have an outdoor pool that'sheated too.
I haven't been there in a while.
The last time I was there Itook Becca, when she was just a
baby not a baby, but like that'sthe last time I was there.
I took Trevor sister, my sistera lot, becca, and it was on.
I feel like we went for, likeshe was on break from something
because we went during the weekand she was little like.
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I feel like she was.
Maybe she was in middle school.
She was definitely not in highschool yet.
She could have even been ingrade five, but anyways, that
was the last time I went and wehad so much fun.
So, anyways, that's a good idea.
So that's my, that's my what todo over the Christmas break
Niagara Falls edition, and then,if you go, you could also Stop
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by Bargaritaville and have aMargarita flight, if you have
brought it as a native driverwith you, and that's a wonderful
thing.
I kind of want to do that now.
It's like, ooh, maybe we can goto Margaritaville next year,
see if they have any Christmasmerch.
Do I say next year?
I meant next week, which isalmost next year, but yeah.
So we had a lovely time at thebird and then we came home and
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she fell asleep in the car.
It was so funny.
Normally I put her down for naparound 12 and so we had gotten
back in the car around 12 andthen I was like, okay, we're
gonna go home for nap time.
And she was like I'm not tired.
I was like okay, and then shefell asleep like 10 minutes
before we got home, which islike okay.
If it's under 10 minutes tillwe get home, I can always
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transfer her, like most typescan transfer her.
So I was like, okay, that'sfine, I should be able to
transfer her, just fine.
And I was.
I transferred her and she had agreat sleep.
I think she slept until like 233o'clock and I took a chill.
I was like I need to chill.
I was like I could record anepisode of the podcast or I
could make a recipe and I waslike I'm so tired.
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I was either I'm gonna drink acoffee or I'm just gonna chill.
So I made food and I justchilled and then I had about I
it was about that 30 minute markwhere I figured she was gonna
wake up, so I made a coffee andI edit it, my Jello video, which
is so funny, I just like it wasquite an adventure and I feel
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like that is the truth of Jellosalad.
So if you haven't watched theJello salad video, you gotta
watch that because it was like avery accurate representation of
Jello salad.
But also my aunt then messagedme who gave me that Jello mold
which like that's like atraditional, not traditional.
I don't know what's consideredtraditional for Jello mold, but
that was her Jello mold fromlike forever ago.
And she messaged me beinggiving me a really good idea.
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She said they make orange Jello, which I have orange Jello with
vanilla ice cream instead ofLiquid at one point.
I don't know, maybe use itinstead of the cold ice water,
maybe you do two cups of hotwater and a scoop of ice cream,
I'm not sure.
And then Mandarin oranges.
That one kind of sounds good.
Mandarin oranges were popular.
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But I just remember when I was akid I'd walk into we lived
close to a loblas and we'd walkin and at the beginning of the
loblas, in the area where whichis a grocery store, in the area
where there was like the potatosalads and stuff, there was
always this Jello salad and itwould just like gross me out.
It had green and it had orangeand I think it had red in it and
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it had different chunkies and Iwas just like, oh, and I did
not like chunkies in my yogurtas a kid, like I don't even like
it to this day.
I will not.
I would.
If I'm gonna, I would never buyflavored yogurt because 90% of
the time there would be thatlayer, you know, like jam at the
bottom that you mixed in, likethe peach and strawberry, and it
was like, and there was likeone brand of yogurt where I knew
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I was gonna get just strawberryflavored yogurt without
Chunkies in it, but anyways, Ijust didn't like that.
So seeing this Jello, I waslike that's giving me chunky
yogurt vibes.
I don't like it.
But it's funny because eatingthat Jello salad yesterday, like
I would never go for Jellosalad at the table.
That's always true.
I love Jello salad Surprise,ending to this video.
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Didn't love this Jello salad,but I like will not go for Jello
salad because I just like thechunkies but I was like I'm
gonna make it.
I know Trump loves it.
It's something fun, it's.
I feel like it's so.
Every every like Christmasdessert table has a Jello salad
on it.
