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.

National Dog Day 2022

Wow. A lot of people were celebrating National Dog Day on August 26. I saw several pictures of people's dogs online. Way to celebrate, people.

Since I don't have a dog, I celebrated by eating them... dogs... hot dogs... in squid pup form.

It is a very unattractive picture because I tore my piece of french bread into pieces and put jam on all the pieces and they kind of took over the plate. But I don't care. I celebrated National Dog Day. Yumm.

Weekdays of Celebrating

Now that we're transitioning back to school, our celebrating has simplified. There's not time to do as much. So here are a few things we were able to fit in the second week of school.

 

Monday, August 23 was Gene Kelly's birthday. The kids wanted to watch Singin' in the Rain but their wasn't time that day. It was also National Sponge Cake Day. Jeremy bought us chocolate twinkies but there wasn't time for those either. There was time a couple days later so people got to eat twinkies while watching Singin' in the Rain.

 

Tuesday, August 24, was National Waffle Day and Vesuvius Day. One of the kids suggested we have an explosion of syrup on our waffles. Heh Heh Heh. I opened the syrup carefully to see if it exploded before we put it on our waffles.

Wednesday, August 25, was National Banana Split Day. The kids got to have banana splits for after school snack.

Thursday, August 26, was Dog Day. We had squid pups again.

Friday, August 27, was Banana Lovers Day. Yep. More banana eating.

What They Missed- August 5

Thursday, August 5-

Work Like a Dog Day. We danced to The Beatles music including "A Hard Day's Night" because of the line, "I've been working like a dog."

Dip

I worked hard that day. The boys rebuilt the fort and played with Jet a lot so I could get a lot done.

It was also Oyster Day so we snacked on Oyster Crackers.

Jeremy and the two oldest worked like dogs, too. And in the words of The Beatles, they "should be sleeping like a log."

Jr. denies he was sleeping in this picture but Jeremy assured me he was in that position a good half an hour before he woke.

Wolfenoot 2020

"Have a howly Wolfenoot."

We learned of a new holiday created a few years ago by a kid in New Zealand. Wolfenoot. It is celebrated on November 23 every year. You can find out more about it on the official website wolfenoot.com where we got ideas for our celebrating this year.

According to the website, Wolfenoot "is when the Spirit of the Wolf brings and hides small gifts around the house for everyone. People who have, have had, or are kind to dogs get better gifts than anyone else. You eat roast meat (because wolves eat meat) and cake decorated like a full moon."

We had chicken drumsticks.

Jeremy made and decorated a cake to look like the full moon (with craters).

The four oldest kids went around the house and found treats for each of them. That doesn't mean the rest of us aren't kind to dogs. We were just okay without the treats.

The kids and I also watched some videos about the Fibonacci Sequence in nature and in music because November 23 is also Fibonacci Day.

National Color Day 2020

October 22 was National Color Day. It was also Make a Dog's Day.

Jet and I went for a walk along the Provo River. There were still some Fall colors. Several people had dogs on the trail. Boom. Celebrated.

For dinner we had hot dogs and Polish sausages with multicolored condiments. Boom. Also celebrated.

And what is it with pumpkins in the river? I saw a couple more while we were walking.

This one didn't make it into the river. Tee Hee.

International Moment of Frustration Scream Day 2020

October 12 was International Moment of Frustration Scream Day.

Nichole brought out her crocheted puppets to celebrate.

That day was also Columbus Day so Jeremy told me that morning he was heading out to make his "rounds." Heh heh. Get it? Get it? 'Cause Columbus? And rounds? Heh heh.

Actually when he was about to leave, Jet reached up for him so Jeremy took him. Jet is often clingy with Mommy so whenever he reaches out for someone else, they usually take him. Everybody adores that baby. This time, however, when I tried to take him back, he held on to Daddy, waved Bye to me, and looked to the door. He wanted to go with Daddy to make his "rounds." Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Get it? Rounds? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Anyway... we compromised. I got my shoes and socks on and he and I went for a walk around the neighborhood while Jeremy... ran errands.

While we were out for our walk, we saw a little dog waddling around. It was barking and after a little while Jet started making sounds. I figured out he was imitating the dog. So cute. A little bit later, we heard some birds and he started making sounds there, too. So cute again to try to copy the birds. When we got home we went to the backyard and watched jays get peanuts from the feeders. They are big enough and were close enough that Jet was able to see them easily.

After school that day, Lucky brought home a story and some little white ghosts on sticks. In the story, the little ghosts eat things that are not white and turn different colors. It was cute to listen to him telling the story.

I'm glad he's having fun at school.

International Dog Day 2020

August 26 was International Dog Day. We celebrated with corn dog muffins.

Work Like a Dog Day 2020

Well... I've had more productive Work Like a Dog Days. This year I did work like a dog for part of the time on August 5 when I gave four people haircuts. Some were definitely needed. All turned out well. That will help with going back to school.