Smoothies with our Kids

Ep. 14 - Las Vegas

Our longest episode to date! This was another late recording that ended with Tyler & Jessica talking about Vegas. The episode starts with an introduction from Keely and a short Keely interview, then Linlea & Dad have a conversation about their Vegas trip that happened right before Covid hit and finishes with a long chat about everything Vegas with the parents
Smoothie of the Day: No Smoothie
Friends of the Show: Everyone who came to Vegas with us over the years
Question of the Day: No Question
Next episode: Hotels
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Ep. 13 - Baby Stories

This Episode is all about baby stories. Dad messed up and forgot to press the record button. We had about 20 minutes of discussions on this weeks topic, hotels, before we realized we were not recording. We decided to push the hotel podcast to next week and Mom & Dad decided to do a parent only podcast. 
Listen to hear about stories from our pregnancies, births and how Keely snuck into our lives. 
Smoothie of the Day: No smoothie of the day
Friends of the Show: Our kids, for giving us some amazing material for this episode
Question of the Day: No question
Next episode: Hotels
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Ep. 12 - Summer Plans

This Episode is all about our summer plans. Find out where we're going, what we're doing and what we love the most about summer
Smoothie of the Day: Summer Lovin'. This weeks smoothie is made with a Bolt House Strawberry & Banana juice, Greek Vanilla Yogurt, Frozen Strawberries & Frozen Pineapple. Find out if Dad can redeem himself after making that horrific Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Banana shake
Friends of the Show: Angela, Charlotte & Olivia. Angela is next years Grade 1 teacher working with Mom at the school, Charlotte is her daughter who is in Grade 3 and Olivia is her baby who just turned 1. We went to Olivia's 1st birthday last weekend, listen to hear how the birthday was and who the surprise visitor was. 
Question of the Day: What is your favourite part of summer?
Next episode: Hotels
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Ep. 11 - Video Games

This Episode is all about Video Games. Find out who the gamer of the family is, what our favourite video games are and what game Mom and Dad duked it out on. 
Smoothie of the Day: Vanilla Dip. No smoothie today, instead we reflect on a visit to one of Dad's favourite dessert places in Brandon, Velvet Dip. Find out what classic Dad loves from this place and what the kids got. 
Friend of the Show: Tannis & Kadri. Tannis is Dad's cousin and Kadri is her son. Kadri is named after one of Dad's favourite hockey players, Nazem Kadri. We had supper with Tannis & Kadri and he was nice enough to share his toys with the kids. Tannis is Hannah's godmother and works at the school. We love Tennis & Kadri very much.
Question of the Day: Which character from Mario Bros. are you most like?
Next episode: Summer Plans
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Ep. 10 - Pow Wow

This Episode is all about Pow Wow. We love everything to do with pow wows... The dancing, the drum, the atmosphere and most definitely the food.
Smoothie of the Day: Hoka Smoothie. This smoothie was a BUST, our first failure of a smoothie. Mom & Dad love this smoothie but the kids absolutely do not. Have a listen to see how they react to a Chocolate Almond Milk, frozen banana and peanut butter smoothie.
Friend of the Show: Amber & Jeremy. Amber and Jeremy aren't only Mom & Dad's friends, the kids love them too. Amber works with Mom and Jeremy works with Dad. They have some awesome kids too who our kids love hanging out with. Listen to hear what the family has to say about this episodes Friends of the Show.
Question of the Day: What is your favourite dance style to watch at the pow wow.
Next episode: Video Games
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Ep.9 - Why are we doing this?