Yeah, so anyways, it was justlike one of those interesting
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things that maybe not everybodyloves.
I actually didn't mind it.
I ate it and I was like I'mlike look at me, go chewing it.
I don't mind it at all.
I didn't think it was that bad.
I didn't like the lemon yogurt,but I know my mom said you have
to make it with lime.
We are meeting at nine.
I don't know what that means.
It's eight o'clock, okay, so Igotta get talking.
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Also, trevor has to Go to work,but who's meeting at nine?
I don't know what that means.
Do I have a meeting today atnine?
Or maybe that was Trevortexting me saying we're meeting
at nine.
Anyways, the thing is my apple.
I don't have it.
I don't keep my eye cloud on,or whatever it's called air
cloud, apple cloud, I don't keepmy cloud on on my phone because
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I don't pay for apple storage.
I use our apple cloud, I don'tknow what it's called.
I use google photos for all mystorage and so I never keep my
cloud on because it will justsend me like a message every day
being like you're running at aStorage, you're running at a
storage and then it also somehowuses up so much storage.
There's like a.
I learned that it's using upstorage of my phone somehow, so
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I just turn it off.
So none of my contacts getssynced between like any of my
apple devices, so they just showup as phone numbers.
And I have so many people in mylife who have the same start to
their phone number, like whatis it called?
What is the thing at thebeginning?
Like 905, 416?
Area code, so I like never knowwho's talking, so I have to
actually click on it to likeread up the conversation.
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Also funny thing now is I have anew phone and I tried to set it
up properly where you sync yourphone and the whole phone goes
over to your old phone or yournew phone.
But it was not working for somereason, because at that time
was when there was like a bigupdate.
I don't even know it was rightbefore we went to Italy and so I
gave up.
I was like, whatever, I don'tcare.
I don't really need anythingfor my old phone because I keep
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everything in my Google photos.
But the only thing I didn'tremember was my contacts.
So then now on my new phone, Iliterally don't know anybody's
numbers, like, I have a fewcontacts that synced over that
were like newer contacts that Ihad met within the last six
months, but I have so manynumbers that I don't even have.
So I think to text them one andI'm like, oh no, I don't have
their number, I'm gonna have towait till they text me first if
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Trevor doesn't have it.
Or I have to reach out to themon like Instagram or something
and be like I don't have yournumber.
So, or someone will text me andbe like wow, I love this or
whatever, and I'm like I don'tknow who you are and I feel
weird being like, hey, I don'tknow who you are.
So it's been a little bit of anawkward adventure.
So sometimes I'll work theconversation until I realize who
they are.
I'm like, oh yeah, okay, thisis this person, so that's a
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secret.
If you've gotten weird codedmessages from me lately, it's
cause I don't have your numbersaved in my phone anymore, but I
forgot what I was talking aboutbefore before I got that
message saying something aboutnine.
We talked about Jell-O-Salad.
We talked about vacation yeah,I don't know.
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But anyways, my brother'scoming into town today and I
hope I'm not sure what time he'scoming in, but I hope, if he
comes in like earlier in the day, like around lunchtime, that
maybe we can go to thebouldering gym, cause I'm like
so stoked for that.
I really I'm excited to gomyself, but I'm excited for Ro
to see it, cause I just think Iwant her to like I wanna know if
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she likes it or not because Ithink they have kids programs
and stuff, so that could be afun activity that we do in the
new year.
And maybe they have a summercamp.
I can ask about that and askwhat their age is for their
summer camp, since I need tostart thinking about that stuff.
But yeah, I'm excited, that'llbe fun.
I actually have one.
Okay, so I have all my recipesplanned out.
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I have to tell you this cute,because it's so sad and I need
to think of a new recipe for ourfinal episode of the year.
I know this isn't our finalepisode, but we made focaccia
yesterday.
Also, my recipes are all like aday behind now posting because
I missed my Jello, salad day,whatever.
So, anyways, I'm sorry, Iapologize for that, but it means
you get a recipe on Christmasday.
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How exciting is that.
