Our Vacation, Thy Creations, and Our Relations- Part 9

We had a couple relaxing days in Washington before Go Go Go again.

 

Church, resting, family time.

On July 7, we celebrated National Macaroni Day (with shells pasta, tee hee), World Chocolate Day with birthday cake because we also celebrated Nichole's Birthday, and Father Daughter Take a Walk Day. They got creative with that one. Heh Heh. 

 

On July 8, we celebrated Video Game Day and National Blueberry Day. I forgot to wear my new video game shirt that day so I wore it a few days later.

 

The doll head continued to be found in various places. 

It was nice to chill again.

I'll share more of our wonderful vacation later.

 

More July Holidays

Let's jump into catching up on more July holidays.

July 7 was Father Daughter Take a Walk Day. Jeremy was not available that day so I took Nichole for a walk into a store to get hair stuff and makeup. Girl time. Woohoo.

It was also Macaroni Day so we had macaroni with our dinner.

July 10 was Teddy Bear Picnic Day. We had a picnic with teddy bears and non teddy bears on the living room floor. We made sure to invite Eeyore so he wouldn't be sad. Jr. picked a lovely location for us- Ordon Village.

We ate chicken patties for Cow Appreciation Day on July 11. Reminded us of a certain chicken place's advertising.

July 13 was Embrace Your Geekness Day. I like to call it Embrace Your Geek Day. I made sure to get a picture embracing Jeremy while wearing my Jurassic Park shirt.

The kids played chess with a Legend of Zelda Chess set.

July 14 was Mac & Cheese Day so we had shells and white cheddar and added macaroni.

It was also Shark Awareness Day. I bought gummi sharks for this holiday but forgot to get them out so we had them along with gummi worms on Gummi Worm Day, July 15.

 

We celebrated Nichole's birthday in July. We quickly turned the fan off before there was any candle... situation.

Fall Break- Dance Productive

We told the kids we need to catch up on dishes and laundry in order to do other activities. Jr. and Jr. Jr. put on music which I thought was a good idea. I even pointed out that they could dance while they were being productive. Jr. Jr. immediately called out, "Dance productive!" in a singing voice so I joined in, every once in a while singing out, "Dance productive."

 

That afternoon we braved the crowds at Ashton Gardens for the scarecrow festival.

We had some favorite scarecrows such as "Room on the Broom" and a dragon. Of course there were some COVID related scarecrows. How could there not be?

We had more time this year than last so we were able to see some other gardens.

Somehow "Now make a funny face" isn't quite the same with face masks on.

 

 

Ha Ha Ha. The little cherub statue is still there in the same spot. It looks like it has a little more privacy now, though.

When we got home, we watched Bambi and Jeremy made us some yummy macaroni and cheese because October 17 was National Pasta Day.

Joy Is...

seeing a big sister help her brother with his homework.

Vinegar and Sandwiches

We've been so busy with certain things that I haven't written about a couple holidays we celebrated.

November 1st was Vinegar Day.  Jr. Jr. and I used vinegar and food coloring to color some macaroni.  I'd been wanting to make macaroni necklaces (which we never got around to doing but we still have the macaroni for when we do) and Jr. suggested we put the macaroni in the shape of turkeys, so we'll probably do that, too.  It is nice to know that we do have colored macaroni for projects when everyone gets over being sick.

November 3rd was Sandwich Day.  I completely forgot to take pictures, but we had grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.  Anyone else have that when they were younger?  I found out that was something both my husband and I grew up with.  It's a comfort food.