I Like Celebrating with Food

January 11 was International Thank You Day. There was plenty of thanking going on.

It was National Milk Day. Milk was used in mashed potatoes that Jeremy made for our at-home potluck to celebrate Sunday Supper Day.

Here are the contributions, from oldest to youngest:

Cheesy garlic mashed potatoes, potato chips, grilled cheese sandwiches, cookies (not pictured), chicken pot pie, Koolaid, grilled cheese sandwiches. 

 

January 12 was National Curried Chicken Day. I made curry chicken with rice and aloo gobi. Mmmm, Indian food is comfort food.

 

January 13 was Korean American Day. We had Korean Beef and Rice.

 

January 15 was National Bagel Day. I made homemade bagels which made everybody happy. We all like bagels. 

Catching Up January 2025 part 2

In 2024 both Nichole and Lucky got out for a lot of birding with us, so Jeremy and I took them to the Golden Corral for the annual Utah County Birders dinner there in January 2025. Both Jeremy and I earned Bronze level for the 2024 challenge so we each picked a pair of earrings. Jeremy gave his to Nichole and I kept mine- owls.

Another day, Jeremy, Nichole, and I went to the kickoff event for Orem Library's 2025 Adult Reading Challenge.

January 12 was National Sunday Supper Day and National Curried Chicken Day so for Sunday supper, we had coconut curry chicken and some sort of rice from "A Season of Family Meal Plans," and bread.

We ate dinner early enough that we were able to go over to our friend's for banana splits. 

I love these gals. One is my ministering sister and one Jeremy ministers to and it just so happens that we're already friends.

January 13 was National Rubber Ducky Day. There were a lot of rubber duckies in our home that wanted to be involved in things.

That night, Orem Library had a Winnie-the-Pooh Day event (Winnie-the-Pooh Day is on January 18). Jet, Lucky, Jr. Jr., and I went.

It was definitely catered toward Jet's age group with crafts and activities and stories.

January 14 was Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day. Some of the family members look forward to grilled pastrami and cheese sandwiches for this holiday. We enjoyed them.

January 15 was National Bagel Day. I didn't think we had bagels until I was looking through my pictures to do this post. 

Me: Wait. We had bagels on National Bagel Day?

Jeremy: Yeah. Didn't you make some?

Me (bewildered): Yes, I did.

We had toasted bagels and hot chocolate with fried rice. Mmmm.

 

January 16 was Appreciate a Dragon Day. Nichole usually draws pictures of dragons that day but she was working on another project so she appreciated a dragon she already had.

 

January 17 was Hot Heads Chili Day. We made chili. 

January 18, besides being Winnie-the-Pooh Day, was National Thesaurus Day. We talked about dinosaur related stuff for "The Saurus Day."

Mommy, Look

Jr. Jr.: Can I have a bagel?

Some January Fun... That Hasn't Already Been Mentioned

Sometimes you just have to dance to the music. In this case it was music from Singin' in the Rain. In fact, I think it was the song, "Singin' in the Rain."  

January 15 was National Bagel Day. Breakfast sandwiches for dinner? Yes, please.

 

Live long and prosper.

 

January 16 was Appreciate a Dragon Day. Nichole wore her new dragon-themed shirt and her new dragon earrings and as is tradition, she sketched a dragon.

She and the boys also played "toss" with the dragon that she made in elementary school. 

January 17 was Popeye Day. We had food with spinach for dinner including Popeye brand spinach.

 

One way to get exercise in during the Winter. Roll the ball down the hall and chase it.

January 18 was Winnie-the-Pooh Day. We had honey roasted carrots with our dinner. I also made granola that day but used maple syrup instead of honey because I wasn't thinking and we had syrup we needed to use up.

 

Sometimes in life, you just have to stop and play with monster trucks. Did you know that because they're "monster" trucks, they roar?

 

And this...

A Long Date

The kids made grilled pastrami sandwiches and tomato soup for National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day on January 14. I was burned out.

Later Jeremy showed up with roses and Butterfingers for me so we could have an at-home date and watch a movie. What a sweetie.

The next morning we continued our date. We weren't planning on it, it just worked out that way. We left the kids at home and met up with another birder at a park in Alpine to look for a certain bird. We didn't find that bird but it was nice to get out and see what we did see. And it was so nice to see one of our birding friends.

It was nice to stretch out our date time to two days. And it was nice of Jeremy to wear his cold weather hat for National Hat Day on January 15.

 

Later, Jr., Nichole, and I made breakfast sandwiches with bagels for dinner to celebrate National Bagel Day on January 15.

Then I went to bed while the others stayed up to watch one of Night at the Museum movies. They got a picture at the very end of the movie for Museum Selfie Day.

We know how to celebrate creatively.

International Bow Day

August 19 was International Bow Day. One of the kids tried to convince me to let them play video games. Something with archery. No. I didn't.

Nichole made jalapeno pasta with bow tie pasta. I tried my hand at homemade bagels. They turned out as bagel shaped rolls. Still yummy.