Right here’s a recap of my pumpkin beer tasting occasion and Birch’s celebration!
Birthday week (and month!) is wrapping up!
I believe the spotlight for me was at Birch’s occasion when he obtained a scorpion LEGO and he checked out me, smiled, and appeared again at his associates and stated, “My mother and I are each Scorpios.” He and I actually are two peas in a pod, personality-wise!
I’m completely caked out at this level, which may be good going right into a weekend of sweet! Please carry on the autumn salads and roasted veggies!
My 2026 Bday Occasion
Katie and I’ve our birthdays two days aside, so we’ve achieved a joint occasion the previous couple of years.
This 12 months, as a substitute of a bar crawl, we determined to maintain issues a bit extra low-key and I hosted a pumpkin beer tasting at my home.
In the event you recall my tastings again in 2012 and 2014, this was not my first pumpkin beer tasting. Nevertheless, this one was a bit extra laid again. There was no formal blind tasting, however we sampled and rated a handful of the perfect! (Sadly, we couldn’t discover Pumking on the final minute!)
I printed out a bunch of little tasting playing cards, and we wrote the identify of the beer, our score on a scale of 1-10, and notes concerning the style.
We had a couple of UVA PhD scientists who determined to compute the outcomes by hand on the spot moderately than utilizing a pc!
The Finest Pumpkin Beers (and Their Averages)
- Schlafly – 8.56
- 2 Silos – 7.77
- Alewerks – 7.6
- Starr Hill – 6.75
- Atomic – 6.66
- Dogfish – 6.56
- Pumqueen Cider – 4.75
In fact, we snacked on cheese, crackers, pretzels, hummus, carrots, and Katie’s epic whipped feta dip.
Ivy The Baker
We’re unsure how severe she is, however Ivy needs to open a bakery, so she provided to make the cake(s)! She made a pumpkin layer cake with buttercream and a key lime cheesecake that have been each AMAZING!
(For many who requested on IG, these are the Quince Bella Denims!)
Afterward, we had a couple of karaoke performances after which performed Quiplash and homicide trivia on my TV whereas ingesting a lot of water!
Birch’s Bash
The following day, Sunday, I performed a morning soccer recreation, after which Thomas and I celebrated Birch. T acquired a bounce home and these blow-up human balls, and we had pizza and cake. The children didn’t cease shifting for 3 hours straight!
10.26
Then on Monday, the enjoyable continued with my precise birthday! (Birch’s is 10.29!) After all of the weekend celebrations, I merely needed a day crammed with my favourite issues.
Espresso and oatmeal
And a few studying from this ebook {that a} pal acquired me!
I headed to the gymnasium for Monday morning Flex class.
Maddie acquired me the brand new anniversary ACAC sweatshirt, which is so comfortable I haven’t taken it off! And naturally I wore my Scorpio shirt all day post-shower.
I ordered Chopt for lunch and spent a while toggling between slightly work, researching mobile phone suppliers (ugh!) and stress-free.
Completely happy hour with my favourite drink: an Outdated Normal!
And takeout Mezeh!
For cake time, we had loads of leftovers. The boys each selected Birch’s cake, and I had extra of Ivy’s pumpkin!
B needed us to sing to him too, so in fact we obliged. Birthday month! (He additionally demanded one among his presents early, haha.)
It was a stunning week of celebrating the sweetest boy!
Now on to Halloween…
