Banana Days

There were a couple of banana themed holidays in August. We celebrated around those holidays. See if you can spot how we celebrated "observed."  

Hint: The first day we did not celebrate with bananas. 

 

August 23 was Gene Kelly's Birthday. I wore my bow earrings and had a discussion with other choir members about Gene Kelly movies.

August 24 was National Waffle Day. I made waffles.

 

August 25 was National Banana Split Day. It was also Kiss and Make Up Day. Jeremy joined the kids in "Mom is old" jokes so he had to kiss me to make up for it. Tee Hee.

 

August 26 was Toilet Paper Day. We used toilet paper. It was also National Dog Day. 

We had hot dogs. Jr. Jr. and Lucky went to a Back to School party and brought home hot dogs and buns. 

Jet brought home some water colors from school and decided to draw a treasure map with them, including "X marks the spot". Then he asked me to follow the map with him around the house to find the X, which was made with some PVC. He started putting items around and adding them to the map. He made a banana cannon and we had to "dodge the bananas" and sneak past a tiger and later there was a cow.

Jet: Watch out for the cow. If you open the pen, then the cow will come out.

I love the creativity in my family.

 

August 27 was Banana Lovers Day. It was also Just Because Day. The kids did get to play video games and we did other things just because. 

I participated in an online book club for Hearts of Locke Hill by Krista Jensen just because... I finished the book about an hour before the book club. The audiobook came in on Libby the day before and the ebook came in the day of. When they announced the book for this book club earlier in the month, I was just listening to the book that takes place before this one, Hearts of Briarwall.

Because of that book club, I won another book! 

When You Rescued Me by Sian Ann Bessey

More Catching Up

August 25 was Kiss and Make Up Day. Jet and I were arguing. We stopped and gave each other a kiss on the cheek and then got along.

 

August 26 was National Dog Day. Jet helped make squid pups.

It was also Toilet Paper Day. We used toilet paper. 

 

August 29 was Chop Suey Day. I just made some teriyaki. It tasted good.

August 30 was Toasted Marshmallow Day. And International Bacon Day. Nichole had this great idea to combine them. Bacon on S'mores. Why not? 

 

August 31 was Eat Outside Day. We did.

So You Want to Know Even More About August, Huh?

August 19 was International Bow Day. Jet and I did some coloring on a Minnie's Bow-Toons coloring page. We may have watched a little bit of the cartoon later (I can't remember).

Ah, bonding time.

It was also National Potato Day. Continuing with using A Season of Family Meal Plans by Jordan Page, I learned how to make "baked" potatoes in the Instant Pot. I like doing it that way. Along with the potatoes we had Sheet Pan Bell Pepper Chicken but I cooked it on the stove instead of in the oven. I can do that. I'm a shelf cooker.

It was also Mr. Snuffleupagus' Birthday. Our kids don't know who Mr. Snuffleupagus is. They didn't grow up with Sesame Street. Jeremy and I had to explain to them who he is.

August 20 was National Lemonade Day (it used to be in May). We made a pitcher of lemonade to go with our Tex-Mex Bowls (using leftover fajita filling) and spanish rice. I made Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing from A Season of Family Meal Plans, volume 3. The recipe in there is simpler than the recipe I've used in the past to make cilantro lime dressing. I liked it better after it had been refrigerated for at least a day. Mmmm.

Jet was my little kitchen helper again. He decided to help spin lettuce this time. He didn't bother waiting for me to cut it up first. That's fine. I'm so glad he likes to help me make food. I hope it continues.

August 22 was Be an Angel Day. Dinner was angel hair pasta (of course) with leftovers. Jet was an angel and ate better than any of the other kids when it came to dinner. He got first choice of cupcakes for dessert.

After dinner, Nichole and I went to a Relief Society activity, a sourdough class. It was cool to again see a demonstration but it reminded me that I am not in the season of my life to make sourdough. It is a long complicated process. I did enjoy the samples and socializing, though. I do like to eat sourdough. I just can't commit to it right now.

August 23 was National Cuban Sandwich Day. I tried out some new techniques with cooking (I am constantly learning) and made Cuban Sandwiches (even if they weren't authentic).

August 24 was National Waffle Day. We made a whole bunch of waffles with the intent to freeze some of them for easy breakfasts. Ha. They didn't last long enough to be frozen. 

That day, Nichole, Jeremy, and I went on a UCB field trip to Jordanelle Reservoir- Rock Cliff area. That felt good.

Jeremy also decided to try out a new look that day. Look closely.

August 26 was National Toilet Paper Day. I used some to wipe up tears while I was crying.

August 27 was Banana Lovers Day. After our Cajun Green Beans & Pork Bites and roasted potatoes (both from that same cookbook listed above), we had Frozen Banana Bites (also from that same cookbook). 

August 28 was National Bow Tie Day. We had bowtie pasta along with macaroni with our dinner. We also had Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps, apples, and carrots.

Photo Shoot!

August 26 is National Toilet Paper Day.  It is also National Dog Day.
Here's how I celebrated:

I guess I could let the kids play, too.  That would be the nice thing to do.

Catch of the Day

I wondered how we got down to our last roll of toilet paper so quickly.