So, anyways, we have my seafoodpie and then my focaccia, and
then today we're makingdun-dun-dun-da.
Wait, did I tell you guys thatwe're making focaccia already?
Yeah, I did.
Okay, because we're a daybehind.
Today we are makingdun-dun-dun-da panna cotta.
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This is Rose's favorite dessert.
I shared it in our ItalianWednesday night dinner, our last
Wednesday night dinner of thisyear, with Becca, I made the
panna cotta.
It is so easy, like it isunbelievably easy and it is like
a showstopper and so versatilebecause the actual panna cotta
itself it's like a custard, islike so simple and you can top
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it with whatever you want.
Like you can use any type ofjam to top it.
I have been doing cranberry andRose been really loving it and
the cranberry jam.
Like it's like basically acranberry sauce.
It is a cranberry sauce, it isso easy to make and I love the
way cranberry sauce just smellsup your house.
Ooh, it's so good.
But when we had it in Italy,they put just like apricot jam
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on it.
It was so good.
So it's super, super easy andit's a showstopper, and it
literally takes like not even 10minutes and then you just have
to set it in the fridge, likeit's something that has to set.
So if you could have it in yourfridge for at least like four
hours, but if you make it theday before, you can even make it
a few days before, but if youmake it the day before, it's
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perfect.
It's so good.
So, yeah, we're making pannacotta.
Rose so freaking stoked.
Every day she asks for it.
She's like can we have Italiandinner, which means pesto, pasta
and panna cotta?
But we can't have that everyday because Queen can't make
pesto every day, fresh pasta andpanna cotta, but she would
literally eat that every singleday.
So, anyways, we're making pannacotta today.
Yay, I'm so excited.
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And then we have one morerecipe which I'm making with my
mom.
Well, I think my mom's probablygonna do most of the work,
which I'm so excited becauseshe's the person I learned it
from.
So I'm so excited for that.
And then our finale recipe wasgonna be a traditional dessert I
don't know if traditional isthe right word, but like a
dessert that I learned fromTrevor's family and the first.
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I call it Jesus cake becausethe first time I ever had it was
at his Christmas, on one of hissides of the family, and it was
shaped as a cross and they hadmade a little crown out of tin
foil for it and then they sanghappy birthday for Jesus because
Christmas, and so I just alwayscall it Jesus cake and it's not
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the name of it.
I'm not sure I think it'sconsidered like an ice box cake,
but they don't.
We can't find the wafers for it.
I was texting his mom because Iwent to like three stores and
then I couldn't find them.
So I texted at Trevor's mom andwas like hey, have you been
able to find them this year?
And she's like I can't findthem anywhere.
Blah, blah, blah and I was like, oh no, and then she looked it
up and it looks like theydiscontinued them earlier this
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year.
What, why would you do that?
But anyways, it's basically abig Oreo.
It is so good and I was soexcited to make it.
I did find a recipe to likemake your own wafers.
But like that's not the fun ofit.
I'm not making my own wafers,maybe one year, like if I really
want it, then I'll do that.
But like I'm so disappointedbecause it's so easy and so
delicious, like it's literallymy favorite thing.
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I love it so much and Trevor'smom will always make it, like at
least Christmas or Easter, andit's so good.
So basically, you get thesewafers, which they're like Oreo,
they're like the cookie of anOreo, they're chocolate wafers
and they're thin, and then youjust whip a bunch of cream.
You know, whip, whip, whip,whip, whip, whip up your cream
into whipped cream and then youjust stack them.
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So you do cookie cream, cookiecream, cookie cream, cookie
cream, cookie cream until youhave a log.
You don't have to make it intoa cross Every time.
Every other time I've had it asa log.
It was just the first time Iever had it I was like, oh, it's
Jesus cake.
So you make it into a log andthen you cover the log in
whipped cream and then you putit in the fridge and let it set
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I don't know, I think for likean hour, whatever.
Like longer is better Make itearlier in the day or the day
before.
And then you have to slice iton an angle to get the look.
So you see all the layers.
And then you slice it on anangle and it's just this
delicious whipped cream,chocolate, wafer cookie, oreo
type of cake.
