Our heater stopped working yesterday! It’s back on now, thanks to weekend tech service:) But with the inside not much different from the outside, we layered up and went on an adventure.

A new park just opened up nearby, and we had to check it out!

Lola’s 2020 edition pumpkin hats!

It’s getting crowded in the kitchen! Lola and the kids made palitaw today, which is a chewy sweet dessert made of glutinous rice flour coated with coconut flakes and sesame seeds. “Litaw” in Tagalog means “to float” or “to surface,” and it’s often eaten around the New Year to help the luck float up or surface. We’ll take it!

First lucky wishbone, both lucky wishes!

She turned two today:) And Meryl made several cakes for all of us.

Gosh it was great to see everyone! Kahuna Seafoods (sockeye and halibut) and Wolfbear Farm (honey) pop-up on the block, the COVID edition. (Frank, Meryl, Sarah, Holmes, Matt, Kinley, Cal, McKenzie, Eva, and Allison)

Chanterelles on toast (after our watching our neighbor, Kim’s, cooking demo) and Alaskan halibut to pair with the release of Last Man Fishing, focused on sustainable fishing. It has been a week. One or both kids have been home sick each day, COVID tests for all, I foolishly ate something with trace amounts of cashews last night sending me to the ER (thank you, neighbor Margy, Lola, and Tito for coming to the rescue!), and a nail showed up in our car tire this morning (hello, new tire). Steak night tomorrow, we’re going to live it up:)

Dog poop bags, they’re perfect for stacking projects during dinner prep!

From stacking dog poop bags to painting…he’s already blurring every day objects into art.

Hold tight, parents! The cold season has just begun. Though, I must say the cuddles are nice.