- Good morning everyone, welcome to today.
It's a day.
Oh, and that's a foot.
(orchestral theme music)
The kids are doing their dioramas today,
so that'll be fun.
I don't get to, oh, toes, toes, toes.
Unfortunately, I don't get to go with them
to see the dioramas, I've got
to do some editing and things.
Toes, toes, toes.
- We are in the car about
to go to our animal habitat
diorama homeschool
party, you guys excited?
- Yeah!
- So the kids are going
to present their dioramas
that they worked so hard
on with their daddy,
while I was in bed for my
birthday, feeling sick.
And we're gonna have a lot of fun.
- Hi, my name is Bailey,
and I am going to show you
about my manatee.
Enjoys shallow waters, or
waters warmed by power plants.
These are power plants back here.
Any questions?
- [Woman] Where would
you go to find a manatee?
- In Florida, the Amazon, and in Brazil.
- Hi, my name is Jacob
and I'm gonna show you
my diorama of elephant.
Elephants live in mostly in
the grasslands or the jungles.
Elephants need plenty of
water for them to swim in,
and for them to drink.
- So I've been editing in my office,
and look at my kids outside.
They're out having a picnic.
That's not Bailey, that's
Bailey's stunt double
if we have to do really
dangerous playing or picnicking,
she steps in and takes Bailey's place.
Okay, obviously that
is not a stunt double,
that is Jaiden, she is helping us out,
she's like our mother's helper.
I've just been working all
day and so I'm actually
pretty excited of what, oh,
oh I get a hug, awwwwww.
Oh another hug, awwwww.
And that makes it all worth it.
Anyway, on days like today,
I'm always freaking out
about what I'm gonna
cook, and I haven't had
a chance to like really plan anything,
and I also haven't had a chance to like
go out grocery shopping,
so I'm super excited
about what showed up
at our house just now.
This.
Jacob's cracking into it right now,
it is our Blue Apron box,
and if you don't know what Blue Apron is,
it is a really cool
thing where you get a box
delivered to your house,
it's a refrigerated box,
comes to your house
with all the ingredients
for you to make a meal.
- I've been wanting to get these
boxes for the longest time,
because my friend Jenny, who's TJ's mom
if you followed Bailey
and TJ's sordid romance
of their lifetime, so
Jenny's been getting these
for like two years, and she has four kids,
and she's like my supermom hero.
Thanks for the recommendation Jenny.
- The cool thing about it
being a refrigerated box
is it can get delivered
to your house at any time,
so you don't have to be there
to actually like sign for it
and bring it in right away,
and put it in the refrigerator.
Everything in the box is super fresh,
and a lot of it is local stuff,
and it's all in its
proportions for the meal
that we're cooking tonight.
So everything that's in this
box, we're going to use,
and there won't be any
waste, and we won't like
get partway through and go, like,
oh I forgot to buy the
whatever 'cause it's all here.
- Look on this edge of the box.
It's telling me all the
ingredients that they sent,
and where it all came
from, isn't that cool?
- [Christopher] Oh yeah,
this is all around us,
this is all Southern California.
- [Jessica] Santa Barbara County.
- That's awesome, like
that they source stuff
that is locally grown.
Look at that.
Delicious bell pepper Jacob.
I like to play a game
with my kids when I go
grocery shopping and
see if they can tell me
what each of the produce items is,
'cause a lot of kids don't
know what certain things are.
So let's see if Jacob
knows his vegetables.
- What is that?
- It's a lime.
- [Christopher] What is this guy?
- That's a
pickle.
- [Christopher] Yes, it's a
pickle before it's a pickle.
This is a cucumber.
What vegetable is this?
Trick question, it's an ice pack.
Jacob, are you helping me tonight,
are you helping me cook?
- Yes, yes.
- Okay, alright.
- Jacob and daddy chef.
- Jacob and daddy chef,
okay, that sounds good.
