Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles first real snowfall of the year this is the most snow we've had where's the bow and repeat i'm a reindeer well good morning good morning guys hello hello and welcome to another weekly vlog this week we thought we'd get into the festive spirit we like to start early in november oh my gosh i think we should at least be waiting till december but what can i say we can milk it for a month a month of christmas so red lipstick red turtleneck i've got a flannel it's kind of christmassy but my jacket and that no so i thought we would start this morning by taking you to tim hortons which is like a classic canadian coffee chain yeah and they've already announced their christmas menu yeah you've done your research you're telling me beforehand what we're gonna have let's go get our sugar fix so guys we had to try two timmys but we finally found one that has all the festive menu all the festive venues so the first one we went to was a mini stop it's in a gas station so it was much smaller they only had a few of the items now we've come to an actual location so first of all i wanted to show you the hot chocolate this one is sam's we got a white hot chocolate it has whipped cream and then it has crushed candy canes like candy cane powder on top mine is the regular chocolate yeah so i will try those shortly and then sam ooh it's so hard eating in a car in a confined space sam got the filled gingerbread muffin here you have it it looks pretty good and i ordered something pretty cute so this is my polar bear donut oh all the sugar in the world how adorable is this it is pretty cute yeah he looks very cute and has red bow tie and then the other two items that are also part of the christmas collection are the eclair and they have a sugar cookie with like some little sprinkles i think it's like light blue sprinkles maybe like snow or something so yeah we're gonna be trying this and i'm super bomb all right ready for this i'm so ready for this look at all the sugar out here i know white hot chocolate with festive decorations on top yeah oh you smell the candy cane so much wow wow it tastes very very christmassy it tastes a lot like candy cane it feels like a sweeter hot chocolate than even normal i bet there's an enormous amount of sugar in here but it does taste very good that just reminds me of when i was young i ate so many candy canes i would even steal them off the christmas tree confession time all right now we also have the ginger bread muffin gingerbread muffin time gingerbread muffin time gingerbread muffin top i'm gonna see if we can break it in break in half let's see what's inside oh yeah oh that's still good that is a click that's not muffin it tastes like it's really good oh as my little arm shakes from the way to the camera all righty let me reposition we didn't really think through this whole filming in the car we're kind of tall people first of all let me point out the festive cup viv twirl that around it's the most wonderful timbs of the year the little sugar the most sugar-filled tims of the year i would say that's very christmassy oh yeah they put crushed candy cane but it's melted with the heat of the hot chocolate yeah so that's really tasty cute doughnut with the butter doughnut so i'm gonna bite into him sorry little poly bear that is so much sugar like it is filled with cream in there very cute very tasty very happy we decided to try the christmas menu here i'm enjoying it so yeah bon appetit everyone follow togo we're at the park baby most wonderful time of the year togo callisto good boy togo good boy oh where's the ball where did it go where is it going it's over there look you see it good boy are you happy with all the snow togi is this your element yes it is first real snowfall of the year this is the most snow we've had it started snowing at like maybe 10 in the morning it hasn't stopped nine in the morning it's gonna snow all night and we're getting roughly 14 centimeters and togo is loving it yeah first know of the year they say it's good luck to get hit by it so we went out and see what gives so okay guys hey guys so it looks like christmas has arrived a little bit early in the form of a box oh we had a special delivery all the way from japan from this week's video sponsor which is buksu so yeah we're pretty excited because this week we're getting a little taste of japan and if you've been following the channel it's been over two years now since our big trip where does the time go i know it's flown by but i remember before we left japan after spending a couple of months there we stocked up on lots of japanese snacks including lots of unique flavored kitkat bars we got mochi we got pokey sticks and it didn't last very long like we ate most of it and then we gave some of it away yeah that's basically how it worked yes we're pretty excited to be trying japanese snacks once more so just to explain to you what boksu is they are a monthly snack box subscription service that delivers premium japanese snacks and tea pairings and they partner with family-owned businesses some of which have been perfecting their craft for more than a hundred years wow that's incredible oh yeah so how it works is that first time boku customers like us receive a seasons of japan box and then repeat customers get a themed box every month based on the time of year so that could be things like hanami blossom autumn harvest moon festival and more are you ready to open our box oh yeah okay i'm ready to scarf down some food i'm hungry seasons of japan we get a little nice little booklet so we have descriptions for all of our snacks it tells you the flavor whether it has any allergens if it's vegetarian cool so that's going to make things easier all right i say we just dig on in stay on in i'm feeling snacky so first up we're having meijin mochi puffs so these are meant to be sweet and there is some soy in them wow it melts disintegrates in here it melts like sugar softly oh wow hokkaido red bean donuts we didn't make it to hokkaido but i'm very excited to try their donuts look at that tastes like a syrupy pancake kind of on the outside this is better than the canadian timbit guys i think this is really spectacular whoa so we are going to try the aomori apple caramel yakoy sable i love chewy cookies it smells like apple pie chewy and soft chocolate it's like a wafer chocolate as opposed to red bean it's chocolate it's like it looks like a an arrow chocolate bar in the middle i like the bubbles of the chocolate just like melting on your tongue wow everything has been in here oh so far yeah matcha chocolate stick cake i like that the matcha is very mild and i really like the little chocolate chips in there oh yeah oh these are the edamame senbei so the crackers you can see the