Catching Up June 2025 part 2

Johnny Depp's Birthday was on June 9. I made sure to wear my bow earrings (which I like to wear on birthdays) and my Black Pearl (the ship) necklace. And... I had to be by water.

Here's a better look at my necklace.

When I remember, I like to wear it for International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

 

I couldn't help it. 

Judy Garland's Birthday was on June 10 so I wore my bow earrings and pirate ship necklace again.

Did you know Judy Garland was in the movie "The Pirate" with Gene Kelly? 

 

June 10 was also Black Cow Day. The kids had root beer floats with chocolate syrup. 

Look. Nichole can make art out of anything. 

 

It was also National Herbs and Spices Day and Egg Roll Day. I used my air fryer to make egg rolls.

June 11 was Corn on the Cob Day. Corn on the Cob is popular around here.

 

Father's Day 2024

We did not make Jeremy breakfast for Father's Day this year on June 16. He did request what dinner he wanted including dessert so I have a funny story to tell about his dessert.

He had gotten a recipe for root beer float pie and wanted that so I got up early to make it for him (it is supposed to be in the freezer for so many hours). I had a graham cracker crust from the store because I figured I wouldn't have the time to make a crust from scratch. Sigh. So I made the filling and there was too much to fit in the one pie crust. Ugh. So I realized I needed to make a graham cracker pie crust after all. As I was getting a recipe and making the crust, Jeremy joked that there would be too much for one pie crust so I'd have to make two crusts then I'd need to make more filling and on and on and on. Lo and behold, I ended up with enough graham cracker stuff to make two pie crusts. I ended things by filling the first homemade crust with the rest of the pie filling and putting the other homemade crust in the freezer to use for a different pie later. Ha Ha Ha.

Jeremy didn't complain and he didn't complain about the rest of his dinner, either. He had chicken enchiladas and jalapeno popper egg rolls. Yumm.

Besides the food, I printed some little booklets for the kids to fill out about Jeremy. I got them from Jordan Page at funcheaporfree.com

Of course at church Jeremy wore his Father's Day tie that Jr. decorated for him when he was in Nursery 14 years ago.

Did We Celebrate That?

Sometimes I take pictures of our celebrations and sometimes I don't. Then if I don't write anything down about it and I'm too busy to blog until much later, I don't remember if we actually went through with our plans. Oh well. Here are some things in June we may or may not have celebrated.

Saturday, June 5, was Veggie Burger Day. We had plans to make black bean burgers and I think we did because I remember there being cut up lettuce and onion and tomatoes in the fridge. I think it happened on that day. Maybe.

Monday, June 7, was Chocolate Ice Cream Day. Jeremy brought home chocolate ice cream but I don't think we had any that day. I know we had some the next day.

Wednesday, June 9, was Johnny Depp's Birthday. I do know that while the older kids were gone, Jr. Jr. and Lucky got to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Jeremy also gave them treats. Things were too busy that night so the older kids had to wait until later to watch one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

Thursday, June 10, was Black Cow Day. The kids had root beer floats and I had ice cream with chocolate syrup in it. I don't know why I did that. I must have had a reason at the time. It was also Egg Roll Day. We had egg rolls a couple times in May/June. I don't remember if that was one of them.

Friday, June 11, was King Kamehameha I Day. We ate Hawaiian haystacks.

Sunday, June 13, was Kitchen Klutzes of America Day. The kids made dinner. They helped each other make sloppy joes and pull-apart bread. Anything else? Apparently Nichole had a root beer float according to the picture. Did other people? Who knows?

Monday, June 14, was Flag Day. It was also Pop Goes the Weasel Day. We drank soda pop and went to the park. I tried to get a picture of the kids with the flag like I did on Memorial Day. I tried.

Tuesday, June 15, was Nature Photography Day. We went to a park. Nichole didn't get as many pictures of birds as she wanted but there were lots of bugs and plants.

Wednesday, June 16, was Captain Picard Day. We decided to have cream soda and ginger ale because we wouldn't have anything to do with Romulan Ale. Lucky accidentally spilled mustard on "Daddy" so I put him through the wash a couple times. His head came out like Captain Picard's. 

Thursday, June 17, was Apple Strudel Day. I was going to make apple strudel. I didn't.

Friday, June 18, was National Splurge Day so we had Winco pizza and I made cherry cheesecake from a box again.

Saturday, June 19, was Garfield the Cat Day. I had good intentions to make lasagna. I didn't. Jeremy reassured me by saying, "It makes more sense that we didn't have lasagna. Garfield would have eaten it all."

We may or may not have celebrated other things.

Random Acts of Cabbage

There was enough cabbage (and egg roll wrappers and other ingredients) left over from Chinese New Year that we made egg rolls again for National Cabbage Day on February 17.

 

That day was also Random Acts of Kindness Day. We played a game where we rolled dice to tell us who in the family we would do an act of service for and what service we would do. There were things like drawing pictures or writing notes and other things like asking someone about their day, giving someone a compliment, and giving someone a piggy back ride. We did a lot of quick service and it was fun.