"A MASTERPIECE is About to be Built Now!" - #LifeWithEvan

Evan Carmichael takes his son Hayden, partner Nina, and dog Teimo from Toronto to Montreal for a weekend. They wait hours for poutine, eat smoked meat and bagels, draw a masterpiece together, and drive home through the snow.
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We waited 45 minutes to get inside. Alright, let's hope it was worth it. You think so? I hope so. I'm crying a bit here. Holy cow. We're gonna go get some lunch at the best poutine place here in Montreal.
I'm not eating poutine.
Hayden is not gonna have poutine. Maybe he'll try it. No, not gonna try it. Alright, supposed to be the best poutine in the world. Best poutine in the world. We did the smoked meat, we had both bagels, we had the dragon's beard. Last step is the best poutine in the world. Let's go! There's a big lineup to get out. Nina's gonna stand in line and we're gonna look for parking because this lineup is out the door crazy. Bye, Nina, we love you. We found parking. It's a little far away, but hope Nina's at the beginning. Yeah, we split up our tasks. Nina is getting in line, hopefully, uh, is at the front just as we get there, and I'm ready to have some poutine at the world-famous I forget the name, but they're world famous. You're gonna have something else?
Yeah, I'm gonna have something. I don't like poutine.
Alright, that's okay. Hayden will have something else.
Yeah, I'll probably have just plain french fries without anything.
Just do french fries with a little bit of— with cheese and some gravy? What?
No! That's poutine!
Well, say, listen, we don't want poutine, but we want the french fries with some gravy and some cheese. No!
That's poutine too!
Okay, let's see where she's at. Here's the lineup. This is the lineup. This is the place. Did she move up? Let's go find her. Where is Nina? There she is. Did you move up? Yeah, a little bit. All right. You look cold. You excited? What? To get inside? No. To get home? Home to what? Toronto or home to our— you want to see Timo? No. You just want to lie down?
No.
You just want to relax?
No.
You wanted something else? All right. History activity with Nina. Okay, ones with the heart. The classic, the Maddie, bacon, green peppers, mushroom, and onions. The Savoyard, bacon, onion, Swiss cheese, and sour cream. The Festival, ground beef, Swiss cheese, hot peppers, and green onion. Well, what are you gonna have? I'm gonna have a festival. Oh, it's spicy. It's hot peppers though. This is tricky. Too many options here. I want the sour cream. We're going Savoyard. Bacon, onion, Swiss cheese, and sour cream. Final answer. Hayden did as he was told and ordered juice, right? You ordered juice?
Chocolate milk.
Chocolate milk and vegetables, right?
No, French fries. What?
You are spoiled on this trip. Spoiled.
It's called a vacation.
It's called vacation for a reason? That's okay, Nina and I are eating a bunch of junk too. Time to get healthy after. Look, all I'm having is some nice water. Mmm. Yummy water. Happy vacation. Oh, he's got his chocolate milk. Nina got her beer. Alchemist Bock de Joalhete. It's a dark beer. Alright, how is it?
Oh, it's dark. Very strong. Try it.
You like it?
No. It has a little—
not bad.
We waited 45 minutes.
We waited 45 minutes to get inside. All right, let's hope it was worth it. You think so? I hope so. As you can see behind me, pretty, pretty busy place. Still packed. Open 24 hours a day. When you are the best, there's always going to be quality at the top, right? Open 24 hours a day and always packed. I'm excited for my meal. Hayden's got some kid stuff to play with. Oh, he's not even— he's gonna do his own thing. Forget what they give you, do your own thing.
I like—
listen, he's a Carmichael. That's what happens. We do our own thing. Let's see what you draw. Nina's drawing too. Nina's just writing her name. Nina Hayden, the artist, is gonna create a creation.
What's that?
A masterpiece. You're gonna make a masterpiece? All right, don't distract you. The masterpiece is done. Hold it up, let's see. Oh, excuse me. I can only see upside down. Do you want to flip it around so I can see? Oh, he's got to autograph his work first. He's got to sign it. Alright, alright, alright. This is it. The masterpiece. Oh, that's good. What's the thing on the side? Hayden and then? Is that your signature? That's pretty good, mister.
Nice.
That's a signature. I like it. Nina, I think this is the longest we've waited for food, maybe ever, in line. Have we ever stood in line that long? No. All right, let's see if it's worth it. Hopefully it's coming soon. That's the hangry face. What's your hungry face? That's the hungry face. What's that? What's that? Oh my God, I'm so full face. Ah, we don't want that face.