It's so good.
It's so good and it's so sad.
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So that was gonna be our finaledessert.
And now, or a finale recipe, andnow it's like oh, I have to
think of another recipe.
So I have an idea, but itinvolves getting Trevor involved
, and he's always you never knowif he wants to be involved or
not, because it's a video.
Yeah, trevor's not a big videoboy.
Sometimes he wants to be in thevideo and it's like awesome.
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Like if you get a peek ofTrevor, you know that you've
like hit the jackpot today.
But other times it's like hedoes not want to be anywhere
close to the camera.
So I'm gonna see if he wants tobe involved, because if so,
then we're gonna get a Trevorspecial, which is something he
makes for us every Christmas.
If not, I'm gonna think ofsomething else.
Don't worry, I have lots ofrecipes up my sleeve, but I
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really hope we get Trevorinvolved, especially because my
mom's gonna be helping with oneof our recipes.
Like that's so fun.
All the families are involved.
I've made stuff that I'velearned from Trevor's mom.
I'm making stuff that I'velearned from my mom.
I'm getting my mom involved.
If I could get Trevor involved,that would be so fun family
tradition.
So, yeah, that's the hope.
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But today we're making pannacotta and I cannot wait.
Ro is gonna be so, so, sostoked.
Me too.
I love it, and we end up withlike I think it makes eight my
recipe that I use, and so we endup with so much and it's like
every day I get to have mylittle panna cotta and it's
gonna lead up all the way toChristmas.
Perfect.
Also, my family's coming overfor not New Year's, christmas
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Eve, my brother have ChristmasEve at our house, so we could
also have it then.
Ah, can't wait.
Yay, okay, cuties, I know thatsomeone has a meeting at nine.
I'm not sure if it's Trevor hasa meeting at nine or if I have
to be somewhere at nine, but itis almost eight, 30.
So I gotta start my day, brushmy teeth, get up, have something
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to eat.
All of that stuff, ah, it'sbeen so nice to have our morning
coffee together.
I love these chats so much,where I literally just dump my
brain out on the table.
Thank you for being here,besties.
They're all amazing.
I can't wait to come backtomorrow.
There's only two more episodes,which is just wild.
What I feel like.
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My math ain't math in there,but I think that's right.
Anyway, I love you all so much.
Go check out my Instagram andmy podcast, or my podcast, my
TikTok at five years timepodcast, for our recipes and for
any of the recipes that we'vealready had and shared.
I'm sending you so many goodvibes as we head into this
weekend Christmas weekend, Ican't imagine.
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I feel like the malls are gonnabe so busy.
Me and my I actually took mymom to run some errands.
She needed to go do someChristmas shopping a couple of
days ago and I, in my mind, I'mso thrown off because Ro
finished school halfway throughthe day, or halfway through the
day, halfway through the week,so I keep thinking like, oh,
it's Friday.
Every day is Friday.
I keep thinking it's like theweekend, and then I know
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Christmas is on a Monday, but Ikeep getting thrown off because
I know my family, like mom andbrother, are coming on Sunday.
So I'm like Sunday's Christmas,but no, that's Christmas Eve.
Anyways, we were at the storeand we were checking out and the
person's like, oh, do you dosome Christmas shopping?
We're like, yeah, they're like,how are you doing?
I'm like I think this is our, Ithink this is one of our last
stops, and then we're done.
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And he was like wow, amazing.
And we're like, oh, we feellike we're kind of last minute.
He's like, no, no, no, no, no,no.
If it's not Christmas Eve,you're winning.
And then I was just thinkinghow, like, literally, this
weekend is gonna be mayhem andshopping, because one it's a
weekend, and it's literally likeChristmas Eve is a weekend day.
Like most of the time you workon Christmas Eve, but because
it's a weekend, you're off, what?
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It's just gonna be wild.
So, anyways, so so random.
Okay, love kisses, stop, stoppushing away the start of your
day, grace, it's time to gostart.
Okay, I love you, I love you, Ilove you, I love you.
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