edamame that's one of my favorites so far i love how salty it is really crunchy i like that it's a mix of sweet and savory exactly oh my gosh we're going to try these black sesame tigers black sesame taiko wow so these come from the hometown of kumamon they have roasted almonds and sesame seeds with a sugary syrup this would go so nice with the tea mm-hmm i think out of all the snacks we've had a cup of tea would just i'll be quick perfect combination with this oh let's do this mochi we actually get two little packages i'm gonna eat all them super exciting i'm eating all the ones they want for later oh my gosh dango mochi variety of so they're sticky rice dumplings what about my pack let's start with one that's a nice dusting of sugar they're coated in granulated sugar so they're extra sweet than the other mochi i've had you're gonna have another one go ahead if you insist so basically there were a lot of snacks and we'd probably be here another hour if we showed you all of them but a few more highlights included pickled plum stick potatoes chocolate infused strawberries and citrusy seaweed crackers you can see all of the snacks included in the seasons of japan box over on the boxu website with the holiday season coming up we were pretty excited to share this box since it makes for a pretty unique gift especially if you have a japan enthusiast in your life so enjoy so there you have it guys if you'd like to try some authentic japanese snacks we're gonna leave our code in the description below down here so you can check them out and they will ship the snacks right to your doorstep so thank you very much bok su we really enjoyed this we did those were some kind of good forget soccer all right we'll see you guys later this is our first dump of snow and togo's not very happy with us togo can't recognize us with our winter gear oh okay don't do that he'll just help he's gonna howl back for our first taste of winter in canada we got a spectacular dump of snow i'm not even sure how much came down but enough to just completely cover the cars the driveways everywhere like just look out i think it's going to be 14 centimeters by the time this is over so we're kind of getting on top of the cars in the driveway because if you wait too long then it's a real mess isn't it yeah and it's gonna snow overnight so it is so we're getting started this is just phase one yes and when it comes to winter in canada this is an ongoing issue a lot of young teenagers actually make a little bit of extra money as they go around and shovel people's driveways who don't want to do it themselves but we figured we'd do it first time to be putting on my uh my big thick wool winter jacket i've got a warm hat it is minus right now and um yeah we've you actually did most of the shoveling without getting groceries so yeah we're just finishing off what you had already started let's do the cars let's do it come check that out i mean that that already looks like 14 centimeters and if it's supposed to go overnight it looks like 20 to be honest that's a lot of snow there's no there's no stopping right now it's just it's throwing like crazy it's actually faster for me just the thought of my head oh like a bear yeah there's a lot of snow wow i don't think you've ever looked more canadian except well maybe when you wore red plaid head to toe when we went to the cottage that was true so i'm gonna show you guys a little bit of the shoveling process too okay of course i have a lot of the car left but this is a an excellent shovel lightweight can pick up a lot of snow and repeat yeah it's heavy it's heavy snow because it's it's wet snow yeah it's great for packing for making snowmen it's it'd be awesome for a snowball fighter for her to make it yeah look it's already starting to to pile up again slowly even though we've just finished that area yeah like this is literally just phase one we may do it one more time before it gets dark and likely get in the morning too great exercise and a perfect excuse to have an afternoon coffee or hot chocolate afterwards with marshmallows we'll show what we have after if we get inside and then we're also bringing out all the christmas decorations in the home we're gonna decorate as a family this is togo my brother he's just been playing in the snow did you have fun buddy was it fun are you going to give kisses kisses for sister kisses no curses but maybe snuggles later so we are going to prepare some hot chocolate i'm doing coffee crisp because this is the only flavor that's left over but the best one is after it because then you get minty hot chocolate and also there's a trick to this guys you can't just add water you have to use a bit of cream that's how you get it all frothy and extra rich i don't drink this year around by the way this is just a festive holiday thing you drink it more than you realize don't judge so harshly a little bit of cream and then the trick is you have to mix the powder thoroughly into the cream okay until you get like a paste almost and you don't want to add too much water i'm just doing half a cup well half a mug really yeah otherwise you you wire it up yeah then it gets watered down it's better to have a smaller quantity but it's super rich rich and frothy right yes all that's missing are the marshmallows i wonder if we have any somewhere are there any secret stashes i do have i do have after eights downstairs but they're supposed to be for my parents so yeah i'm not gonna i'm not i'm not gonna be the one to get them those chocolates are not gonna make it to new brunswick let me tell you i i know well they're on sale they're 4.99 they're normally 6.99 well let's go enjoy this with some christmas lights so this is a work in progress i have not participated in the decorating thus far i'll start with the ornaments very soon basically my youngest sister ariel and my mom got the tree up the what are these beads what's this garland ribbon i don't have the terminology yeah and what's the next step ornament all the ornaments samuel are you going to participate in the decorating i i actually might yeah oh i think i might he might have a bag you just threw it on you don't even hang it i'll talk i'll toss some like baseballs wherever it lands if it just dicks it sticks right how's the hot chocolate though i haven't tried it yet good question it's good it tastes like you melted a coffee crisp chocolate bar oh wow into your yum chocolates it's very good but yeah we're gonna work on this and i think we'll probably show it to you in the daytime so you can really appreciate it because it's quite dark hello mr falala hey guys look at that we're decorating the christmas tree and this is something i haven't done in quite a while could it be over a decade oh my no i probably did it at gary and jill's house actually