Sandwiches and Mummies

November 3 was Sandwich Day. Sometimes I will give Jet a sandwich on one piece of bread folded over. Sometimes I will give him a sandwich on two pieces of bread. On Sandwich Day, I gave him a sandwich on two pieces of bread which he told me should be folded over. So he folded it over and ate it like that. Tee Hee. 

 

November 4 was King Tut Day. I thought it was appropriate to make a pizza mummy. I made one in October and that one had eyes but the dough raised in such a way that it was like the mummy was lying with its head back. I didn't bother to put eyes on the King Tut mummy. 

November 5 was Guy Fawkes Day. I explained Guy Fawkes to a couple of my kids. I didn't burn anything, though, not even dinner. Ha Ha. 

Dinner was supposed to be Quick and Tasty Lettuce Wraps with Coconut Rice from A Season of Family Meal Plans, volume 4 (by Jordan Page), but because of shelf cooking, I made them into bowls instead, using regular rice, baby spinach (instead of making wraps), but I did put the filling on top of the rice and spinach and since I keep coconut in the freezer, I sprinkled some of that on top of everything.

November 6 was Stress Awareness Day. Several of us were very aware of stress that day.

It was also Nacho Day but apparently I didn't get any nacho pictures. I must have been too stressed.

November 7 was Men Make Dinner Day. Lucky made Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps, Jr. Jr. made braided rolls, and Jr. made Kool-aid. I went to sleep and missed dinner. I wasn't adjusting to Daylight Savings ending very well. I had my food for breakfast the next morning.

Bison Day 2024

I love this tradition we've adopted of going to Antelope Island on Bison Day. We missed it in 2022 but were able to go last year and this year we made sure to go and of course we brought Otter the Bison, so named because when Jr. first saw the bison plushie a few years ago, he commented how it looked like an otter. Otter the Bison. Love it.

Had to get my bison selfie. I do it the safe way.  

 Jeremy also does it the safe way.

 

Besides seeing bison, we wanted to see birds for the UCB challenge. We got some on the causeway on the way in, some more at Garr Ranch, and some as we drove around the island a bit. 

We just needed a few more. We drove to certain places looking for specific birds.

 

And check out the magpie on the back of the bison. So fun.

 

We saw some birds out in the distance at one point but weren't exactly sure what they were. We wanted to get our 24 species so I hiked way out taking pictures every once in a while to hopefully identify which birds they were. Until my camera battery died and I had not taken the bag with the extra batteries with me. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Jeremy managed to get a picture through binoculars with his phone of me hiking through the sand. 

Have you ever hiked through sand? I've done quite a bit because of where I grew up. 

We figured out those birds were horned larks which Jeremy had guessed even before I went down there. 

Later we realized we didn't even need the horned larks for the challenge because we saw a bunch more birds from the causeway on the way out. Ha Ha Ha Ha.

But hey, it made for some good pictures- including me pouring sand out of my shoe.

Besides being Bison Day (and Play Outside Day, the first Saturday of every month), November 2 was also Plan Your Epitaph Day. So as we were driving around Antelope Island, we had some fun.

 

Here lies Jr. Jr. He fell off a cliff. 

His brother said, "It's not my fault you're so shoveable."

Mom: Plan Your Epitaph Day.

Lucky: I'm not buckled.

Dad: Wow. That was fast.

Dad: I think I would get a squid coming down my arm with the tentacles wrapped around...

Mom: It's Plan Your Epitaph Day, not Tattoo Day.

Dad: Plan your epic tat.

Jr. Jr.: Here lies Jr. Jr. His last words were, "What? That's not a bear."

 

The Day After Halloween Is NOT Christmas

Jr. Jr. joined in on the celebration of Vinegar Day, November 1, this year. He is not a fan of Christmas right after Halloween and he made his position known to me.

It was also National Author's Day on November 1, which is an appropriate beginning to NaNoWriMo. I wished a happy this holiday to Nichole.

Since it was also Dia de Los Muertos, Lucky created a mask at school, inspired by some things Dad likes.

Sewing Boy

Jr. took a sewing class last year and made a bunch of neat things. I don't have a lot of pictures but here are some of the things I do have pictures of.

He made a rice warmer. He lets me use it sometimes.

He made an apron. I told him my mom would be proud. She makes aprons.

 

He made a stuffed squid for Jet. Jet loves it.

 

He made a card holder (gift card holder).

Well done, Jr. Well done.

Mom is Old

Me: I got my license when I was 17.

Jr. Jr.: How the heck did you get your license before cars were invented?

Rubber Ducky, You're the One... But so are Dinosaurs

One day, Jet decided to "help" one of his brothers who was washing dishes. He came back to my room with a rubber ducky covered in suds. I figured in order to keep him from causing too much trouble to his brother but also to let him continue with what he was doing, I'd make him his own "bath" for the rubber duckies. We just used a mixing bowl with water and dish soap (and a towel underneath- very important) and let the rubber duckies take a bath. We of course sang the "Rubber Ducky" song. 

We decided to let some dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures join in the fun. 

After a while, Jet told me he needed a "handy fishing pole," which is something Mickey Mouse uses in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

I just threw something together with a bamboo skewer and yarn taped to it. It had a loop on the end that he could put around some of the creatures to lift them. He was content with that.

Ah, simple fun.

Beware The Wind

One windy day, Jet and I noticed that some of the Halloween decorations had been knocked down because of the wind. When we went inside, we found a tower Lucky had built of Jenga blocks and foam building blocks. When Jet saw it, he immediately went over to it and said, "Oh no. The wind knocked it down," as he knocked it over.