Solo Episode with Tyler giving the scoop about why this podcast was created

Ep. 8 - Shows

This Episode is all about Shows. We love watching shows. Listen to hear what our favourite shows are, where we watch shows and what we think of commercials.
Smoothie of the Day: Show Stopper. This smoothie was a mix of ingredients I was unsure would work together. It had Bolt House C-Boost juice, fresh spinach, Kirkland Mixed Berries, Greek Vanilla yogurt and Evive Smoothie Cubes. Listen to find out how this mix was received. 
Friend of the Show: Uncle Pooh... Uncle Pooh is the nickname the kids who attend daycare gave one of their favourite workers. He was a part of all of our kids preschool lives and we appreciate him so much. It was his birthday the day we recorded this episode, have a listen to hear what the kids have to say about him and what we gave him for is birthday. 
Question of the Day: If you were on the TV show Survivor, what would you be best at? This might have been our favourite question of the day, sooooo many laughs 
Next episode: Surprise on location episode. 
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Ep. 7 - Marvel

This Episode is all about Marvel. We've been excited to record this episode for awhile now, we're big Marvel fans and love talking Marvel. We discuss our favourite movies, characters and the impulse buy that turned out to be moms favourite puzzle ever. 
Smoothie of the Day: Hulk Smoothie. This green smoothie is made with Bolt House Green Goodness, spinach, a fresh apple, frozen banana, frozen pineapple and green vanilla yogurt. Be sure to check out our TikTok and see how green this smoothie actually is. Listen to find out who thinks this is their favourite smoothie so far.  
Friend of the Show: Justin... Justin is a good friend who I chat with whenever any new Marvel movies or shows come out. Justin is graduating from Education and starting his teaching career. Tyee thinks Justin will do well, he was a student teacher in Tyee's class and he always talked about Marvel discussions they had. Justin is great at forming relationships and I think he will do well too. 
Question of the Day: If you could have any super power, which power would you choose? Find out who wants super speed, the ability to teleport and who wants an Iron Man suit. 
We didn't do this episode justice, we're definitely going to have to do a part 2.
Next episode: Shows.. TV, Netflix, Disney+, etc.
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Ep. 6 - Covid-19

This Episode is all about Covid-19, Coronavirus, Delta, Omnicrom... Whatever its called now. We talk about our experience with the virus, testing, vaccines and what we did to get through the last 2 years.
Smoothie of the Day: Strawberry Banana. No fancy name for this classic smoothie, made with Bolthouse strawberry banana juice, a fresh banana, frozen strawberries and a frozen mix of strawberries, banana & kiwi. I'm not sure if one of the ingredients was off but this may have been the least favourite smoothie so far, listen to hear how Tyee & Mom feel about this one.
Friend of the Show: Grandma Leanne! We had to get her set up with a podcast app in order to listen to the podcast but now with all the time she spends on the highway she can listen to episodes over and over. We love getting in visits and seeing her and grandpa, the cousins and of course Karma, the dog!
Question of the Day: What was your favourite part of the last 2 years during the pandemic? By this point in the show we were down to 3. Listen to find out how Dad, Linlea & Tyee answer this question to put a lighter spin into a hard subject episode.
We lose 3 hosts in this episode, we also find out who has the ultimate immune system.
Next episode: Marvel, we can't wait!!!
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Ep. 5 - Books

This episode is all about Books! We share our favourite books, authors, what we're currently reading and what we want to read. 
Smoothie of the Day: Tropical Munsch. Named after one of our favourite authors Robert Munsch, this smoothie is made with a pineapple juice base, Evive Touk-Touk smoothie cubes, a fresh banana and frozen pineapples. This was a very tropical flavoured smoothie, I made a bit of a mistake with this smoothie, listen to this episode to find out what I did.
Friends of the Show: Devon, Benj, Halen & Hendrix! Our Books podcast wouldn't be complete without this awesome family as our Friends of the Show. The only critique we have is that Devon doesn't have Instagram, c'mon Devon!!! Devon is the ultimate book reader, anytime I have a question about books Devon is the first person I ask. Listen to this episode to find out the question that had Devon stumped. Keely also gives us her take on Hendrix (Henry).
Question of the Day: If you wrote a book, what would the setting of your story be? Listen to find out where our stories would take place. Mom comes out with a surprise setting, Tyee perfectly paints the picture of his setting, Linlea goes with one of our favourite travel destinations and Dad goes with what he's familiar with.
Afternoon recording, will Keely make it through the podcast? 
Next Episode: Covid
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