Noodle, Don't Noodle

We celebrated without Jeremy while he was gone. Here's some of what we celebrated:

 

October 6 was National Noodle Day. We had angel hair pasta and alfredo. I love alfredo.

 

Did you know they changed National Taco Day? I just found out when my mom wished me a Happy National Taco Day on October 7 this year. It used to always be on October 4. Now it's always Taco Tuesday. 

We made homemade tortilla chips which can be used with taco salad. We didn't eat taco salad, though.

 

October 7 was also Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day. Jr. Jr. melted some chocolate chips and we dipped pretzel sticks in them. Mmmm.

 

October 8 was Fluffernutter Day. I had this on the calendar. I planned on making Fluffernutter sandwiches the whole time. The day of, I realized I didn't have marshmallow fluff. I knew we didn't have marshmallow fluff. It didn't occur to me to go shopping for marshmallow fluff even though that is what is needed for Fluffernutter sandwiches. So we got creative and made grilled Fluffernutter sandwiches with peanut butter, and marshmallows when melted become marshmallow fluff.

Woohoo. Creativity!

Consensus: Members of my family are not fans of grilled peanut butter sandwiches. Several would prefer grilled cheese. Good to know. Although we do like waffle cones with chocolate chips, marshmallows, and peanut butter, so it's the grilled sandwich aspect that doesn't work with the peanut butter.

 

Speaking of grilled cheese sandwiches, the next day, October 9, Jr. Jr. and I were eating grilled cheese sandwiches and this conversation happened.

Mom: It's Moldy Cheese Day. Guess how I celebrated.

(Jr. Jr. looks at me blankly)

Mom: It's Moldy Cheese Day. (wiggles sandwich) Guess how I celebrated.

(Jr. Jr. looks down at his grilled cheese sandwich and starts to laugh)

Jr. Jr.: That deserves a hug. (proceeds to give me a hug) 

 

I mentioned I didn't think we even had any moldy cheese in the fridge. I found some a few days later while I was cleaning out the refrigerator. 

Orem Reads: Frankenstein

I decided to do something for myself again in October... all month long. My family was good to support me in it.

I participated in Orem Reads. This year the theme was based on the book, "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. I got a free copy of the book, read it, participated in several library events and other activities for it, and earned my way to the finale.

The kickoff event was a one woman production of "Mary's Monster," about the life of Mary Shelley and her inspiration for the book. Jeremy was able to go to that with me.

 

I took time to be creative with my reading (and shared about it on Instagram).

I even celebrated some holidays with it. October 6 was Mad Hatter Day and National Noodle Day.

They had two events of Orem Reads: Chat and Snack and I was able to go to both. Basically bring a snack to share and have a discussion about Frankenstein. I loved it.

This is what I wrote about Orem Reads in an Instagram post:

I enjoyed participating in Orem Reads this month reading Frankenstein. The events and book discussions I went to were great. It was nice to get together with other people who love books.

The Finale tonight was a book tasting. We spent five minutes at each table getting to know a genre and seeing samples of books in that genre. 11 tables. 11 genres. There were also snacks and fun decorations. 

I want to give a shout-out to Amy Sorensen and other staff members of Orem Public Library. A lot was put into this throughout the month and that effort is appreciated. Thank you, Amy. From the kickoff to the finale, it turned out great. 

Celebrations With and Without Pictures

October 5 was Get Funky Day. One of us was in a funk that day. I said it counted.

October 6 was National Noodle Day. My plan was to make stroganoff with egg noodles. I asked Jr. Jr. and Lucky if that would be good for them after their dentist appointment. They didn't think so. They would rather have rice... with chicken cooked in gourmet sauce. 

Well, I gave them what they wanted. And I made stroganoff with egg noodles. It was just one of those days. It is not often I cook multiple entrees.

Ooh, that reminds me of something that happened recently. It was a leftovers for dinner night and I noticed there was spaghetti sauce that needed to be eaten up but no leftover spaghetti. So I cooked up a bunch of spaghetti noodles and... the kids all took the pasta but didn't touch the spaghetti sauce. Sigh. Now I know why there was leftover spaghetti sauce in the fridge but no spaghetti. Actually after I mentioned something, I think Nichole put some sauce on her pasta.

October 8 was Fluffernutter Day. Tee Hee. We did have fluffernutter sandwiches for dinner.

October 11 was International Day of the Girl Child. I put on the menu plan "boys make dinner" so Nichole and I (the girl childs) could have a break. Jeremy wasn't feeling well so he left dinner making to the boys boys. Jr. made Polish sausages with mashed potatoes and cheese. Lucky made hot chocolate. Jr. Jr.... didn't. I tried to do some catching up of my blog while they were and were not making things.

That day was also It's My Party Day so the kids and I sang that song. 

And here's another thing. For Family Home Evening treat one night, Lucky got out pretzel sticks and mini marshmallows and instructed us on how to make certain things and in what order to eat things. I think he enjoyed having that power.