What's the—
man, I'm ready to The sleep face. What's the I'm so happy, this is the best day of my life face? Yeah! Okay, let's end on that. Oh, I see a burger and onion rings! This is ours! Hey! Look at that! Look at that! And look at that! Woo! Yummy! Is it a real good? Thumbs up? Was it worth the wait, Nina? Maybe. Okay, go! Yummy? Thumbs up? Alright, nice. I'm about the halfway mark. Still feeling good. Nina, how you doing? Still going solid? Getting a little full? Hayden, also about the halfway mark? Okay, let's go. Finish up, finish up. Yummy! Still getting the thumbs up. All right, finished. Yeah, yeah, just have this. Just got to finish the beer and that's it. Got the bill and go home. Woo-hoo! The lineup is even longer. We made it out. How we feeling?
We parked far away, so we're going to—
allergies are kicking in a bit. Had a sneeze attack there. We saved you guys from that. I'm crying a bit here. Holy cow. We made it! Woohoo! High five everybody, hand in.
And 2, 3, team!
We're going to go get, uh, we're going to go home.
Yeah.
And go walk Teemo. Teemo! Teemo! Hello, mister. Buenas tardes. Okay, you guys get to take him out. Go, go, go, go, go! We'll have the candy after. Candy after you take him out. Have fun. Hello, Believe Nation! Welcome to day 3. Realize we didn't update you guys from last night. Oh yeah, we just, we just passed out. So we, uh, what did we do last night? We relaxed, we ate, we, uh, watched Pompeii Not the greatest movie.
And I—
Yeah, I thought it would be a happy ending. There's no happy ending. Nina thought Pompeii would be a happy ending. It's about a volcano that destroys everybody in its wake.
I thought that couple would escape, but they didn't escape.
Well, at least the happy ending is that we don't live in Pompeii. As you can see, it's snowing here in Montreal. First day of snow. Timo is not enjoying the snow. We got to go brush up the car and then go home. Montreal was fun. All right. And get some coffee. Yeah, and get some coffee. Get some hot chocolate. Hot chocolate for Timo. What does Hayden get?
Hot chocolate.
Water.
Hot chocolate.
Tea.
Hot chocolate.
Juice.
Hot chocolate.
Okay, let's go get the car. Good morning. Good morning. It's great to stay up late. Good morning. Good morning to you and you and you and you in the morning, in the morning.
It's good to stay up late.
Yeah, is that it?
I don't know.
Something like that. We're kind of spazzy in the morning on a Sunday.
It's lazy Sunday.
No, Carmichaels don't have lazy Sundays. Carmichaels crush Sundays. Bye, Montreal! Okay, first stop, Tim Hortons. Let's get some breakfast and some café. What's happening? Is that my coffee? Yeah, I love it. Alrighty, Nina's back. What did we get, Nina? Food. We got a Timo on the lap. He's very excited. Grilled cheese for Hayden. Okay.
And sausage for you.
Didn't put eggs. You're going to go back in? Yeah. And Nina's going back in. I got my sausage and eggs. Egg and hash brown wrap. How is it? Thumbs up for Hayden!
Almost finished because I drank most of it.
Oh, you're gonna have to go to the washroom very soon. Okay, pit stop time. We are— how we doing? Good, good. We are about 2 hours, just under 2 hours away from home. We're gonna do a pit stop, get some food, get some gas, do some relieving, and then get back in the car and drive home. Look at Nina with her sunglasses. Hello. You're squinting. I'm squinting? Who?
What do we want to do?
Battle! Battle? Wow. All right, let's go in. Let's go in. Where's Nina, Timo? Where is she, huh? Where is she? Where's Nina? All right, we are 1 hour and 20 26 minutes away. Time to get going on the road to Toronto. All right, so we made it back. How you guys feeling?
Feeling good.
Feeling good. How was Montreal? Best highlight from the trip was—
what?
What was the highlight? Favorite part?
Smoked meat.
Smoked meat?
Dragon's Beard candy.
Dragon's Beard candy was pretty good. Smoked meat for Nina. Chimo, what was the highlight?
He was chasing after the cats.
Yeah, he was chasing cats. I didn't get it on video. I tried, but we didn't get it on video. Highlight for me, just spending time with you guys. Always good. Lying in bed watching, uh, How to Train Your Dragon cartoons with Hayden, spending time with Nina, watching her eat lots of yummy new food. And we made it back. Drive back not so bad, pretty quick, not that many stops. One, only one stop. It was a good long weekend. We left on a Thursday night and we come back on a Sunday. So that's it. Hope you guys have a fantastic weekend. Thank you for joining us for ours. We believe in you. Hope you continue to believe in yourselves.
And whatever your one word is, much love.
I will see you soon.
Bye-bye.
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