Snow = Winter, Right?

I never get tired of this view.



Snow equals winter, right? That is what Alex thinks. He woke up to snow and was thrilled.

Food Challenge

I found this food challenge through a blog called There are No Rules by Jane Friendman.

The rules are:
1. Copy this 100-item list on your blog or site.
2. Bold the foods you've eaten.
3. Strike through foods you will not eat. (or put an X by them as I did)
4. Post a comment on Very Good Taste (where the challenge originates).



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1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush (I think I've had this)
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses (I had to look this one up)
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes - X
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese (looked this one up too & it is not what you think) - X
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar - X
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly - X
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more - X
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini _- X
58. Beer above 8% ABV - X
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (I must be missing something here)
64. Currywurst (apparently Germany's favorite fast food)
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini (I've had caviar but not with blini)
73. Louche absinthe - X
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu - X
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong - X
80. Bellini (I thought this was something else) - X
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (I think I've had this)
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam - Not sure
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee - X
100. Snake

I started to see a pattern, if I had to look it up I probably had not eaten it. I looked up a lot more than I thought I would. Try this and see how adventurous you really are (or well traveled).

Summer Days

I have been negligent in posting to this blog. Here is a taste of our summer activities. I need to get my camera up and running again. Until then these pics are from my phone's camera.

Long Overdue

This post is long overdue. Grandma has been waiting for this blog post too long. Alas, I am remiss in my blogging duties. I have found that I am too busy living life to blog about it.

This past month we discovered this awesome museum in Norfolk. It is called Nauticus. We loved it! It was great for kids and adults. There was even a full sized war ship there.

Alex taking a rare Sunday afternoon nap. I loved it.



I've been meaning to record this cute little dance for a few weeks now. This video gives just a little taste. It delights me every time I see it.

Our New Obsession: Lost

Okay, I know we are a little late but we just started to watch Lost on Netflix. So far we have just finished the third season. I never understood why people were addicted to the show. But now I know, it is addicting! They say the human brain cannot abide a mystery. The writers from Lost keep you hooked by mystery after mystery. I have a love/hate relationship with this show. I love how it keeps me guessing but I hate how I need to keep watching. I also dislike the violence, and yet I can't turn away. It is a sick thing. Oh well, I guess we'll join the rest of the millions of Losties.
Maybe tonight we will find out who the parachuter Naomi really is and if Charlie dies (but I don't think he does).

Snow Days

Here are some of the highlights of the snow days.
Alex loved playing in the snow. We've gotten 27 inches so far this year, which for Richmond is a lot.
Quinn loves eating my creations, especially chocolate cupcakes. A recipe will be in my other blog.
My three year old also helped me reupholster my dining chairs. A project 5 years overdue.





The green chair is the new fabric. Long overdue.

Happy New Year

Thanks Grandma for coming to visit us.





Our little elves had a great Christmas.