(jaunty music)
Alright, so that box actually
had two different meals in it,
this is what we're cooking tonight,
we're cooking this spiced chicken
with tabbouleh, and roast
cauliflower, tzatziki.
If I can't pronounce it,
that's exciting to me,
'cause that means I've
never tried it before,
and I love trying new recipes.
It lays out all the
ingredients that you need,
plus explains exactly what
it is that you're gonna need,
the proportions, but it's
all portioned out anyway,
so awesome.
And then on the flip
side, it shows each step
in the cooking process.
(jaunty music)
Alright we got everything
going at the same time here,
the meals take about 40
minutes maximum to make.
So they're actually really quick,
and they all, it tells you
like how to overlap it,
so it all comes out at the same time,
which is super cool, I always
have trouble with that.
- Smells so good.
- [Jessica] Are you ready to eat?
- Yeah.
- [Jessica] Well that's kind of gross,
have you been doing that a lot?
Parker's taking all our utensils,
running around the house
with them in his mouth,
and then putting them back in the drawer.
You gonna set the table?
- Yeah.
- [Jessica] Thank you.
- I got spoon.
- [Jessica] You got the spoon,
come take it to the table, come on.
(jaunty music)
Parker's sneaking early bites.
What do you think?
What do you think Parker?
How does it taste?
- I like it.
- [Jessica] You like it?
- Yummy.
- [Jessica] Jacob, you cleaned
your plate pretty fast.
- The ta-bally's super good.
- The tabbouleh?
- [Jessica] Here's Jacob's plate,
and everybody else just got served.
I think Christopher just
took his first bite.
- Me too.
- Guess what though?
It's real good.
If you guys wanna try out Blue Apron,
it is amazing, I highly
recommend it, check out the link
in the description box
below for two free meals.
It's a really great way to
not get stuck in a dinner rut,
and cook the same thing all
night, or rely on takeout.
You're gonna get new
experiences, and you might find
your new favorite food.
Blue Apron is available in 80
percent of the United States,
and shipping is always free.
- I finished my book.
- [Jessica] Come on down, I wanna see it.
- I finished my book.
- [Jessica] What book?
- This book.
- How was it?
- Great!
- [Jessica] Aww, be gentle with books.
So are you gonna read the
next one in the series?
- Yeah.
- It's time to read,
read the comments from the vlog.
A while back I asked you guys what your
favorite birthday traditions are,
and this is what you said.
El Maddie says mine is to
have my family sing to me.
To me, that's the most embarrassing part
of the entire experience,
I don't know why,
especially at a restaurant,
sometimes they smash cake
in my face, maybe I'm going
to the wrong restaurants.
Aislinn says eating donuts with your mouth
that are tied up on
strings to a washing line,
no hands allowed.
I am totally doing that, I've
never heard of that before,
and it sounds really exciting.
Does everybody do it at
once, or do you take turns?
That's what I need to know.
InTalent says eating
ice cream cake is easily
the best part of a birthday.
Ice cream cake is so much
better than regular cake,
am I right?
Mr. Pinu, I live in Germany,
and we never do a pinata,
we know it only from
the TV, for my birthday
it is enough that my family
and friends are with me.
That's nice, pinatas are
actually pretty easy to make,
all my childhood pinatas
were made by my dad,
but would you guys like to
learn how to make a pinata?
Write it in the comments
section down below
if that's a video you want
us to make in the future.
'Cause we can do that, we
can make a pinata for ya.
We will empower you with knowledge.
Thank you guys so much
for watching today's vlog,
and for your comments.
Be sure to put a comment for next time.
I want to know your questions about books.
So anything relating
to books and my family,
write it in the comments
section down below,
and we might feature it in the next vlog.
Thanks for watching.
Are you excited about food?
- Yeah.
- [Christopher] Yeah, are
you gonna eat ravioli?
- No.
- No, no ravioli?
- Roley.
- Ravioli.
- Oley.
- Can you say ravioli?
